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Society Update

November 17th, 2009

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