Queer Colleagues

Queer Student Reception Sept 3

kanderson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:33:17 +0000

Announcing the annual Queer Student Reception as part of new student orientation

Details:

What: Queer Student Reception

Where: Downey House Lounge

When: September 3, 2009, 3-4 PM

Who: Queer and allied students, faculty, librarians, and staff

Even if you can’t stay for the full hour, it would be great if you can drop by. Hope to see you there!

True Colors Conference Registration

kanderson — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:15:17 +0000

Registration is now open for the

True Colors Annual Conference

March 12-14, 2009 UConn-Storrs

The world’s largest conference for LGBTQI* youth, providers, and their allies

The focus of this year’s conference is mental and behavioral health. For more information and to register, go to:

http://www.ourtruecolors.org/

Same-sex marriage workshop on campus

kanderson — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:46:09 +0000

GLAD and Love Makes a Family are holding a marriage workshop here on campus this Tuesday, October 28.

Middletown’s own Maureen Murphy will talk, and she is an expert on this issue. GLAD asks that participants to RSVP. The announcement is also posted online:

http://www.glad.org/event/index.php?stub=ct-marriage-workshop

Marriage Workshop in CT

October 28, 2008 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Wesleyan University, Exley Science Center, Room 150
Middletown, CT

Let GLAD and LMF give you legal “Marriage Counseling!”

Seminars will be held around the state for same-sex couples, attorneys, and anyone who needs to be updated on the legal implications of our new marriage rights. Hear from Attorneys Ben Klein and Maureen Murphy on issues such as what to do with your civil unions, taxes, and health care. Come and have all your questions answered! Anne Stanback from LMF will also be on hand to discuss next steps to defend our marriage rights.

Please RSVP to Alton Croker by emailing him at acroker@glad.org.

Same-sex marriage given legal standing in Connecticut

kanderson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:29:55 +0000

Same-sex marriage now has legal standing in Connecticut. Today, the Connecticut State Supreme Court issued a ruling that same-sex couples have the right to legal marriage.

A huge gala party to celebrate this milestone will be held tonight at the Hilton hotel in Hartford, at 315 Trumbull Street, at 7 PM. Before the party, an equality rally will be held at 5:30 PM on the north steps of the state capitol in Hartford. Both are organized by Love Makes a Family.

For more information about these two events, visit the Love Makes a Family website.

Do you want to go to either, and need a ride? Please leave a comment. Do you have a ride to offer? Please leave a comment.

I hope to see you there,

Karen

Domestic partner benefits at Wesleyan

kanderson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:07:52 +0000

Wesleyan University offers the following benefits to domestic partners of its employees: health care benefits, undergraduate tuition assistance for dependent children, and tuition remission for Graduate Liberal Studies Program courses. For information about benefits, go here: http://www.wesleyan.edu/hr/benefits/2006/benefitslandingpage.html

To be eligible for these benefits, the employee and the partner must submit to the Human Resources office an affidavit of their partnership. This process simply requires the employee and partner to fill out a form, posted here: http://www.wesleyan.edu/hr/forms.html

Health benefits and GLSP tuition remission constitute taxable income to the employee whose partner receives the benefit. If the partners are entered into a civil union in Connecticut, they have to pay federal but not state income tax on some of these benefits; please consult a tax specialist for tax advice.

Wesleyan offers domestic partner benefits to same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Wesleyan does not require same-sex partners to enter into a Connecticut civil union to be eligible for benefits.

Queer Colleagues at Wesleyan University

kanderson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:54:55 +0000

QUEER COLLEAGUES is an organization of queer Wesleyan University faculty, librarians, and staff. We organize advocacy meetings and social gatherings.

ADVOCACY

We advocate to the University regarding employee support for queer issues. We advocate to Human Resources about benefits for domestic partners and same-sex couples. If there is a queer-related issue you would like the University to address through this group, please contact Karen Anderson, kanderson at wesleyan dot edu.

SOCIAL GATHERINGS

We organize social events for queer faculty, librarians, and staff. Events will be posted to this site. If you would like to receive e-mail announcements about our events, please contact Karen Anderson, kanderson at wesleyan dot edu.