Fall 2000 Newsletter

"Gaypril" in Williamstown

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community at Williams College renamed this past April, "Gaypril," and organized a comprehensive calendar of events for the month.

The month started with a performance by Marc Wolf '84 of Another America: Asking and Telling. His one-person show relates stories of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and straights who have served in the military since World War II. In all, thirteen characters present 21 monologues. It was followed the next weekend by the BiGALA reunion (see the next page for photos and more information).

During the third weekend of the month, Tim Miller lead a workshop on the use of art and dance in political activism and performed Shirts and Skins in Lasell Dance Studio. Miller is an acclaimed performance artist whose work strives to explore the artistic, spiritual and political dimensions of his identity as a gay man, and is known to many as one the NEA4.

The month ended with the Queer Pride Rally and Bash on Friday, April 28th, followed by the departure of forty students and faculty for the March on Washington, 2000. At the March the students were joined by local Williams alums and even garnered the attention of the media, with MTV joining them for the day. The March provided all a chance to witness first-hand a human rights march on Washington and see its empowering effects.

Events for the month were organized by BGLTU, BiGALA and the Dively Committee with support from other campus offices.

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