Thursday, November 5th 2009

By selma al-samarrai

McMaster University will be holding its annual Mac Pride Week on Nov. 9 to Nov. 13. The week will be concluded with the first ever Mac Pride Parade, arranged by the Queer Students Community Centre (QSCC).

The Mac Pride week will begin with the Opening ceremonies in the McMaster University Student Centre on Mon Nov. 9, “free hugs” on Tues Nov. 10 and a movie showing of the movie Milk in the QSCC room in MUSC, 221. On Wed. Nov. 11 there will be a Gay Trivia night at the QSCC office. On Thurs. Nov 12, there will be a drag show at the Marauders bar in the basement of the restaurant Kelsey’s on Main Street. On Fri. Nov. 13 at around 12.30 p.m., the Mac Pride Parade will begin at Les Prince Residence; it will continue through the centre of campus, and ending at Mary Keyes residence. This will be followed by a Laser tag event in the evening. Anyone is welcome to participate in Mac Pride Week.

“Mac Pride is about celebrating diversity and sexual diversity at McMaster. It’s more about raising awareness and letting people know we’re here and we support you. Mac Pride Parade is something all the coordinators in the past have wanted to do… it would be a lot of fun to have something like that,” explained Suzanne Kane, coordinator of QSCC.

QSCC is a McMaster Students Union service which offers support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, and queer students at McMaster, and an open social space five days a week from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. As of recently, a new health initiative titled Tuesdays with Nurse Don has begun where the QSCC Health Awareness Executive will answer any health related questions in person or through e-mail, to members of the service.

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