It’s about social justice and tolerance.

It’s about understanding and awareness.

And it’s about the promotion of true equality for all, in the hills of Appalachiaand everywhere else.

Equality in the Hillsis the theme of West Virginia University’s Gay Pride Week observances, April 3-7.

The week will feature a comprehensive line-up of forums, screenings of the Academy Award-winning film,Brokeback Mountainandfull spectrumdiscussions that offer an unflinching look at 21 st century life for the gay and lesbian community.

People are people, and we’re all in this together,said Robert Shuman, who co-chairs WVU ’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Mountaineers (BiGLTM) student group, the principal sponsor and organizer of the event.This is a week of awareness, and that means understanding, tolerance, and, eventually, equality in society for everyone.

The week is also sponsored by WVU ’s Council on Sexual Orientation, Female Equality Movement, HIV /STD Prevention Program, Multicultural Center Committee, President’s Office for Social Justice and the School of Medicine .

Schedule of events:

April 3

  • Full Spectrum Discussion (friends and allies), 3 p.m., Laurel Room , Mountainlair
  • Angels Against Hatedemonstration, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., outside Mountainlair
  • Film,Lesbian Grandmothers from Mars,8 p.m. , G-24 Eiesland Hall
  • Speak Out Against Hatediscussion, 9:30 p.m. , Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair

April 4

  • Full Spectrum Discussion (lesbian), 3 p.m., Monongahela Room, Mountainlair
  • Pizza Sale , noon-5 p.m., outside Mountainlair
  • Discussion,Pastoral Perspectives,4 p.m., Monongahela Room
  • Drag Bingo,7 p.m. Monongalia Arts Center

April 5

  • Full Spectrum Discussion (gay), 3 p.m., followed by faculty panel at 4, Monongahela Room

April 6

  • Film and discussion,Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium,noon, Shenandoah Room, Mountainlair
  • Full Spectrum Discussion (transsexual/transgender), 3 p.m., Monongahela Room

April 7

  • Full Spectrum Discussion (bisexual), 4 p.m., Blackwater Room, Mountainlair
  • Bake Sale , 10 a.m.-4 p.m., outside Mountainlair
  • Straight Talkdiscussion, 5 p.m., Blackwater Room
  • Gay-Latalent showcase, 7 p.m., Monongalia Arts Center

All week

  • Film,Brokeback Mountain ,Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair
  • Safe-sex exhibit, Mountainlair Commons
  • BiGLTM/Council on Sexual Orientation exhibit, Mountainlair Commons

Info:http://www.wvu.edu/~bigltm/prideweek.htm