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Title: IvyQ conference brings together modern activism, history
Post by: Shana A on February 23, 2011, 09:28:03 AM
IvyQ conference brings together modern activism, history

Columbia hosted the second IvyQ conference for LGBTQ students and their straight allies at Ivy League schools last weekend.

By Karla Jimenez
Published February 23, 2011

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/02/23/ivyq-conference-brings-together-modern-activism-history (http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/02/23/ivyq-conference-brings-together-modern-activism-history)

At last weekend's IvyQ conference, featured workshops ranged from "Oscar Wilde" to "Trans 101"—but a modern role model may have gotten the most attention.

Columbia hosted the second IvyQ conference for LGBTQ students and their straight allies at Ivy League schools, who heard from speakers like Amanda Simpson, senior technical adviser to the United States undersecretary of commerce and the first openly transgender female presidential appointee.