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“My Life Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Thursday, April 3, 7pm, University of Tulsa Lorton Hall room 207 (map)

Oklahomans for Equality is extremely proud to host Sgt. Brandy Stewart, member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard as she tells the story of serving under the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, the only federal law mandating the firing of an individual on the basis of their sexual orientation. Sgt. Stewart is profiled in Urban Tulsa Weekly and was featured on KWGS 89.5 FM’s Studio Tulsa today at 11:30am. If you missed the interview, catch the re-broadcast on air or online tonight at 7:30pm. Don’t miss Thursday’s moving and important discussion about the face of discrimination in our armed forces.

Ed Madden Poetry Reading and Workshop
Reading: Thursday, April 3, 7pm, TU ACAC Chouteau Room (map)

Workshop: Friday, April 4, 10:30am, TU Zink Hall room 214
The TU Women’s and Gender Studies Department, English Department, and BLGTA host gay poet Ed Madden for a reading and poetry workshop. Madden will read from his first book, Signals, winner of the South Carolina Book Prize. The book covers themes of race and sexuality in the New South, and includes poems about the place of gay men in Southern culture, as well as poems about growing up gay in rural Arkansas. For more information, please contact Kate Adams at (91 631-2854.

Sirens Sing Out
Sunday, April 6, 6:30pm, TU Allen Chapman Activity Center (map)
This benefit features an all-female line-up, including
Annie Ellicott, Shannon Thomas, Samantha Crain, Ali Harter, Valerie Eskridge and Shyleaux. Tickets are $12 for the public, and $8 with a TU ID; proceeds benefit the new Tulsa chapter of Girls Inc. - an organization which specializes in female empowerment, girls’ rights, and the development of life skills for girls and young women. For more information, download the flier. You can also catch Valerie Eskridge at this year’s Equality Gala!

Bernard Brandon Scott on “What the Bible Says About Homosexuality”

Wednesday, April 2, 7-9pm, University of Tulsa Lorton Hall room 207 (map)

The University of Tulsa’s United Campus Ministry hosts Bernard Brandon Scott, Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Phillips Theological Seminar, for a discussion about Christianity and homosexuality.

First Thursdays gallery opening reception: Amie Montedoro

Thursday, April 3, 6-9pm, Gallery and Conference Room

Join us for our monthly art opening to meet Amie Montedoro. Her art is a refreshing look at the beauty of women who have taken charge of their own sexuality. A tactile artist, Amie prefers to create her art not with brushes or tools, but rather using her fingers to apply all but the most intricate of details and finishing touches.

Brokeback Mountain film screening and book discussion

Film: Friday, April 4, 6:30pm, Sue Welch Hall
Lecture: Saturday, April 5, 7pm, Sue Welch Hall

Don’t miss the talk by Dr. Eric Patterson, associate professor of American studies and American literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and author of his new book,On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film. We will host a special Center Cinema to screen Brokeback Mountain the evening before the lecture. More on the event here.

HOT on the Street at Renegades Red Ribbon Revue: Lips Like Sugar
Saturday, April 5, 9pm, Club Renegades, 17th and Main

OkEq’s health outreach team, HOT on the Street, hits Club Renegade’s Red Ribbon Revue in April. Host Tabitha MCs “Lips Like Sugar” and all proceeds benefit OkEq’s HIV prevention and outreach efforts. We’ll also kick off LGBT Health Awareness week with tons of health and wellness information, freebies, and our hip and popular OkEq tees!

“The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back” lecture by Atlantic editor Andrew Sullivan
Monday, April 7, 6:30pm, Oklahoma City University

Part of the Oklahoma City University Distinguished Speakers Series. The spring 2008 speaker, Andrew Sullivan, is senior editor of The Atlantic and a columnist for The Sunday Times of London. Sullivan’s The Daily Dish was recently ranked as the top political blog in the country. His book, Virtually Normal, is one of the best-selling gay rights books, and his essay, “What’s So Bad About Hate,” is included in the Best American Essays 2000. This event is free to the public, seating is limited. For more information, visit the website or call (405) 208-4956.

Council Oak Mens Chorale hosts An Enchanted Royal Evening

Tuesday, April 8, 6:30, Club Majestic, 124 N Boston Ave

COMC having a fundraiser to support a trip to Miami this summer. The event will include door prizes, an auction and a karaoke contest. For more information, download the flier.