Awareness Week 2023 Radiance: Celebrating Queer Joy

 

April 17-21, 2023

Out@Anderson invites you to Radiance: Celebrating Queer Joy. As transgender people and drag queens face discriminatory legislation across the United States and hateful attacks on our community become more common in public discourse, Awareness Week aims to uplift the LGBTQ+ community, celebrate queerness on campus and bring our straight and cisgender peers into the conversation to become better and more engaged allies.

For this year’s Awareness Week, Out@Anderson has invited speakers from a variety of industries and backgrounds, including retail, entrepreneurship, venture capital, publishing, and film and television, to discuss how they bring their LGBTQ+ identities to their work in an authentic way that celebrates the queer experience. We are also holding a number of non-speaker-based events, such as an Angel City Football Club game outing, a tie-dye event highlighting LGBTQ+ flags and a queer comedy movie night, to create joyful spaces for LGBTQ+ students and allies to build relationships and have fun together.

Awareness Week events will be open to members of all identities (LGBTQ+ and allies) within the UCLA Anderson community (UCLA Anderson students, faculty, staff and alumni) and select events will be open to prospective UCLA Anderson students.

2023 Schedule

 
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Kickoff with Angel City Football Club
Saturday, April 15, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
BMO Stadium, 3939 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90037

Kickoff with Angel City Football Club Join Out@Anderson, WBC, SBA and ALMA for the LGBTQ+ Awareness Week kickoff event! Sign up to snag a ticket to Angel City FC's game against Racing Louisville FC and cheer on L.A.'s National Women's Soccer League team with your Anderson community.

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Teaching with Tie-Dye: LGBTQ+ Flags

Monday, April 17, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
North Terrace

Join Out@Anderson and Creatives at Anderson for a tie-dye extravaganza! Learn about the flags used to celebrate different identities in the LGBTQ+ community, and apply that knowledge by tie-dyeing a shirt in the flag colors of your choice. Lunch will be provided!

Tie-dye, gloves and shirts to dye will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own clothes to tie-dye too! Tie-dye works best on natural fabrics like cotton, (white or light wash) denim, rayon and bamboo.

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SharpeSuiting Fireside Chat
Monday, April 17, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
EDR (B209 and B210)

Join Out@Anderson, RBA, and EA for an in-depth look at SharpeSuiting, a queer-owned apparel company that offers gender-affirming custom suits. SharpeSuiting CEO and Founder Leon Wu and SharpeSuiting staff will discuss the unique strategies the company used to grow the business in a marginalized market, the LGBTQ+ community. Dean Fraser will join the panel as moderator.

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Queer Storytelling Speaker Panel
Tuesday, April 18, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Crown Auditorium

Join Out@Anderson and EMA for a panel featuring queer people in the entertainment industry. The speakers will share their personal experiences telling queer stories in a variety of mediums, including novels, podcasts and TV. Moderator questions will focus on how they approach showcasing queer joy in their work and how media outlets can improve their representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

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LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Speaker Panel

Wednesday, April 19, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Crown Auditorium

Join Out@Anderson and EA for a panel featuring LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. The speakers will share their founding journeys and showcase their companies. Moderator questions will focus on how their LGBTQ+ identity informs their company culture and Challenges faced by LGBTQ+ founders.

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“But I’m a Cheerleader” Movie Screening
Wednesday, April 19, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
North Terrace

Out@Anderson, A Comedy Club and Craft Beer Club have teamed up again to bring you a laughter-filled evening watching a classic LGTBQ+ comedy, “But I’m a Cheerleader,” starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall and RuPaul. All are welcome to enjoy a fun evening with pizza and beers courtesy of LGBTQ+-owned Blackbeard’s Crafts.

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Ask a Queer Student Panel

Thursday, April 20, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
B301

Join Out@Anderson and BBSA for a student panel featuring LGBTQ+ students and allies. The speakers will share their experiences being queer and active queer allies at Anderson in an open conversation about the highlights and low points during their time as students. A moderator will start with a few questions before opening up the discussion for audience questions.

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Amateur Drag Show

Friday, April 21, 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Sorry Not Sorry, 11520 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

Friday, April 21, 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Sorry Not Sorry, 11520 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

Come out for Out@Anderson’s second annual Amateur Drag Show! Student performers will be competing for the title of Best Amateur Drag Performer of the Night, and a few professional drag queens will join to emcee the show and round out the night. Tickets cost $20, and all event profits will be donated to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).

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