Events for April, 2009



The Real World: Brooklyn - An Evening with JD & Katelynn

Sponsored by Progressive Programs
Co-Sponsored with the LGBT Resource Center
Date: April 21
Time: 7:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms
Cost: $3 students with I-Card, $4 public Featuring: An Evening with Katelynn Cusanelli and JD Ordonez of MTV's Real World: Brooklyn. Katelynn was the first cast member to be openly transgendered and discussed her experiences throughout this season with other cast members while also volunteering at a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in NY. JD, hailing from Miami, left his world of training dolphins to join the Real World cast in Brooklyn where he also participated in many activities at the LGBT Community Center along with fellow cast mate Katelynn, while also opening up with this season’s cast about growing up in a single-parent home and putting himself through college.