The Out for Lunch Series aims to create space on campus for education and community building centered on the lives and experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals. Each month, we invite all students, faculty, and staff (LGBTQIA+ identified and those who support this community) to get together in-person or virtually and engage in conversation around a topic or issue within the LGBTQIA+ community.

Format

The Out for Lunch Series are hosted in the Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion Lounge (BC 111). These sessions are small group conversations with some prompting questions based on the designated topic (unless we have a guest speaker). Even if you aren’t able to stay for the whole time, we still welcome you to join for as much as you are able.

Please join us on Thursday, April 25, 2024 @ 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM.

Spring 2024

• March  1st, 2024 – Out For Lunch – Black and Same Gender Loving. 
• March 21st, 2024 – Study Abroad and the LGBTQIA+ Experience 
• April 25th, 2024 – Repairing the Heart from Religious Harm 

Spring 2023

• April 27, 2023 –  International Lesbians in the Fight for Global Equality
• March 23, 2023 – What Does Belonging Mean to Me? : I am Black and Queer

Fall 2022

• December 8, 2022 –Why Gender and Sexuality Should Matter to All of Us: Reflections from Raffi and Andrea’s visit to St. Olaf – Part I.
• November 17, 2022  – What Does Belonging Mean to Me at St. Olaf?: First Gen LGBTQIA+ Voices Speak.
• October, 27, 2022 – This is my story 

Previous Events:

• November, 2021 – Pronouns, gender and sexuality
• December, 2021 – Race and LGBTQIA+ identity
• Wednesday, March 9, 2021 at 11:45am via ZOOM- LGBTQIA+ Identity and the Internet
• Wednesday, October 21, 2020 (5 PM at BC111) – Learning the Alphabet
• Wednesday, September 25, 2020 (5PM via Zoom) – Latinx & Queer Panel

2019-2020

• Wednesday, January 22, 2020– Commodification of the LGBTQIA+ Community
• Tuesday, February 18, 2020- Religion and LGBTQIA+ Identity facilitated by Lenny Duncan
• Wednesday, March 18, 2020- All Gender Restrooms – Cancelled due to the CONVID-19 
• Tuesday, April 28, 2020- Conversion Therapy – Cancelled due to the CONVID-19 

Questions, email Damian Waite (waite1@stolaf.edu)