Download the Queer Trans Youth Visibility Project first Zine
Click here to download a PDF of the first zine to celebrate queer trans youth visibility in the Inland Empire. Permission is given by the creators to share this link and download free, far and wide.
RSVP to attend, register as a graduating student, and recognize a Significant Other at the June 4th Lambda Celebration
The Lambda Celebration on Tuesday, June 4th brings together the campus LGBT and allies community for one awesome evening of food, awards, and fellowship. We will honor graduating students with rainbow tassels, students graduating with the LGBIT Studies Minor, announce the recipients of the LGBTQIA Student Leadership Scholarship, and recognize our Lambda Award winners. Any UCR student, staff or faculty may also honor a "Significant Other" for impacting their life in a positive way. All the links are availabile online here.
ASTERISK - New Trans* Sudent Organization - Now Meeting at UCR
Asterisk is a trans* and allies group on the UCR campus created to offer open discussions on gender identity and expression issues, spread trans* awareness, prganize events and programs, and get involved with trans* activism. Meetings are in the LGBT Resource Center meeting room (245 Costo Hall), Thursdays at 4pm. Visit the Asterisk facebook page or email asteriskucr@gmail.com .
New Student Organization Queer Association of Asian Pacific Islanders (QAAPI) Now Meeting
QAAPI is a student organization that creates a confidential, impartial space for anyone to discuss LGBTQ issues in the Asian and Pacific Islander community. QAAPI strives to promote awareness of the Queer Asian & Pacific Islander community, with a commitment to education, community service, and respect for humanity. For more information, email ucrqaapi@gmail.com.
UQ Conference rocks the HUB
UC Riverside hosted the UQ Conference: 20 Years of Campus LGBT Progress on February 2, 2013. Over 300 people from 60 campuses registered to attend. Read the UCR Today article.
LGBT Resource Center Launches TransFigures Poster Project
The TransFigures Poster Project is an awareness campaign that seeks to educate and to celebrate the lives and achievement of Trans* individuals. The first series includes thirteen 11 x 17 color posters, featuring Ryka Aoki, Dr. Van Bailey, Genny Beemyn, D'Lo, Vicki Estrada, Phyllis Frye, Ricky Garcia, Raquel Gutierrez, Tania "T" Hammidi, Jennifer Leitham, Deirdre McCloskey, Bamby Salcedo, and Mia Yamamoto. Posters are available as both low- and high-resolution downloadable *pdf documents. The project was developed by UCR Summer Graduate Intern Kayla Lisenby. Learn more, including access to an Education Guide and how to be a featured individual in future poster series, on the TransFigures Poster Project web page.
UC Riverside Named a Top-10 Trans-Friendly Campus in U.S.
From The Advocate (8/15/12):
"...UC Riverside (UCR) is one of the country’s most active colleges in educating the campus about trans people. Through its LGBT Resource Center, UCR offers an ally training program specifically about the experiences of trans people, and it commemorates the Transgender Day of Remembrance through a series of posters displayed around campus that feature individuals who have been murdered because of their gender identity or expression. Complimenting this effort, the center is currently developing a poster project of important living trans figures, with a focus on trans people of color. In 2005, UCR was the first public college in the U.S. to offer gender-inclusive housing for both incoming and returning students. This year, the college collaborated with eight other campuses to organize the country’s first intercampus retreat for trans/genderqueer and gender-questioning college students, building on a highly successfully trans retreat at UC Irvine in 2011.volunteers."
UC Riverside Named a Top-25 LGBT-Friendly Campus in U.S.
Using factors leading to a campus experience that is inclusive, welcoming andf respectful of LGBT people as measured by the Campus Climate Index, Campus Pride named UC Riverside one of the top LGBT-Friendly universities in the nation. UCR rated highly in LGBT Policy Inclusion, Support & Institutional Commitment, LGBT Academic Life, Student Life, Housing, Campus Safety, Counseling & Health and Recruitment and Retention Efforts. Other California campuses in the Top 25 are Stanford University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara. See the complete story here.