Now is the time to get your tickets for the LGBT Winter Ball; we’re having a masquerade theme this year!

For just £23 you will get:

~ bucks fizz reception
~ half a bottle of wine
~ 3 course ‘traditional Christmas’ meal
~ Special student discounts on the bar eg £1.50 on draught beer and spirits
~ and of course a DJ to help us get our boogie on!

Tickets will be available from your friendly committee members at events this week, or you can email/message us. Tickets will also go on sale online this week at
http://www.lgbt.man.ac.uk

Keep Friday the 27th free this week in your diaries as our Events officers as we’ll be having a HUGE LGBT night out with FOUR other North West Unis… details to be confirmed- watch this space!

EVENTS THIS WEEK:
Slave (Talent) Auction
Transgendered Day of Rememberence Vigil
Postgraduate and Mature Student’s Lunch
Coffee
Welfare and Campaigns Collective
Drop-ins in the Library and Safespace- Bi, Queer, Trans, Welfare
Library and Safe Space Training

EVENTS NEXT WEEK:
Creative Session with Quack
Pub Golf!
Big Night Out

Other Events
Diversity Careers Show
Message from Nightline

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SLAVE/TALENT AUCTION Wednesday 18th 8pm
Got a talent you’d be willing to share to raise funds for the LGBT Society?
Get involved!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172432089481&index=1

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Manchester’s Annual Transgender Remembrance Vigil- Sunday 22nd 3:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184626196592&index=1

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Post Graduate and Mature Student’s Lunch
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 1pm

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=lgbt%20post#/event.php?eid=171782608169&ref=mf

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Coffee Wednesday 18th, and 25th
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175784328575&index=1

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Welfare and Campaigns Collective Wednesday 18th and 25th 12:30-13:30
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163794308621&ref=mf

Next Sunday, the 22nd November, is the Liverpool March Against Homophobia.
http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175103708809&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=171605904294

Contact Emma Kerry for more details

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Bi Drop-in
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=339619660178&ref=mf

Queer Drop in
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=175103708809&index=1

Trans
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=334801445105&ref=mf

Welfare
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482#/event.php?eid=182161942553&index=1

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Library and Safe Space Training – Wednesday 18th 18:00-19:30

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166891827155&ref=mf

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Queer Arts Creative Session with QuACK

Monday 23rd 5-7pm in the Basement of the Union

Contact Jennie O’Hara from our Committee for more details

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Pub Golf
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 20:35
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482#/event.php?eid=326551215433&index=1

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Other Events can be found on our discussion page here:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&ref=ts&gid=2542770482#/topic.php?uid=2542770482&topic=12415

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Diversity Careers Show
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482#/event.php?eid=99547346521&index=1

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NIGHTLINE
National Nightline Awareness Week

Nightline is a confidential, non-judgemental, non-directive listening and information service open from 8pm-8am every night, and is run BY students FOR students.
If you need taxi/takeaway numbers,
Want to chat,
Have a problem and want someone to listen or want options
You can contact us on the Nightline number on the back of your library card
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168764462595&ref=mf#/pages/Manchester-Nightline/91512512867?ref=ts

As part of their awareness week Nightline are also running a Listening Workshop Wednesday 2-4pm in MR1

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For all union events the students’ union will pay £5 towards childcare costs to enable students to attend. For more information contact Hazel, the Union’s women’s officer, on 01612752939 / womens@umsu.manchester.ac.uk

The Slave Auction
We need you! Have you got a talent that you’re willing to put up for auction? It could be giving guitar lessons, teaching someone to ski, cleaning someone’s kitchen, being a chauffeur for a night out… anything you can think of really! All the money we raise is being used for events and making the society better for you, so please help out if you can Message Peter Stephens or any other committee member and let us know.

The slave auction is coming up in a week or so (more on that in the next weekly e-mail.)

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The Winter Ball

Christmas is just around the corner and what better way to ring it in than with the lgbt Winter Ball! This year the venue is the Britannia Hotel and the theme is masquerade.

The ticket will get you a three course sit down meal, half a bottle of wine, a private bar with student prices (£1.50 for singles and pints), music, a wonderful venue and an amazing night!

The price will be a mere £23! Tickets will go on sale next Monday and will be available from the ticket office in the union, online, or from committee. You need to get your ticket before the 25th Nov though; after that tickets will be £27.

Venue: The Britannia Hotel
Price: £23 or £27 after the 25th
Theme: Masquerade

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The Trans Resource and Empowerment Centre

Just a reminder about this great event. It’s this Saturday, 11:00-16:00 at the LGF. Our wonderful Trans rep Francis McGough will be going, with Benji Starr and Emma Keey will be there too. If you want to meet up with them beforehand or have any questions about it, drop them a message!

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NUS Elections and By-elections

These elections are happening now! It’s really important to vote on who represents you. You can even do this online now, through your student portal.

There are a few candidates standing who are previous or current committee members of ours:

Robbie Folkard
Sarah McCulloch
Ste Monoghan

There are also other candidates running who have been involved with the lgbt, please check out the manifestos

Please vote!

It’s Reading Week for many this week but for those of you still in Manchester there’ll be plenty going on.

Firstly though, we need your input! Check out the discussions page on our main LGBT uni facebook group.
We would love to hear your ideas on adverts, events and promotions and publicity feedback.
We’d also like to know what you want from your LGBT Ball (!) so we can make it the best one yet

For all union events the students’ union will pay £5 towards childcare costs to enable students to attend. For more information contact Hazel, the Union’s women’s officer, on 01612752939 / womens@umsu.manchester.ac.uk

See you in the week!
Much love,
Sam xx
Co-Chair (Women’s Place)

Events for the week ahead:

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Tuesday: Postgrad and Mature Student’s Lunch, Contact Theatre

A relaxing lunch at the Contact Theatre and a great chance to meet other postgrad and mature students! Hope to see you all there!

Robin and Jennie (your postgrad and mature student reps)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38270537076#/event.php?eid=165926974909&index=1

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Wednesday: Coffee in the Contact Theatre

Everyone welcome. Great chance to meet new people, have a chat, or a gossip about the previous night’s antics in poptastic!
The food’s pretty good too…

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Thursday: Bonfire Night! Platt Fields Park
Come along to ‘ooo’ and ‘ahhh’. Everyone welcome!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542770482&v=app_2373072738#/event.php?eid=167866774708&index=1

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Bookgroup

It’s not too late to join Bookgroup! We meet every other Wednesday in the Peer Support Centre on North campus – keep an eye out for our Facebook events. We’ve just started to read ‘Hero’ by Perry Moore (you can find reviews and a cheap copy on Amazon). If you want to join us, get yourself a copy and read the first 100 pages or so – it’s quite easy going. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday evening after reading week. All welcome – whether or not you’re LGBT, whether or not you’ve ever been to a bookgroup, come along for a friendly chat and some cake
Joe
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8908486997&ref=ts

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The LGBT Welfare Campaigns Collective

There will be no meeting this week but it will be back on on the 12th November at 12.30pm.

Do you think it’s unfair that gay and bisexual men can’t give blood?
Do you think it’s unfair that civil partnerships are not equal to marriage?
Want to help work with charities like Broken Rainbow who support LGBT domestic violence victims?

Come along and get involved!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30471287716#/group.php?gid=6646031243&ref=ts

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Until next week…