"I want my radical queer and trans communities to understand the violence we do to each other, I want us to understand it using our own words and stories. I want us to find healing in the ways we are doing it better and I want us to create spaces for healing all around us. I want us to not get ahead of ourselves in our quest for better community engagement models. I want us to build our capacity for complexity and to continue moving beyond the domestic violence movement catch phrases like 'you did what you needed to survive" and "it's not your fault" that we've relied on for far too long. I want us to stay connected with each other and to practice vigilance during the times our friends fall off the map. I've yet to see a structured community accountability model that I would want to recreate in my life and communities, but at the same time I've also seen so much growth in our movements and in the people around me. I'm excited about creating the conditions for loving each other the very best way we know how - beautifully, fully, and as people who can act powerfully and make choices on our own behalf."

Fluid Attraction Group

Thursday 3/12 | 6-7p | LGBTRC

Contact ucsdfluidgroup@gmail.com for more info.

Trans* Collective 

Wednesday 3/11 | 4-5p | LGBTRC

 Trans* Collective is a support and discussion group designed for trans*, gender variant/fluid, intersex folks including individuals who are questioning and/or identify outside of their assigned gender/sex. 
 
 

Contact rainbow@ucsd.edu for more info. 

Out and Proud Week Call for Programs

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Crafternoon: Nail Art

Wed. March 11th | 1-3p | LGBTRC

Come to the LGBTRC to de-stress through nail art with community! Materials will be provided, simply bring your creativity. 

Healing from Childhood Sexual Assault

POSTPONED until next quater! | LGBTRC

 Hello community, my name is sandra j. and I am the Library Intern here at the UCSD LGBT Resource Center. I identity as a survivor of childhood sexual assault and wanted to help create a healing space for all queer/trans identified survivors of childhood sexual assault, to bridge the gap in what it means to be a survivor of CSA (childhood sexual assault) and queer/trans identified, and to create space for those specific intersections of our identities in finding other folks to connect with.

 This program will focus on healing through education and dialogue around CSA, healing from and through trauma, discussion, writing exercises, crafts, and plant potting. 

 Please note:

1. This is a CLOSED SPACE for CSA survivors and Queer/Trans-identified members of community. 

2. This space can/will be triggering due to the nature of the content, please take the necessary time for yourself before, during, and after the event in the case of feeling triggered and overwhelmed. 
3. Please let me know during, before, after the event of any accommodations necessary. 

Please contact me with any questions, comments, and concerns here.

QuEST (Queer Engineers, Scientists and Technical Professionals) Quarterly Mixer

Wed. March 18th | 6-9p

QuEST is throwing their quarterly mixer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography next Wednesday!Free food and beer (21+).

Thanks to GSA, SIO and TSRI Society of Fellows for funding!

Join the facebook event here!

Requiem by Hector Berlioz

Friday, March 13 7:30 PM | Saturday, March 14 7:30 PM | Sunday, March 15 2:00 PM

Renewal is the nature of any requiem - it's less an acknowledgment of death as it is a celebration of what comes next. This is an enormous piece and we will have nearly 300 musicians on stage to perform it in all its glory. Best known for its Tuba mirum, when the trumpets sound and the dead are called, four brass bands will crank up around the audience as 16 timpani join the orchestra and chorus. 75 members of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus will join the regular chorus members to make this a stunning production. For more information, visit us here. 

Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood: Queer Chicano Desire and Belonging

The editors invite contributions to an anthology that brings together work by queer/gay Chicanos/Mexicanos on their fathers, the act of fathering, and/or notions of fatherhood whether fathers are/were present or absent, accessible, inaccessible, engaged, disengaged, accepting or rejecting of sons.

PFLAG 2015 Scholarships

Application deadline is March 16, 2015

PFLAG San Diego and its collaborators are pleased to offer these scholarships in 2015. Minimum scholarship amounts are $1,000, and more than one scholarship may be awarded in a given category. Applicants are encouraged to address the additional award factors considered for these named scholarships when they submit their essays. For more information visit here! 

QPOCC 2015

May 1st-3rd

We hope to create a space to share knowledge, to celebrate lives, and to validate the experiences past and present of queer people of color. Through the creation of this space, we hope to provide access for folks to maintain self-care, connect with other QPOC, and remember our roots. For more information, visit us here. 

Queers & Comics Conference

May 7-8 2015,  9am - 9pm

CUNY Graduate Center, C Lower Level

The Queers & Comics Conference will celebrate, explore and analyze queer cartoonists and their work. It will offer LGBTQ cartoonists, comics writers and artists an opportunity to share information about their craft, to document the history and significance of queer comics, and to discuss how LGBTQ cartoonists navigate the comics industry. RSVP here!

BlaqOUT Conference on April 10-11, 2015 @ University of California, Riverside.

Apply by March 28^th, 2015

 We cordially invite all folks who self identify as Black/African American or of African Descent and as Same Gender Loving, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning or somewhere on the LGBTQ Spectrum, to apply to attend. Through this conference, we hope to create safe and courageous spaces that foster the discussion of issues relevant to those who self identify as Black/African American or of African Communities on the LGBTQ Spectrum. Various Workshops, keynotes, and activities will be designed to unite our community and equip us with the resources necessary to face issues that affect us as marginalized individuals. To submit a workshop click here!

To apply to attend, click here! 

Q-Summit @ CSUSB 

Sat. April 25th | 10a-6p

Q-Summit is meant to be a conference for queer identifying students across Southern California for a day of movement-building, skill-sharing, and best-practices development, with emphasis on building a stronger connection with local Gay Straight Alliances, youth groups and college campuses in the Inland Empire. The hope is that by providing this event with the help of local community partners, CSU San Bernardino can host its first Q-Summit to help LGBTQA students and youth find a place where they can not only be themselves, but also make sense of the multiple identities that many carry.

 For more information about registering or submitting a program proposal, please visit us here! 

Building on a Positive Life Weekly Support Group

Thursdays 6-8p |  Mercy Gardens

An ongoing educational/social support group for HIV+ men who have sex with men. Learn to be positive about being HIV+. Be empowered, share and grow with other men who can relate to your journey.

Learn, Laugh, and love yourself

-          Living with HIV

-          Healthy Relationships

-          Sexual Health

-          Self Esteem

-          Normalizing Conversations about sex

-          Self-Disclosure (telling family, friends, and partners)

Telling Out Stories-LGBT Q Oral History

Sat. March 21st | 2-4p | Diversionary Theatre

Presented by Lambda Archives of San Diego. See and hear about capturing the storuies of our LGBTQ family. Our presenters are Steven Dansky, Meredith Vezinan, Ellen Holzman, and Robert Lynn. Join the facebook event here See and hear about capturing the stories of our LGBTQ family. Our presenters are Steven Dansky, Meredith Vezina, Ellen Holzman and Robert Lynn. Join the facebook event here!