anyone interested should contact Cath!! <span dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:cowanca@vcu.edu">cowanca@vcu.edu</a></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Catherine Cowan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cowanca@vcu.edu">cowanca@vcu.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:34 AM<br>Subject: Action Against Queerphobia- this Friday February 4th, 2011<br>To: Elizabeth R Canfield/FS/VCU <<a href="mailto:ercanfield@vcu.edu">ercanfield@vcu.edu</a>><br>Cc: ellen <<a href="mailto:crawfordee@vcu.edu">crawfordee@vcu.edu</a>>, brianna <<a href="mailto:gribbenbc@vcu.edu">gribbenbc@vcu.edu</a>>, Jaimie <<a href="mailto:mckayjn@vcu.edu">mckayjn@vcu.edu</a>>, Cameron <<a href="mailto:robinsoncez@vcu.edu">robinsoncez@vcu.edu</a>>, Nina <<a href="mailto:nina.stoddard@gmail.com">nina.stoddard@gmail.com</a>>, Lily <<a href="mailto:moranlm@vcu.edu">moranlm@vcu.edu</a>>, Nandi <<a href="mailto:Shabazznb@vcu.edu">Shabazznb@vcu.edu</a>>, Safiya <<a href="mailto:bridgewatesu@vcu.edu">bridgewatesu@vcu.edu</a>>, Enya <<a href="mailto:enya.vs@gmail.com">enya.vs@gmail.com</a>>, Crystal <<a href="mailto:tall.tall.grass@gmail.com">tall.tall.grass@gmail.com</a>>, Megan <<a href="mailto:meg0101@embarqmail.com">meg0101@embarqmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:ssheely-redding113@hotmail.com">ssheely-redding113@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:mobeckrug@gmail.com">mobeckrug@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:cowanca@vcu.edu">cowanca@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:amypayneart@gmail.com">amypayneart@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:adrie.k@gmail.com">adrie.k@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:good_old_fashioned_smell@hotmail.com">good_old_fashioned_smell@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:mskdean@yahoo.com">mskdean@yahoo.com</a>, <a href="mailto:kemmerercm@vcu.edu">kemmerercm@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:robinsonce2@vcu.edu">robinsonce2@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:ydhibben@vcu.edu">ydhibben@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:esknowles@gmail.com">esknowles@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:saraschmatz@hotmail.com">saraschmatz@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:renegadeboysct@gmail.com">renegadeboysct@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:staceyrandolph@gmail.com">staceyrandolph@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:ewebrva@gmail.com">ewebrva@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:erin_willetthesecond@yzoo.com">erin_willetthesecond@yzoo.com</a>, <a href="mailto:rhoffmanrm@vcu.edu">rhoffmanrm@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:marahyman@gmail.com">marahyman@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:rvieckiem@vcu.com">rvieckiem@vcu.com</a>, <a href="mailto:marshallek@vcu.edu">marshallek@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:greenag@vcu.edu">greenag@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:skb292@vcca.email.edu">skb292@vcca.email.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:elmcmillen@email.wm.edu">elmcmillen@email.wm.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:hoffmanrm@vcu.edu">hoffmanrm@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:albrechtea@vcu.edu">albrechtea@vcu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:kemmererem@vcu.edu">kemmererem@vcu.edu</a>, Jack Weisskohl <<a href="mailto:jcweisskohl@gmail.com">jcweisskohl@gmail.com</a>>, Corrina Beall <<a href="mailto:beallco@mymail.vcu.edu">beallco@mymail.vcu.edu</a>>, Erin Willett <<a href="mailto:willettem2@mymail.vcu.edu">willettem2@mymail.vcu.edu</a>>, Frances Toan <<a href="mailto:toanf@mymail.vcu.edu">toanf@mymail.vcu.edu</a>>, Deepa Swanson <<a href="mailto:lampshaded@gmail.com">lampshaded@gmail.com</a>>, Brittany Hayes <<a href="mailto:hayesbl2@mymail.vcu.edu">hayesbl2@mymail.vcu.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:mrosborn1@gmail.com">mrosborn1@gmail.com</a>, Rebecca Adams <<a href="http://r.l.adams.ca">r.l.adams.ca</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>>, jeremy <<a href="mailto:thebluejerbil@yahoo.com">thebluejerbil@yahoo.com</a>>, Daveigh Soup <<a href="mailto:therecouldbeafuture@gmail.com">therecouldbeafuture@gmail.com</a>>, Nathan Stickel <<a href="mailto:incoherentnickle@gmail.com">incoherentnickle@gmail.com</a>>, Ramey Connelly <<a href="mailto:rameysaurus@gmail.com">rameysaurus@gmail.com</a>>, kontra <<a href="mailto:kontra@riseup.net">kontra@riseup.net</a>>, Liz Sussan <<a href="mailto:lizsuss@gmail.com">lizsuss@gmail.com</a>>, Annie Brown <<a href="mailto:anniebrown04@gmail.com">anniebrown04@gmail.com</a>>, allison libertine <<a href="mailto:allibertine@gmail.com">allibertine@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:alisongself@hotmail.com">alisongself@hotmail.com</a>, Kenneth Yates <<a href="mailto:causticcastle@gmail.com">causticcastle@gmail.com</a>>, Super Man <<a href="mailto:doctordetective@yahoo.com">doctordetective@yahoo.com</a>>, eric <<a href="mailto:escottmail11@gmail.com">escottmail11@gmail.com</a>>, jen <<a href="mailto:j_law@riseup.net">j_law@riseup.net</a>>, Al <<a href="mailto:oregoninletg@gmail.com">oregoninletg@gmail.com</a>>, Stephen Loughman <<a href="mailto:sjloughman@yahoo.com">sjloughman@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:ljroberts@vcu.edu">ljroberts@vcu.edu</a>, John Dombroski <<a href="mailto:dombroskijl@mymail.vcu.edu">dombroskijl@mymail.vcu.edu</a>>, Hope Ginsburg <<a href="mailto:hg@hopeginsburg.com">hg@hopeginsburg.com</a>><br>
<br><br>hay ya'll,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> a friend told me about how their involvement in the vcu production of The Vagina Monologues this year has been pretty unpleasant because the director's got a raging case of homophobia, and has:</div>
<div><br></div><div>- censored the performance to exclude and silence queer & trans voices</div><div>- repeatedly censors those participating from being vocal about queer inclusion or womyns liberation </div><div>- uses their personal religious beliefs as a means to justify their queerphobic actions</div>
<div><br></div><div> i'm unsure why this person chose to direct a play meant to encourage self- empowerment through the exploration of identities & sexualities when instead they're promoting the complete opposite (repression, discrimination, other macho bullshit). I'm even more baffled that they think their actions are completely acceptable, and will go unnoticed.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> they need to be confronted & made to realize that their bigotry isn't welcome here.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> if anyone would like to stage actions counteracting their intolerance in a sassy way, please contact me asap. we can decide on a plan over the internet/ phone then get together beforehand & set something up. <div>
</div><div> -the performance is scheduled to happen at 7:30 pm this Friday, February 4th at an auditorium in vcu's compass area. </div><div><br></div><div> this will be the first of two performances, the second scheduled to happen in march. since this is a rushed action, anyone interested in doing something on a larger, more visible scale for the latter performance should let me know (if the director chooses to continue being a homophobe by then, of course..)<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>in solidarity,</div><div><br></div><div>-cath!</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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