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LGBTQ+ Campus Preview: 04 March 2025

LuLu Geza Kelemen - Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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LGBTQ+ Campus Preview MAR 2025
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The LGBTQ+ Campus Preview

The LGBTQ+ Resources Center staff have curated a list of our community events in the upcoming month. Keep reading to find exciting and engaging activities!

March LGBTQ+ Resources Center Events

We have a couple events this week and then many events sponsored and put on by the hard-working students across several teams, programs, and initiatives that work as part of the LGBTQ+ Resources Center, as we move toward the end of March and into Pride Week 2025. This year's George Mason Pride Week has a footprint of two weeks, starting Saturday 22 March and ending Saturday 5 April!

But first, Spring Break. As we each continue with the work of school, self-care, and our other responsibilities, we are sending you peace and hoping you get some rest this spring break, even if it's just a rest from class sessions!

Wishing you the best,
The LGBTQ+ Resources Center

EVENT

Queer Grad Student Gatherings: Virtual Social Hours

Thursday, March 6
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Looking to connect with fellow LGBTQ+ grad students virtually? Join our Virtual Social Hours to co-work, chat, and support one another in your post-graduate educational journeys!
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All Together Queer

Thursday, March 6
5:30pm - 7:00pm
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All Together Queer is a communal space designed for students to connect with the LGBTQ+ community and build relationships through shared experiences and activities.
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Queer Grad Student Gatherings: Virtual Reading Hours

Thursday, March 13
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Looking to get some coursework done alongside fellow LGBTQ+ grad students virtually? Join our Virtual Reading Hours to co-work and support one another in your post-graduate educational journeys!
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Queer Grad Student Gatherings: Virtual Social Hours

Thursday, March 20
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Looking to connect with fellow LGBTQ+ grad students virtually? Join our Virtual Social Hours to co-work, chat, and support one another in your post-graduate educational journeys!
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EVENT

QT Self Defense Class

Monday, March 24
5:30pm - 7:00pm
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Join the LGBTQ+ Resources Center for a queer and trans inclusive self-defense class taught by a martial artist with approximately 27 years of experience. All levels of experience welcome. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in. Light physical contact will be required, but there shouldn’t be anything painful.
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All Together Queer

Thursday, March 27
5:30pm - 7:00pm
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All Together Queer is a communal space designed for students to connect with the LGBTQ+ community and build relationships through shared experiences and activities.
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LGBTQ+ Walking Tour of Washington D.C. (LGBTQ+ RLC Exclusive Event)

Saturday, March 29
10:00am - 4:30pm
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LGBTQ+ RLC students have an exclusive opportunity to go on a walking tour of Washington D.C. led by a professional tour guide from Beyond the Landmarks (http://www.beyond-the-landmarks.com). The tour lasts approximately 2.5 hours and lunch will be provided by the RLC.

Meeting Point and Transportation: Everyone who registers will meet at Sandy Creek Shuttle Stop where we will take the GMU Shuttle Bus to the Vienna Metro. A pre-loaded metro card will be provided and we will take the metro together into Washington D.C. Students can stay in D.C. after the tour to explore on their own or return with the rest of the group.
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EVENT

Pride Week Signature Event: Affirmation Fair

Monday, March 31
12:00pm - 5:00pm
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Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a variety of pop-up events, workshops, and activities.
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Upcoming Campus Events

We also have campus partners who provide valuable experiences and resources that we wanted to highlight for you. We hope you are able to take advantage of some of these great opportunities in the next couple of weeks!

Events

Tuesday, March 4
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7:45pm 10:30pm Black Women’s LeaHERship Panel Discussion Private Location (sign in to display)
Wednesday, March 5
7:30pm 8:30pm LGBTQ Life Group JC 239H (CMA Office)
Friday, March 14
3:00pm 4:00pm Pride Parshah Johnson Center 234
Wednesday, March 19
7:30pm 8:30pm LGBTQ Life Group JC 239H (CMA Office)
Friday, March 21
3:00pm 4:00pm Pride Parshah Johnson Center 234
Wednesday, March 26
7:30pm 8:30pm LGBTQ Life Group JC 239H (CMA Office)
Monday, March 31
7:00pm 9:30pm Don't Hide Your Pride, Spring Drag Show HUB Front Ballroom

Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH): 2025-2026

Housing & Residence Life (HRL) has an option of Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH) as you go through the housing application process.

At this point, if you are a returning (to housing) student, you either have selected that option or you have not. HRL doesn't usually allow students to change their selection of GIH or not outside of when you apply for housing each year.

Read more about HRL’s Gender Inclusive Housing option/policy on their website.

And, if you have any questions, are encountering any issues, or want to to talk through what your options are, email Lu GK at ckelemen@gmu.edu!

EVENT

Gender Inclusive Housing Matching Mixer

Wednesday, March 19
1:00pm - 3:00pm
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We are excited to host a Mixer event in Spring 2025 where any students who have selected Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH) for their 2025-26 Housing can meet and find other people with GIH status to live with!

Please note that this event is for upper level and returning students only.
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QT BIPOC InitiativeQT BIPOC logo


First piloted in Fall 2023, our QT BIPOC Initiative works to build community in GMU’s campus community for Queer and/or Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color folks.

Reach out to our QT BIPOC Center Interns at qtpoc@gmu.edu to get involved

EVENT

QT BIPOC Regular Meet-up: Community Conversation

Friday, March 21
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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A discussion space about what is important moving forward with the QT BIPOC initiative.
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QTBIPOC - Paint n Sip

Friday, March 28
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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QTBIPOC is going to be painting, sipping, and bringing community together once again for Pride Week!
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George Mason Trans Clothing Closet Resource logoTrans Clothing Closet Resource & Feedback Event

Created in 2019, the Trans Clothing Closet is a resource where transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students can find free clothing and accessories. No one has to prove they are “trans enough” to use the closet.

The Trans Clothing Closet Resource is IN our LGBTQ+ Resources Center, in Student Union Building (SUB) I, Suite 2200.

We want to hear from you! Come grab some snacks and give some feedback at our event (Wednesday 05 March, 4-6pm in the Center)!

You can read more on our website or reach out to us via email with questions.

EVENT

Open Closet: TCCR Feedback and Q&A event

Wednesday, March 5
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Come hangout, socialize, enjoy light refreshments, and make your voice heard! The LGBTQ+ Resources Center is hosting an Open Closet where students in our community can have their questions about our Trans Clothing Closet Resource answered, as well as give their opinions and feedback. This event is casual and social, you can ask anything you've been wondering about the TCCR and answer our feedback questions so we can provide the best resource to the community.
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Queer Buddy System

We're excited to continue to offer our Queer Buddy System Discord server, a resource available to students seeking community virtually! If you haven't already, be sure to open the verification channel and fill out the form required to gain access to all channels of the Queer Buddy System server.

We’re Hiring: the LGBTQ+ Resources Center is looking for a Graduate Professional Assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year!

Position Highlights:

  • 9.5-month GPA contract (August 10, 2025 – May 21, 2026)
  • Preferred: Enrollment in Higher Education, Social Work, or a related program
  • 20 hours/week with a $20,577 stipend
  • $4,800 tuition grant per semester
  • Possible renewal for an additional year
  • Application Deadline: March 17
  • Apply now and be part of an inclusive, empowering space!

Read more on our website

Gowns for Grads Lending Program - University Life

Graduation should be a time of excitement and possibility, not a time to feel burdened by another expense.

To offer some financial relief, Mason has created the Gowns for Grads Program to make regalia available for our students who are unable to purchase regalia on their own.  If you are a first-generation student, low-income, Pell Grant recipient, Stay Mason recipient, or cannot afford regalia right now due to financial difficulties, then this program is for you!

Graduation should be a time to reflect and celebrate this amazing accomplishment!

Second Deadline: Monday, March 24th at noon (12 pm)
Registration link !!

The LGBTQ+ Resources Center cultivates the success and well-being of queer, trans, non-binary, and questioning students, staff, and faculty. Our work is deeply collaborative and rooted in intersectional justice. We build identity-affirming programs, develop leaders, provide critical resources, and foster a culture of equity and allyship, at Mason.