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April 19, 1999
University's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alliance Schedules Pride Week '99
Princeton, N.J. -- Princeton University's Pride Alliance, formerly known as the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Alliance, has scheduled events for Pride Week '99, which runs from April 19 to 26, according to Ryan Foley, the university's LGB coordinator.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, April 19
Sex and Sexuality Workshops. Educators Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot present two of their famous workshops, "How to Get the Sex You Want (And Not Get the Sex You Don't Want)" and "Freedom Rings & Wedding Rings? Exploring Queer Relationships." 7 p.m., Terrace Club library.
Tuesday, April 20
Ally Project Lunch and Discussion: Faith and Sexuality. In recent years, homosexuality has become a hot-button issue in mainline Protestantism and in other faiths. The discussion will feature guests Darlene R. Scott, William R. Stayton, and Deborah Blair Stevens. Begins at noon, Murray-Dodge, East Room.
Wednesday, April 21
Graduate Student Reception. Come see old friends, make new ones, enjoy snacks and cocktails, and help us inaugurate our new graduate student group. Begins 4:30 p.m., Prospect House library.
Queer Works in Progress IV. A presentation of student independent work. Moderated by Assistant Professor of English Douglas Mao. Begins 7 p.m., Murray-Dodge, West Room.
Thursday, April 22
Screening of "Dear Jesse." The film will be introduced by its award-winning director, Tim Kirkman. Part travelogue, part confessional, part documentary, "Dear Jesse" takes a coy, humorous look at the similarities and differences between gay North Carolinians and Republican U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C. The Village Voice described the film as "so funny-but-touching it will have you coming out, even if you're not gay." Begins 7 p.m., Wu Hall TV Room.
PrideCafe. Featuring the Princeton University Firehazards! Begins 9 p.m., Murray-Dodge Cafe.
Friday, April 23
P-QUE (Princeton Queer Employees) Friday Social. Begins 5 p.m., Triumph Brewing Co.
Screening of "Fire." The London newspaper The Independent called the film "a blazingly intelligent sexual melodrama that explores the tensions between liberalism and tradition in the modern Indian family." Deepa Mehta's film about a romance between two married women is the first Indian film ever to explicitly examine homosexual relations. It attracted international media and political attention last year when offended mobs ransacked and burned theaters, forcing the movie to close and the Indian censor board to review its approval of the film. Begins 7:30 p.m., Women's Center.
Outdoor screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Dress up and do the time warp again for an outdoor screening of this cult classic! Bring your own toast. Begins 10 p.m., Alexander Beach, outside Richardson Auditorium. Rain location, Rocky-Mathey Theater.
Saturday, April 24
Communiversity. Town meets gown as Gay People at Princeton and the Pride Alliance join forces to raise queer visibility and educate the public. All day, Front Lawn, Nassau Hall.
The 1999 Drag Ball. You've waited all year ... and now it's here: the legendary Drag Ball. Join us for the wildest dance party of the year. Severe, sweaty, scandalous runway competition at 12:30 a.m. and the crowning of the Drag King and Drag Queen of the Millenium. Hosted by Tucker, Kiki, and Darayan. $5 with PUID, $7 without, free for Terrace members. From 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., Terrace Club.
Sunday, April 25
Pride Sunday with the Rev. Jimmy Creech. Rev. Creech, of Omaha, Nebraska, was put on trial in the United Methodist Church, the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination, after he performed a service that blessed a relationship between two women in September 1997. Creech was suspended by his bishop for violating the church's "Social Principles," a set of guidelines adopted in 1996 by church leadership. He was acquitted and has since been on a leave of absence. "One of the major changes that Jesus made in his own religious context was to open the church to people in addition to the Jewish people," Creech has said. "We need to understand that the direction the church is moving, and has always been moving, is to include diversity and not to be restricted to a particular group of people, however that group might be defined, by race or gender or sexual orientation." Creech is a member of the United Methodist Church's Reconciling Congregation movement, in which member congregations publicly declare openness to all people. Picnic lunch will follow. 11 a.m., University Chapel.
Monday, April 26
Keynote Speaker: Rich Tafel, executive director, Log Cabin Republicans. The Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's largest gay Republican organization, with over 50 chapters across the country, a federal political action committee and a national office based in Washington, D.C. Executive Director Rich Tafel will deliver a lecture entitled, "Supporting Gay Rights in the 2000 Presidential Race: Politically Risky or Smart?" Reception to follow. Event begins at 4:30 p.m., Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.