Announcements

Welcome, Highlanders!

Get connected to the UCR LGBTQ+ community. For online events, join our E-Newsletter for all the info, including any zoom links for online events. Follow us on social media @ucrlgbtrc

The center Fall Hours are Monday-Thursday, 9am-7pm; Friday, 9am to 6pm

• The center will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at 5pm on Wednesday, Nov 27 and re-open the following Monday.
• Fall Quarter Ongoing Events:
  • Sappho's Circle: Join the Women’s Resource Center for a weekly discussion group for all queer-identified women to build community, discuss shared experiences and challenges, and to learn more about and celebrate their identities together. Hosted in the WRC @ 260 Costo Hall every Monday at 5pm, with new topics weekly.
  • Tuesday Talks: Join a supportive discussion series hosted in the LGBTRC at 245 Costo Hall at 5pm, with new topics every week. Share your thoughts or simply listen to other folks.
  • Trans Group meets every Thursday at 2pm. Facilitated by a staff member, this group is for transgender and nonbinary UCR students to gather for mutual support, discussion, and sharing of resources. To learn more, please email kade.lukiyo@ucr.edu.
  • BlaqOUT Discussion Group meets every Thursday in the LGBTRC at 245 Costo Hall at 3pm (meeting room) - NEW TIME. The BlaqOUT Discussion Group is for same-gender-loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning students who identity as Black/African American or of African descent. The group offers a space to come together and discuss community and life issues as well as shared experiences.
  • Queer Cinema Nights are facilitated by a student every Friday at 6pm in the LGBTRC at 245 Costo Hall. Students begin gathering at 5:30pm.
  • LGBTQ+ Staff/Faculty Hour: Online the first Tuesday of the month at noon. Join the center's E-Newsletter for the zoom  link.
• Our 2023-24 Year In Review is now online - check out the 273 activities the center helped make happen last academic year.
• Spotlight on Lived Name Policy and Proxy Access - If students give their parents or other people Proxy Access to their R'Web account, proxy users will see Legal Name instead of Lived Name. Students continue to see Lived Name. Learn more about this by reading the Registrar's announcement. 
• Updated Gender Awareness eCourse Available - The “Gender Recognition & Lived Name: An introduction to Gender Awareness” eCourse is available. It introduces you to terms and concepts related to gender and nonbinary identities, as well as best practices for name, pronoun, and title usage. Any UCR employee can access the training; UCR students can also set up access to UCR Learning.
• Gender Health Support information available from Student Health Services & Counseling & Psychological Services/CAPS at UCR, including primary care on campus for HRT - Learn more here
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UCR Land Acknowledgement

We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla [ka-wee-ahh], Tongva [tong-va], Luiseño [loo-say-ngo], and Serrano [se-ran-oh] peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.
Download and read the full Land Acknowledgement from UCR Native American Student Programs.