About B-GLAD

B-GLAD is the University of Puget Sound's Queer/Straight alliance. We work to make the campus a safe and accepting place for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation. For the most part, B-GLAD is a political and social club. We welcome all who are interested, regardless of sexual orientation or identifying orientation.

2006-2007 club officers
Elizabeth Smith, Co-President
Rachelle Ryness, Treasurer
Nell Shamrell, Webmaster
Alex Thomas, Publicity Chair
Jonathon Huang, Community Outreach
Clay Harmon, Student Diversity Center Governing Council Representative
Donn Marshall, Advisor
Marta Palmquist Cady, Advisor

What to expect
The first few minutes of the B-GLAD meetings are generally spent catching up on the week and chit-chatting and whatnot. Once enough people have trickled in (normally at 5 or 10 minutes past the hour) we start with introductions .
We try to mix things up a bit, so in addition to the standard introduction-type stuff (name, year, major) we'll add something fun like having people say their favorite toothpaste or what color underwear they are wearing or something like that.
Once introductions are out of the way we plow through all the business-type stuff--primarily event planning. We also receive updates from representatives to the Diversity Center Governing Council and other organizations B-GLAD members are involved with.
At the end of meetings we leave time to have a short discussion about a topic which was decided the week before. The discussion topics can range from, "Where are all the queers at UPS?" to "What responsibility do companies who advertise in queer media have to the queer community?" Although members of B-GLAD may share some similar beliefs, we tend not to agree about everything and take advantage of the discussions to learn from each other.