Community Service at MSU
Lisa Lees

Some of my volunteer service work on and around campus (I left my job as a systems analyst at the end of October 1999). Look over yonder for a list of my publications.

Groups, Talks, Workshops

• September 25, 2002: Participated on a panel presenting and discussing sexuality issues with medical students at MSU.
• September 5, 2002: Talked to committee considering changes to add gender identity to MSU's antidiscrimination policy
• April 19, 2000: Spoke to MSU Lyman Briggs 490E, Dreger, "Science, Sex, and Medicine"
• April 5, 2000: Accepted award from TransGender MichiGan during the Pride Week Transgender Reception, during which Angela Motter spoke. I and my kids participated in the campus march on April 7, also. Go State!
• October 14, 1999: Organized and participated in the Gender Transgressors panel and discussion session during MSU National Coming Out Days
• September 16, 1999: Presented seminar on Life After Sex And Gender: Personal Identity In The New Millennium to kick off a series of LBGT-themed seminars sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Office of Multicultural Development
• September 9, 1999: Participated in the MSU LBGT Resource Fair
• September 2, 1999: Participated in the MSU Coming Out Welcome Group
• June 24, 1999: Co-presented gender workshop to MSU Sociology 216, Brook, "Sex & Gender"
• June 19, 1999: Marched with the MSU Alliance in the Pride March on Lansing, helped staff the NGLTF booth
• April 26, 1999: Spoke to MSU Womens Studies 204, Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"
• March 16, 1999: Ninth session of Sharing Our Stories
• February 23, 1999: Seventh session of Sharing Our Stories
• February 9, 1999: Sixth session of Sharing Our Stories
• January 26, 1999: Fifth session of Sharing Our Stories
• January 19, 1999: Fourth session of Sharing Our Stories
• December 1, 1998: Third session of Sharing Our Stories
• November 30, 1998: Co-presented two sessions of Gender & Sexual Orientation training for the staff of MSU Human Resources at MSU
• November 17, 1998: Spoke about transgender experience to the Welcoming Congregation Class at the Unitarian Universalist Church in East Lansing
• November 17, 1998: Second session of Sharing Our Stories
• October 27, 1998: Helped arrange and conduct the first session of Sharing Our Stories, a facilitated dialogue between students active in the Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Students and students active in the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at MSU
• October 15, 1998: Spoke about transgender issues to LCC Psychology 240, Martell, "Psychology of Human Sexuality"
• October 9, 1998: Marched in the MSU homecoming parade as a staff liaison with the Alliance of LBGT Students
• October 7, 1998: Co-facilitated the gender issues discussion session during MSU National Coming Out Days
• September 10, 1998: Participated in the MSU LBGT Resource Fair
• August 19, 1998: Co-presented gender workshop to MSU Sociology 216, Dillaway, "Sex & Gender"
• July 21, 1998: Consulted with MSU Physical Plant and Human Resources about transgender issues
• June 30, 1998: Consulted with the MSU Safe Place team about transgender issues
• June 9, 1998: Met with Brent Bilodeau and several MSU students about starting a chapter of GLSEN (Gay/Lesbian/Straight Education Network) at MSU or in the Lansing area
• June 1998: The book Working with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students: A Guide for Administrators and Faculty, containing my chapter, "Meeting The Needs Of Transgendered Students," (Ronni Sanlo, Editor) is published by Greenwood
• April 22, 1998: Spoke to MSU Lyman Briggs 490E, Dreger, "Science, Sex, and Medicine"
• April 14, 1998: Co-presented Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance session as part of MSU Pride Week
• April 8, 1998: Participated in the MSU campus observance of the National Day of Silence, helping with the Alliance Table and the debriefing session
• February 20-22, 1998: Co-presented two workshops at the 1988 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender College Conference and the University of Illinois at Chicago
• February 11, 1998: Gave a presentation on transgender issues to the staff of the MSU Counseling Center
• January 20, 1998: Participated in an LGBT training session for MSU WACPFO group
• January 12, 1998: Consulted with MSU Residence Life concerning issues that may arise with transgender students either living in residence halls or working on RL staff
• November 19, 1997: Co-presented MSU ROIAL residence hall program session of Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance
• October 19, 1997: Talked with an MSU Human Relations class about LBGT issues in the workforce
• November 14, 1997: Co-presented transgender training session for MSU Olin Health Center staff
• November 7, 1997: Co-presented transgender training session for MSU Olin Health Center staff
• October 11, 1997: Accepted Prism Award certificate for my contributions to the area LBGT community
• October 10, 1997: MSU National Coming Out Day session, first use of our Gender: Exploring Diversity and Acceptance materials
• October 7, 1997: Participated in MSU Alliance open house
• August 25, 1997: Helped staff the MSU LBGT Student Resource Fair
• June 5, 1997: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Mezey, "Sex and Gender"
• May 20, 1997: Presented workshop, "Making Love With A Third-Party Body," at the University of Chicago during their Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Awareness Days (BGLAD) sponsored by Queers & Associates
• April 21, 1997: Spoke to Lyman Briggs 490E, Dreger, "Science, Medicine, and Sex"
• April 14, 1997: Spoke to MSU Women's Studies 204, Kaufman and Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"
• April 11, 1997: Facilitated transgender discussion session during Pride Week
• March 4, 1997: Spoke about transgender experience to Dignity at St. John Catholic Student Parish
• February 22, 1997: Helped organize and staff "Cocoa & Java; Words & Jam," an LBT Women's Coffeehouse, in the MSU Union
• November 21, 1996: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Swezey, "Sex and Gender"
• November 13, 1996: Spoke at the "Love Makes A Family" reception
• November 11, 1996: Spoke to MSU Anthropology 220, Ferguson, "Gender Relations in Comparative Perspective"
• November 6, 1996: I and my family participated in the "Love Makes A Family" panel in the MSU Union
• October 11, 1996: Participant on the National Coming Out Days panel
• August 22, 1996: Helped staff the LBGT Student Resource Fair
• August 5, 1996: Created GLFSA ad for the State News retrospective booklet to be distributed at the LBGT Student Resource Fair
• May 1, 1996: Consulted with Employee Assistance Program in regards to a request for information about transgender issues
• April 22, 1996: Spoke to MSU Sociology 216, Gallin, "Sex and Gender"
• April 11, 1996: Participated in first transgender panel on the MSU campus during Pride Week
• April 10, 1996: Marched in the campus Pride March, which was explicitly transgender inclusive for the first time
• March 25, 1996: Spoke to MSU Women's Studies 204, Kaufman & Tracy, "Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies"

Past Memberships and Offices

• Participant in the MSU Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender focus group of the Women's Resource Center
• One of the LBGT University Liaisons working with Brent Bilodeau under the umbrella of the Office of Multicultural Development
• Member of the Board of Directors of the MSU Gay & Lesbian Faculty & Staff Association during 1997/98
• GLFSA representative to the MSU Women's Organizational Coordinating Council
• Member of the Staff Advisory Committee of the MSU Gay & Lesbian Faculty & Staff Association from 1996 through 1998; and helped create the first web pages for GLFSA (www.msu.edu/~glfsa)
• Founding co-facilitator of the MSU transgender support group began in Fall 1995
• Member of the Parish Pastoral Council of St. John Catholic Student Parish during 1995/1997

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