Vassar Queer Health Initiative

Hor(g)aay !!! The SmartSign all gender restroom sample signs arrived today and they look fabulous. SmartSign is an awesome company that you can fulfill all of your signage needs and desires with. Def check out their website! You might even be able to get a free sign of your own!

http://www.smartsign.com/all-gender-restroom-signs

The amazing organization, SmartSign, is so graciously donating to VQHI FREE all-gender restroom signs. Check them out for all your signage needs!!!

Find below the link to their website and the color and style of signage we ordered from them!!!

http://www.smartsign.com/all-gender-restroom-signs

VQHI would like to complicate our call for all-gender bathrooms. While we wish to erode and subvert the gender binary, we also have to acknowledge the experiences and ontological realities of all those affected by patriarchial violence. So with that said, VQHI will remain persistent with taping over "Men's" bathroom signs with "All Gender" signs, while leaving some "Women's" bathroom signs remaining as they are.

"In the meantime, new all-gender bathroom signs will be hung over old existing signs. This is not vandalization. This is transgender students taking their security and health into their own hands."
http://boilerplatemagazine.com/?p=1931

Putting Vassar’s “LGBT Friendliness” to Task: The Case for All Gender Bathrooms Vassar Community Members, With the recent construction of the Bridge Building and the renovated Lower Level Lounge, structural planning is clearly on the minds of Vassar administrators. The recent …

Check out some of the new music from Pigeon Pit, who we brought to Vassar earlier this semester!

the tender q***r tape it was two in the morning and our housemates were all asleep. arco and i sung a few songs, featuring our sweet rats ellie and niph. for all the tender q***rs, especially arlo. the normal s**t is at pi

This week there will be two opportunities to attend the Trans Allyship Trainings, co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Center and TransMission. The training is open to all students, faculty, staff, and administrators. We strongly encourage faculty to attend, so please invite your professors!
The training will focus on a variety of topics, including (but not limited to) vocabulary, institutionalized ciss*xism, pronouns, race and gender, and trans issues in the classroom. Both sessions will be facilitated by Spencer Garcia ’18 and Chris Rodriguez’19, with support from Judy Jarvis.
The sessions will be held on Thursday, November 19th from 1:30-3pm and 5-6:30pm in the CC MPR (the same material will be offered at each session). RSVP to Chris ([email protected]) to reserve your spot.
For those who have attended a Trans Allyship Training in the past, do consider attending again. The facilitators have made significant and important changes to the materials and there is always more to learn!

Successful day of free STI testing (and condom decorating)! Stay tuned for when Hudson Valley Community Services' Regional Prevention Initiative will return to Vassar for more testing.

Friends! If you were not able to sign up for this round of STI testing, never fear! Hudson Valley Community Services will be coming as many times as we can get filled up! So swing by the LGBTQ Center tomorrow, from 10-5 to sign up for our upcoming dates. You don't need to sign up for a specific day just yet because we are still in the process of locking them down. Also there will be free safer s*x supplies and fun brochures!

https://docs.google.com/a/vassar.edu/forms/d/14RfhIDSjaXsL1Cw5UzbNYKxrDCgKV_eGmAlX5CfY3QU/viewform?usp=send_form

Sign up to be on our email list! We will be having our first meeting soon, so you most definitely don't want to miss out on our meeting times! Promise not to spam you too much :)

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pc: Caleb Zachary

Exciting day for q***r health @ VC!
The resource page is up and ready to be explored.

Check it out here:
http://lgbtq.vassar.edu/projects-initiatives/mental-physical-health-support.html

Please shoot an email to VQHI's new email address,

[email protected]

, if you have questions or comments. Also, if you are interested in getting a head start in being involved in the group, please email us, and we can give you some stuff to work on!! We have so so much to do.

Best to ya'll,
VQHI