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LGBTQ+ Campus Preview: January 21 2025

LuLu Geza Kelemen - Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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LGBTQ+ Campus Preview JAN 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!

Welcome and Welcome Back to Campus

We hope you had a restful time away from coursework and that you are taking care. We are excited to see you all again!

If you haven't been to visit us (in Student Union Building I, Suite 2200) recently, we are regularly open Monday - Friday 9am-5pm.

We will be sharing more events and opportunties in the beginning of February, but we wanted to highlight our Spring 2025 Lavender Orientation, happening tomorrow, Wednesday 22 January 4-6:30pm. Read more and register below.

At any rate, we hope to see you soon!

EVENT

Spring 2025 Lavender Orientation

Wednesday, January 22
4:00pm - 6:30pm
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Lavender Orientation, started in 2017 by student leaders and sponsored by the registered student organization Pride Alliance, arose from the need for new and transfer students to find LGBTQ+ life, students, and resources at Mason. Lavender Orientation has, over time, passed to the LGBTQ+ Resources Center so we can highlight and include LGBTQ+ student leaders across campus as they search for new members and connections. In addition to this role as student affairs practitioners creating spaces for our Mason community to connect, Spring Lavender Orientation also kicks off our lifecycle programming for transfer LGBTQ+ students (that culminates in Lavender Graduation). While the focus has historically been on new or transfer students, it has also served to re-acquaint returning LGBTQ+ students with each other, our Center, and the resources Mason offers.

For accommodations that require support from Disability Services, please contact them directly at ods@gmu.edu. If you have accommodation-related questions about the general run of program, please email the Center directly at lgbtq@gmu.edu.

Please be aware that a 1-week notice is requested as some accommodations may require time for the University to arrange. Learn more about Event Accommodations here https://ds.gmu.edu/event-accessibility/
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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

Wednesday, January 22
Start End   Event         Location
11:00am 1:00pm Martin Luther King Jr. Kiosk -- MLK: Exhibiting Excellence and Empowering Everyone JC Kiosk E
Thursday, January 23
6:00pm 7:00pm OSCAR Seminar Series: Finding Summer Research Opportunities (virtual) Online Event
Friday, January 24
12:00pm 4:00pm Tzedakah Treats Johnson Center, Kiosk D
Tuesday, January 28
11:30am 1:30pm Study Abroad Kiosk Johnson Center (JC) Kiosk G
1:30pm 2:45pm Scheduling & Time Management Online Event
Wednesday, January 29
11:00am 11:55pm Patriot Packout's 'New Year, New Me' Free Store Private Location (sign in to display)
1:00pm 2:00pm Job Search Strategies Workshop for Costello College of Business Students (Virtual) Online Event
7:30pm 8:30pm LGBTQ Life Group Kickoff JC 239H (CMA Office)
Thursday, January 30
11:00am 11:55pm Patriot Packout's 'New Year, New Me' Free Store Private Location (sign in to display)
Friday, January 31
9:30am 1:00pm Writing Center Weekly Graduate Write-In—Spring 2025 Johnson Center 227E (Fairfax Campus) or on Zoom
Saturday, February 1
10:00am 12:00pm FAFSA/VASA Completion Workshop TBD
Monday, February 3
12:00pm 1:15pm Note Taking During Class Online Event

Undergraduate Research Position in Gender, Race, & Sexuality Studies
- Must qualify for federal workstudy
- Pays $15/hour for 8-10 hours a week and can be done fully remote
- Application closes Friday 31 January 2025

Read more and apply on handshake: 
https://app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/9601301/details

LGBTQ+ Peer Mentoring ProgramLGBTQ+ Peer Mentoring logo (a phoenix in front of the progress pride flag)


We are currently enrolling new mentees! Please reach out at lgbtq@gmu.edu to schedule a meeting with our LGBTQ+ Peer Mentoring Program Director.

Read more on our website, or email us back with any questions.

Sign up to find a new friend today!

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.

In partnership with three undergraduate center interns who are hired, trained, and compensated by the LGBTQ+ Resources Center, our focus in the 2024-2025 academic year is laying the groundwork of community via regular meet-ups and visibility so GMU students, faculty, and staff who are QT BIPOC can have space and find each other.

We are lucky to also work with Juton Myers in African and African American Studies Program, who serves as an advisor to the group, and is deeply invested in this work.

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

George Mason Trans Clothing Closet Resource logoTrans Clothing Closet Resource

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 are generally overstocked, so stop by and get a new fit!

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

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.

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.