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InterSEXions continued from page 1 ure out that a half moon of blue over my eyelid was a better deci sion,” she said. Scholinsky was released at 18 after she had earned her high school diploma at a mental insti tution and came out publicly as a lesbian a year after her release. She now uses art as a venue for coming to terms with her experi ences, which include many hours spent in seclusion rooms, running away from drug-filled needles and contemplating suicide. “I love the way that art can be come a mirror, and I love the way you see that happen to people,” she said. The InterSEXions Conference is part of the LGBT community’s celebration of Queer Pride this month and puts the transgen dered community and its issues into the center of the spotlight. “Usually the ‘T’ in the LGBT community gets really over looked,” said Gabrielle Hendel, a senior psychology and women’s studies double major and director of the LGBTA. “It’s a huge, inte gral part of our organization.” The series kicked off earlier on Tuesday with a brown bag lunch when graduate assistant Kate Sulli van gave her presentation, “Trans Gendering Monstrosity.” Twenty students filled the Lesbian Gay Bi sexual Transgender Alliance office at the EMU to hear Sullivan speak about how gender deviance is used in movies to make villains appear more devious. Later in the afternoon, Susan Stryker, a historian interested in transgender phenomena in histo ry and contemporary arts and cul ture, showed clips from several underground films from the 1960s. The clips introduced stu dents to new perspectives on transgender visibility and its rela tionship to issues in society. Today, students have the oppor tunity to attend another brown bag lunch at noon at the LGBTA office. Elizabeth Reis, an assistant history professor at the University, will give a talk titled: “You Can Teach a Whole Class on This?: Teaching Transgender Issues.” Reis, who has been teaching a class on transgen der history for both the women’s studies and the history department, said her nine-year-old son inspired the title for her talk when he asked that question. At 4 p.m., English Professor Di anne Dugaw will give a lecture performance dealing with 17th century through present-day Eng lish and American ballads about women who went to sea and war masquerading as men. The per formance will take place in Ger linger Lounge and, like all Inter SEXions events, is free and open to the public. Will Roscoe, a historian who has taught Native American studies and American studies, will give a pres entation about the lives and times of native women leaders at 7 p.m. in Gerlinger Lounge. At noon on Thursday, senior psychology and women’s studies double major Mol ly McClure will share her thoughts and progress on her thesis “Femi nism and Transgenderism,” during another brown bag lunch talk at the LGBTA office. McClure decided on her thesis after taking Reis’ class on transgendered history. The last event of the InterSEX ions lecture series will be on Thurs day at 4 p.m. in Gerlinger Lounge. Alice Dreger, assistant professor of science and technology studies at Michigan State University, will dis cuss “The Meaning of Testicles In a Woman: The Medical Politics of In tersex.” Dreger will talk about is sues surrounding the medical treat ment of people born intersexed. a As an undergraduate student, I greatly enjoyed and treasured the time I had to read, research, and attend classes. I lived in the residence halls, and l had much fun with friends. I had some friends who studied too much; others spent too much time partying. I believe one can be a good student and have fun at the same time. Many students understand that they can study hard and have an active social life. These students, who are in the majority, earn good grades and have many friends. When they drink alcohol, they do so with their health, futures, and other people in mind. The majority of students are not held hostage either to their studies or to drinking, and it is this majority who I celebrate. Clark Honors College, UO mm mm /•% — . n Jgpr* m WF mm.m •. ••''• ^fcii.«
