"You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two."

Fluid Attraction Group

Thursday 5/7 | 6-7p | LGBTRC

Contact ucsdfluidgroup@gmail.com for more info.

Trans* Collective 

Thursday 5/7 | 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. 

Career Resources for Transgender Students

Tues. May 12th | 5-6:30p | LGBTRC

Transgender students have a variety of considerations when navigating career planning. How can networking efforts assist in identifying environments that will be a healthy cultural fit? How can you explain a name change to an employer or graduate program? Join us for a hands-on, collaborative presentation between the LGBT Resource Center, the Career Services Center, and Student Legal Services for the answers to these questions and more.

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Q LEAGUE Queer Leaders' Summit

Sat. May 16th | 1-4p | LGBT Resource Center

Join us for a Spring Leadership summit for new and current LGBTQIA+ student organization leaders. Come share your experience as a student leader, have a chance to connect with incoming student org leaders and build community. Register at lgbt.ucsd.edu. 

Deadline to register May 11^th

For more info contact: mpgomez@ucsd.edu 

Rainbow Book Fair!

Wed. May 6th | 1-4p | LGBTRC

Join us for the 2nd Annual UCSD LGBT RC Rainbow Book Fair! Over 50 LGBT authors and 80 LGBT titles will be represented at this unique, exciting event. Take pride in our literature and get a hold of these rare, hard to get books provided by the San Diego Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundation!

Books range from $7.99 to $19.95. Credit Cards Accepted.

UCLA-LGBTQ Studies

Call for Papers-"Curing the Queer: From Pathology to Resistance"

UCLA's 2015 Queer Graduate Student Conference will bring together the innovative and interdisciplinary research of graduate students in LGBTQ Studies. In April 2015, President Obama called for an end to conversion therapies for LGBTQ youth. QGrad 2015's theme, "'Curing' the Queer: From Pathology to Resistance," opens up a critical discussion on the (re)emergence of homo/queer/trans phobic culture under the guise of religious or medical restorative therapies and other queerphobic practices. We invite graduate students fromall fields to contribute and submit proposals.

Visit here for more information.

Out for Undergrad Engineering Conference (OUEC)

October 2015 | Deadline May 18th

LGBT engineering students will have the opportunity to discuss being out in the engineering industry and hear from professionals who are out in their careers. Students will network with LGBT peers and professionals from top engineering companies from a wide range of industries across the country. Sponsoring companies will recruit students for jobs and internships at the career fair and throughout the conference. The conference will be FREE to any admitted students thanks to our sponsors. Apply here! 

SPACES Practicum Presents: Representations in the Media

May 7th-May 30th

Explore and deconstruct how identities are shown in media . In this workshop series, we hope to provide college students with an opportunity to learn about the representation of identities- particularly race, gender, ableism, and sexuality in hopes to demonstrate the impact of representation in media further challenging social norms. For more information, visit the facebook page here!

2015 Family of the Year Award.

The Family of the Year Award was created to acknowledge that parents and family members play an instrumental part in the success and development of their student's academic journey.  Our hope is that the Family of the Year Award will remind the UC San Diego community that loving relationships and mutual support are important institutional values.  Please see the attached flyer and distribute it to any students that you believe would be interested in nominating their family.

For more information regarding the Family of the Year Award and for detailed contest instructions, visit: here. 

Are you interested in being a part of the Fall 2015 New International Student Orientation to welcome almost 2,000 new international students to campus?

As a volunteer Orientation Assistant, you will:

GAIN hands-on experience in a cross-cultural setting

ENGAGE in dialogue with people from all over the world

SHARE your UC San Diego experience

HELP international newcomers adjust to their new environment

Learn more about volunteering with the program and/or apply to be an OA by visiting here.

Talking Circles: Undocumented Students Weekly Drop-in

Thursdays | 4-5p | Undocumented Student Services Office

This group is for graduate and undergraduate undocumented students who are looking for community support. Talking circles are safe spaces where undocumented students can gather and discuss their intersecting identities, stressors that stem from being undocumented, and finding healthy ways to cope. 

For questions, e-mail Susana Martinez.  

UNIDAS Chicana/Latina Forum

Tuesdays | 3-4:30p | Dolores Huerta

Are You Returning in the Fall?

If you will be returning next year and are planning to WAIVE out of SHIP (you have your own health insurance coverage), please first make sure that you have coverage for non-emergency medical care within 40 miles of UCSD.  This is one of the waiver criteria and will ensure that you have access to necessary medical care when you need it.  Avoid delay of health care and possible unnecessary bills by looking into this now, and transferring your coverage before you return in the Fall. For more inforamtion visit us here!  

The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Foundation Scholarship

GAPA is a scholarship that seeks to provide financial assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Asian and Pacific Islanders who are currently in high school or postsecondary school.  We award several scholarships of $2000 each to students who have demonstrated outstanding activism and leadership within the API LGBTQ community. For more information visit us here!