2008-2009 Officers

President: Lisa Linde
Vice President: John Connelly

Want to book a panel? Want to be a panelist?
Email us at zap-program@cornell.edu

What is a ZAP! panel?

ZAP! is a gender-balanced, culturally integrated panel of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning people, as well as straight allies, who come together to share ideas about sex and sexuality as they relate to their lives. ZAP! panels go to dorms, classes, RA trainings, health programs, local schools, and special programs with the purpose of educating and creating a comfortable, informal forum for discussion of issues relating to the LGBTQ and ally community.

What can you expect from a ZAP!panel?

In short, anything. A ZAP! is what the audience makes it. You might want to know how to handle a roommate coming out to you, how to come out to your roommate, how people know they're gay, if the word "queer" is safe to use, about the LGBT-scene at Cornell, anything! ZAP!ers integrate their personal experiences with basic knowledge of LGBTQ and straight ally issues in an interactive dialogue with the audience.

What are the rules?

Before we begin each panel, we present a few disclaimers to the audience:

• As some panelists may not be out or wish to be quoted, we ask that any members of the press present at a panel identify themselves.
• Panelists speak from their own experiences, and not as the voice of the larger LGBTQ community. Nor are they experts on all LGBTQ or ally experiences and lives.
• We ask audience members to please take the issues that arise from ZAP! panels out of the room, but names and details should remain confidential due to the personal nature of what the panelists share. If you see one of us on campus, you can go ahead and say "hi," but don't shout "Hey!..There's that Lesbian!" across the Arts Quad.
  Feel free to ask any questions you'd like, but panelists reserve the right not to answer if they don't feel knowledgeable about the subject, or if they find it offensive.
  

ZAP! Sexuality Discussion Panels are organized by CUGSA in collaboration with Mosaic. ZAP! is a part of Haven, supported by the office of the Dean of Students and funded by the Student Activity Fee.