Fall 2000 Newsletter

Summer 2000 BiGALA Interns

This spring the BiGALA Executive Committee had the difficult choice of choosing two summer interns from an impressive selection of applicants. Summer Interns receive a stipend to help them work on self-designed projects in an arena of their choice. Past interns have used the funding to work at non-profit LGBT organizations, on art projects exploring identity issues, and to create a movie about their coming out experience. This past summer's interns were Will Rawls '00 and Izzy Lowell '02.

Will Rawls '00 has an impressive dance resume. He has danced at the American College Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Men's Dance Workshop, Alvin Ailey Summer Dance Festival and, of course, with the Williams College Dance Program. This summer he organized an oral history project about the lives of male dancers. As a recipient of a BiGALA Summer Internship, Will conducted interviews with male dancers at the American Dance Festival, and prepared an accompanying text exploring the evolution of the male dancer's role in society over the past few decades.

Izzy Lowell '02 finds herself challenging assumptions about gender every day of her life, whether she intends to or not. Having been called "Sir" on more than one occasion and having often been accused of using the wrong bathroom, Izzy had already begun to do some writing on gender and sexuality. This summer as a recipient of a BiGALA Summer Internship award, Izzy embarked upon a photography project, accompanied by short personal essays, exploring gender and sexuality. Izzy aimed to encourage her audience to question the accepted notions of male and female and to challenge their own assumptions about the boundaries of gender.

Look to the next newsletter for more information about both Will and Izzy's projects!

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