This document lists several upcoming events at the University of Mississippi in October 2014 related to LGBTQ issues and history. It announces roundtable discussions, workshops on LGBTQ resources, lectures, film screenings, and celebrations for National Coming Out Day and LGBTQ History Month. The events are being organized by campus groups like the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement to foster dialogue, education, and support around LGBTQ topics.

1. Thursday, October 2, 2014
LGBTQ Roundtable
101A Stewart Hall
12:15 -1:00 PM
In an open and safe space, LGBTQ
students and Allies discuss upcoming
events and have dialogue about
LGBTQ issues at the University of
Mississippi.
Williams Workshops:
LGBTQ Resources
J.D. Williams Library, Room 106E
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Learn to use the library’s gender
studies and LGBTQ databases for
research.
PFLAG (Parents, Friends and
Family of Lesbians and Gays)
Mixer
Barnard Observatory
6:30 PM
An annual event hosted by PFLAG
where numerous LGBTQ and Ally
student groups and other support
groups (PrideNetwork, OUTLaws,
Lambda, LGBTQ Chancellor’s
advisory board) mingle and interact
with one another.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Put a Taste of the South in Your
Mouth: Carnal Appetites and
Intersexionality
Barnard Hall
12:00 -1:00 PM
Join the Center for the Study of
Southern Culture for a discussion led
by visiting professor, Dr. Jaime
Cantrell.
Friday, October 10, 2014
2nd Annual Queer Studies
Lecture
Overby Center Auditorium
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Join the Sarah Isom Center for
Women and Gender Studies for the
2nd Annual Queer Studies Lecture.
Author T. Cooper artfully combines
numerous letters, essays, artwork,
and interviews into a collage-
inspired book which challenges
people on what they think that it
means to be a man. The book delves
into paradoxes and masculine driven
pleasures through this forum.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Union Unplugged: National
Coming Out Day
Student Union
12:15 – 1:00 PM
The Center of Inclusion and Cross
Cultural Engagement working in
collaboration with the Human Rights
Campaign, the Sarah Isom Center,
William Winter Institute, and Pride
Network will celebrate National
Coming Out Day and provide
resources in support of the LGBTQ
community. The powerful When I
Knew documentary will be shown.
National Coming Out Day with
HRC President Chad Griffin
Nutt Auditorium
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Human Rights Campaign President
Chad Griffin and Academy Award-
winning screenwriter Dustin Lance
Black participate in a discussion on
the importance of LGBT people
coming out and their allies sharing
their remarkable and, courageous
stories.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Film Series: The New Black
Union 405
3:00 – 5:00 PM
The New Black is a documentary that
tells the story of how the African-
American community is grappling
with the gay rights issue in light of
the recent gay marriage movement
and the fight over civil rights.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Are You Ready? Dialogue Series
Let’s Start the Conversation!
Union 405
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Join the Center for Inclusion and
Cross Cultural Engagement for a
dialogue about what it is like being
LGBTQ in Mississippi and a
discussion of current issues that
affect the LGBTQ community.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
LGBTQ History Month
Celebration
101A Stewart Hall
4:00 – 5:30 PM
Join us at the Center for Inclusion
and Cross Cultural Engagement as
we conclude our celebration of
LGBTQ History Month. All students,
faculty & staff are welcome! Remarks
will be made at 4:45 pm.
For more information or disability accommodations, please contact us at 662-915-1689 or inclusion@olemiss.edu.