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Vanderbilt Medical students set GLBT awareness week activities

Posted 4/11/2008

Students at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have organized a week-long set of free activities designed to promote awareness of GLBT health and community issues.  It is the first-time the students have organized a formal week of activities.

Guest speakers have been scheduled for the entire week from the noon to 1 p.m. hour in Light Hall, with topics ranging from the threat of a ban on same-sex adoption in Tennessee to working with the media on GLBT issues. All events are free and open to the public.

The VMS GSA has a two-fold mission: to educate the greater Vanderbilt medical community on health issues that pertain to GLBT patients and health care providers and to provide a support network for GLBT medical students.

A complete schedule of the week, along with the locations:

Sunday, April 13
LGBT Health Fair: sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and School of Nursing
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, 1808 Woodmont Blvd, 2 – 6 p.m.

Monday, April 14
Light Hall Room 208, 12-1 p.m.
Family Matters: Discussing the threat to same-sex adoption in TN;
Bradley Bullock, MD; Teri Sogol, LCSW; Scott Rodgers, MD

Tuesday, April 15
Light Hall Room 202, 12-1 p.m.
Language Matters: Transgender health and awareness
Reverend Elise Elrod

Wednesday, April 16
Light Hall Room 407, 12-1 p.m.
Open Discussion Forum: The Nashville LGBT community: health, rights and beyond
Chris Sanders, president, Tennessee Equality Project; Sarah Fogel, Ph.D.

Thursday, April 17
Light Hall Room 202, 12-1 p.m.
Protecting LGBT Families and Civil Unions
Abby Rubenfeld, J.D.
*6 p.m. - Movie showing: Torchsong Trilogy, LGBT Resource Office

Friday, April 18
Light Hall Room 214, 12-1 p.m.
Improving Relations From Within: Discussion on the Media's Representation of the LGBT Community
Jerry Jones, MPA, VU Senior Information Officer; Brent Meredith, Host and Producer, Out & About Today on NewsChannel 5; Scott Arnold, Anchor/Reporter NewsChannel 5; Joe Morris, president, National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Association


Contact: Jerry Jones, (615) 322-4747
Jerry.jones@vanderbilt.edu

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