Nora will be on campus through commencement. There will be a drop-by get-together on Monday, May 6th, from 3:30-5pm in the K.C. Potter Center. Everyone is welcome!

Making Our Own Trans* Umbrella
Monday, January 28th,10am-5pm
K.C. Potter Center
Come to the KCPC to help us create our very own version of the Trans* Umbrella. We’ll be decorating a large rainbow umbrella with positive affirmations about trans* and gender non-conforming identities.  Open to all members of the Vanderbilt community.

Trans* Clothes Swap
Collecting until Monday, January 28
In honor of Trans* Pride Week and Lambda’s Winter Clothes Drive, we will be having a Trans* Clothes Swap for the youth of the Just Us program at the Oasis Center as well as Vanderbilt students. Everyone’s invited to donate gently used clothes and accessories (jewelry, makeup, binders, etc.) that are no longer needed.  Donations can be dropped off at the K.C. Potter Center (312 West Side Row). For directions, contact Petey Peterson at (615) 322-3330.

Lambda General Body Meeting: LGB But Not Quite the T
Tuesday, January 29th, 8-9pm
K.C. Potter Center
“LGBT” is the current mainstream acronym representing the queer community.  All too often the T is mentioned without a space being created for the gender non-conforming.  We see legislation, change, and widespread conversations for the LGB, but what’s really going on with the T?  Open to all undergraduate students.

Film Screening: transparent
Thursday, January 31st, 6-7:30pm
Sarratt 216/220
Pink or blue. Male or female. Mommy or daddy. Categories that we all take for granted are broken apart in transparent, a documentary about 19 female-to-male transpeople living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few cases, have gone on to raise their biological children. transparent focuses on its subjects’ lives as parents, revealing the diverse ways in which each person reconciles giving birth and being a biological mother with his masculine identity. Free and open to the public.

Thank Goodness It’s Trans* Friday (TGI-Trans*-F)
Friday, February 1st, 12-2pm
K.C. Potter Center
Bring your lunch to the K.C. Potter Center for good company and conversation. Then stay for dessert and make your own Gender-bread person cookie in honor of Trans* Pride Week!  Open to all members of the Vanderbilt community.

* The word “transgender,” or “trans,” is an umbrella term which is often used to describe
a wide range of identities and experiences, including: transsexuals, FTMs, MTFs,
cross-dressers, drag queens, drag kings, two-spirits, gender queers, and many more.

Here is a list of the events for the week.

Ally Buttons
Monday February 18th @ K.C. Potter Center
Come to the KCPC and get a free LGBTQI ALLY Button. We ask you to wear this button all week long to recognize yourself as an ALLY to the community so that we can appreciate you!

Lambda General Body Meeting- ALLY Week
Tuesday February 19th 8pm @ K.C. Potter Center
Come join Lambda for their General Body Meeting and bring your ALLY friends!

Zach Wahls: My Family is as Real as Yours
Wednesday February 20th 7:00pm @ Sarratt Cinema
When Zach Wahls testified before the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in January, 2011, he did not expect his speech to receive over 17 million hits on YouTube. He didn’t expect to become a social media sensation. He was simply stepping up and speaking out for his family and what he knew was right. Everyone is welcome to hear Zach tell his story on Feb. 20th at 7pm in Sarratt Cinema. This event is free and open to the public. Visit www.vanderbilt.edu/lgbtqi for more information

Thanks Goodness It’s ALLY Appreciation Friday (TGI-ALLY Appreciation-F)
Friday February 22nd 12-2pm @ K.C. Potter Center
Bring your lunch to the K.C. Potter Center for good company and good conversation. Make sure to bring your favorite ALLIES so we can thank them for their amazing work.

Dean of Students Office, Vanderbilt University

The student and marital spouse or same-sex domestic partner should visit the Dean of Students office, each in possession of a state- or federally-issued identification [1].  The Dean of Students office is located in 310 Sarratt Student Center, and generally open Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm.  For more information, please call (615) 322-6400.

Students and their marital spouses or same-sex domestic partners will be asked to complete a form affirming that they meet the following criteria:

1. We are not related by blood in a manner that would prohibit us from being married under Tennessee state law. [2]
2. We are at least 18 years of age. [3]
3. We are not legally married to anyone else.
4. We reside in a common household or share responsibility for the household.

Upon completion of the affidavit, the Dean of Students representative will notarize it, photocopy the affidavit and identification, and provide paper or digital copies to the student and spouse/partner and the Commodore Card Office.  The student and their spouse/partner should then visit the Commodore Card Office together in order to obtain a Commodore Card for the registered spouse/partner.

If at any point the marriage, civil union, or/or domestic partnership is dissolved, students are expected to notify the Dean of Students office within 60 calendar days, and non-student spouses/partners must return their Commodore Card to the Dean of Students office.

Further Considerations

• Consistent with the practice of the Commodore Card Office, all spouses/partners are required to re-register annually to continue these benefits.
• Health insurance coverage for student spouses/partners is handled through an independent process: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/student_health/student-health-insurance.
• Employees wishing to register their spouse/partner should consult this link to HR’s website: http://hr.vanderbilt.edu/benefits/domesticpartner.php.