SPEECH!

Okay! My speech is TODAY. Now. It’s going to be livestreamed on Facebook here. I can’t make this post too long, but oh man, I am so excited and nervous and kind of tense all wrapped up into one big ball of anxiousness. Anyway, wish me luck! (Oh, and I hope your exam week is going well! Be sure to get a good amount of sleep!)

LGBTQIA update, less of a “news” post…

The drag show was last night.

Wow. Next year, I am SO doing my own act. The whole thing was hilarious and fun and totally wacky. The Notorious OMG–who you can find on Facebook, just search the name–was the MC for the night, and we had a whole nightful of acts including Teen Titans, Beyoncé, the Joker, and Doctor Who and more! We’ll have pictures up sooner or later–the event only just happened, so the photographer will likely be uploading them soon. You can bet I’ll be posting plenty of links! I even took part in an act–the Teen Titans one. I was Beast Boy. (I’m still cleaning green face paint out of my ears, by the way. It almost didn’t come out of my hair.)

So, other things. Remember, the LGBTQIA mixer is today at 5PM in Lamberton. And no, you do not have to be gay or involved in the LGBTQIA groups to come. It’s a chance to get out of your social bubble and meet real people and put a face to that ginormous acronym. (Did you know? Some people are starting to use “GSRM” intead of the LGBTQIA+ alphabet-soup acronym. GSRM stands for Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities.) Oh, and also, there’s going to be a lot of food. So come get free food, people.

So! What other interesting stuff do you have planned for this weekend, apart from, of course, going to the Lehigh Valley LGBTQIA Conference in the UC on Saturday? And studying, let’s not forget that. Exams are coming up. Or, for some people, already here.

Good luck to everyone on those. May the academic Force be with you.

And as a bonus, me dressed up yesterday while promoting the drag show: