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Outland is a group of/for lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, and intersexed graduate
students at Yale.
We welcome professional school students, faculty, and staff at all our
events.
Some professional schools have their own LGBT group. We
are not possessive! and we encourage double membership.
Heterosexual allies and people who want to know more about the group are
encouraged to join.
How
does Outland work?
Outland is quite informal. There are no officers, no meetings to
discuss hierarchies or bylaws. We are of course an officially recognized Yale
student group and our charter was deposited with the Provost at the end of
the Eighties; we renew our registration with the McDougal
Center every year, but other than
that we are 100% informal and volunteers based.
There are a few volunteers who contribute on a "long term"
basis, we call these
people Outland leadership because it sounds cool. Being a graduate
student group even the "long term" volunteers change every few
years, therefore Outland is always in search of new volunteers. If you want
to volunteer just step forward. There is no formal way to volunteer. Send us an email and you
are in.
In addition to "long term" volunteers, there are volunteers who
contribute only for one or two events. Once again we encourage this people to
step forward and contact us. We need you too!
Last, but not least, there are people who organize parties or other events at
their home or wherever and want to publicize them though Outland's e-mailing list.
That's great - we love parties.
What
does Outland do? Parties!!
Outlands events
include big parties (usually 1st week of September), happy hours, movies,
excursions, discussion panels. . .
This way Outland fulfills the fundamental function of providing a way for
LGBT people to interact with each other, create a network, to live a
fulfilling life and to be acknowledged as LGBT persons.
Given that Outland is entirely reliant on volunteers, it goes through booms
and busts in activities. Some years there are tons of events, some years
fewer.
Outland's e-mailing list contains events every week. Even when there are
no Outland social events, there are academic events organized by the Larry Kramer Initiative
(LKI). LKI is made of professors in Lesbian and Gay Studies.
Announcements for LKI seminars go through our e-mailing list too.
How
to join
There is no formal Outland membership; there
is an e-mailing list.
You subscribe, choose the event that you like and show up. Have fun!
Suggestions? Questions? Need help planning or funding an event? Contact us!
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