It took longer then we planned but the 2009 edition of the Pride Week Queerzine is available online as a Adobe PDF. Thanks to Michael Senkow this years Editor-in-Chief for getting it done.  Click link below to read it, feel free to comment here and let us know what you thought.

2009 Pride Week Queerzine

Keweenaw Pride members and friends spent an evening at the MTU Rifle Range, with members of the Michigan Tech University Competition Rifle Team.

Dan Shooting at range

About 15 members attended the social, and everybody seemed to have fun getting rid of some stress and testing their accuracy and precision with the rifle team at the range.

A big thanks to MTU Competition Rifle Team president Zach Simpson for arranging the outing.  Some pictures of the event are available in our photo gallery.

Congratulations and good luck to our 2009 spring semesters graduates. Elsa, Larry, Christan, Michael, Lycus, Jeff, Reychl and Jess.

Keweenaw Pride celebrated the hard work and success of our graduates at our end of the year picnic/get together. The weather might not of been picnic perfect but a good time was had by all. Brats, hot dogs, hamburgers, salad and cake followed by climbing trees, and then relaxing for hours just chilling as a group.

A special thank you to Elsa, Christian, Michael, Lycus and Jeff for their hard work as members of Keweenaw Prides executive board over the past 4+ years.

Feel free to leave comments thanking them for their efforts, and encouraging them as they prepare to enter the world outside of Michigan Tech.

Part of Pride Week is educating the public on GLBT issues and challenging the larger community to engage in a dialogue.

April 17th was National Day of Silence all over the US.  It was started in 1995 to illustrate the silencing effect of anti-GLBT bullying in schools.  This day reminds us that we must all take the time to talk about things that are important, and not be silenced by fear.  Keweenaw Pride supports and encourages discussion about GLBT issues in all of its’ forms.

Daily Mining Gazette:
Gay Rights Activist Speaks at MTU

• Letter to the Editor:
  Nothing to be Proud of

MTU Cross-Reference:
The Purpose of Human Sexuality

The Lode:
Teaching Tolerance
Annual gender-bender enlightens and entertains
Dr. John Corvino speaks for Pride Week
Keweenaw shows their pride
All you need is Love

Written by: Dan Ehlke

Pride Week 2009

Sunday, April 05
Free Film, Milk
Fisher 135
2:00 & 5:00 pm

KP is bringing the Oscar winning movie about California’s first openly gay elected official to campus, free of charge. The film covers the last years of Harvey Milk’s career, with his move to San Francisco from New York in 1972 from his 40th birthday until his death. His political, and romantic, losses and triumphs are displayed in the film and display how much this man did to change the country. Two showings will be aired, once again, free of charge. More info can be viewed at www.milkthemovie.com

Monday, April 06
GLBTA Civil Rights as an Ally
Fisher 138
7:00 pm

Our panel of student and staff experts will help you understand how as a current or prospective Ally you can better help the GLBT community in the fight for Civil Rights. What exactly can you do here at Tech or in the nation as a whole to help promote equality? Its alright if you don’t consider yourself an Ally or don’t feel you know what you may provide. This discussion is meant to help you understand what exactly it means to be an Ally.

Tuesday, April 07
Speaker, John Corvino
Rosza Center for the Performing Arts
7:30 pm

Since 1992, John Corvino has been demolishing myths about homosexuality and morality. A philosophy professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, he is also known as “The Gay Moralist”—a biweekly columnist for LOGO Online’s 365gay.com. He has written over 100 articles, which have appeared in regional and national print media, at the online Independent Gay Forum, and in various scholarly journals and books. Combining philosophical rigor with sensitivity and humor, Dr. Corvino invites campus to join him in an ongoing dialogue on Homosexuality, Morality, and Diversity. This presentation is provided FREE by Keweenaw Pride and the Student Entertainment Board, so invite all your friends.

Wednesday, April 08
Guess the Straight Person
Wads Annex
7:00 pm

Does having a lisp as a guy make you gay? Does riding a motorcycle make a woman a lesbian? Our panel of Michigan Tech students will dissect the myths that surround sexuality, and whether the stereotypes rally hold true. Sometimes they do and well, sometimes…Do you think you can guess who is and isn’t straight?

Thursday, April 09
Meet the Queens
DHH Campus Study Lounge
8:00 pm

Miss Joey Black and Cass Marie Domino will be coming to campus early for this personal meeting. Hear their life stories and find out more about their lives as Queens. Find out what they have gone through in their lives, and what it really means to be a drag queen.

Friday, April 10

Drag Show

MUB Ballroom
8:00 pm

As a final celebration to the week, we welcome you to our 10th annual Drag Show. Miss Joey Black, along three other queens including the world renowned Cher impersonator, Miss Candi Stratton, will be performing. Don’t know what a Drag Show is? Well it definitely has nothing to do with fast Cars!! Drag show’s are when fabulous entertainers, Queens(men) and Kings(women) dress up in stunning costumes of members of the opposite sex and perform(lip sync) songs from famous artists. It’s tongue-in-cheek entertainment where gender boundaries are annihilated, and we have a lot of fun along the way.

We will also be featuring our Amateur Competition, where your classmates will compete, IN DRAG, for fantastic prizes and the adoration of the crowd. Prizes packages are donated from local businesses, and awarded by a panel of student judges. Thinking of competing? Register ahead of time, or show up at the door with your makeup done and music in hand! To make sure you get on the list you should email us at pride@mtu.edu and let us know you plan to compete, time and slots are limited.