Congratulations Emily Wunderlich & University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse on winning $10,000* in FREE OUTmedia Entertainment for campus!!!

Winner of Campus Pride & OUTmedia's 1st International Video Contest & Campaign

When reviewing all of our submissions there was only one that stole our hearts and perfectly spoke the message of Campus Pride and OUTmedia's "Be Queer, Buy Queer!" International Video Contest and Campaign. With simple engineering and her empowered voice, Emily Wunderlich is a student not only making change, she's creating it. Her video embodied the message of BQBQ! She used her voice to show that every member of the LGBTQQIA community can stand together and make a difference. So take note and remember "dollar signs change times".

I met with some of my Point family this weekend for our Regional Leadership Forum. They always get the ideas flowing and my ambition skyrocketing, so I’ve managed to crank out some thoughts about campus organizing.

The first question I have to tackle is that of definition; what do LGBTQA orgs on campuses do? My school is a small one, with an undergrad population around 2,200. Our queer group is all-inclusive, catering to social, political, and academic needs. We seem to have a chronic condition of multiple personalities, discussing a variety of issues within our hour-long weekly meeting. I understand that larger schools oftentimes split their LGBTQA groups between social and political frameworks, or they piece apart the queer letters. While this may lock onto particular missions, there is still some ambiguity that I wonder about. Are queer groups meant to finagle ourselves into larger social and volunteer networks, asserting our own presence and therefore “normalcy”? Are our political mission supposed to work on a governmental level, or should the focus rest on the immediate community? Do we benefit more through inter-college networking or community connections? And how do we divide our attention and resources to meet all these different areas of concern?