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LGBTQ+ Campus Preview: September Edition

  - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
 Events 
LGBTQ+ Campus Preview SEPTEMBER 2023
LGBTQ+ Resources Center on Mason360

Welcome to the Campus Preview!

We are gaining steam and have a solid roster of monthly events for our community! Read on for more information on these and our other programs.
  1. Semester Events and More
  2. Peer Mentoring Program
  3. LGBTQ+ Student Showcase
  4. Fall 2023 Center Hours
  5. Queer Buddy System Discord
  6. Event Accommodations

Semester Events and More

https://lgbtq.gmu.edu/programs-services/events/

EVENT

World Sexual Health Day

Wednesday, September 6
11:00am - 2:00pm
SUB I, Patriots Lounge, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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The LGBTQ+ Resources Center and Student Health Services are partnering to observe World Sexual Health Day. Join us at the Patriots Lounge in SUB I from 11:00am to 2:00pm for free items and more.
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Identity Night (Out, Questioning and Exploring)

Wednesday, September 6
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Private Location (register to display)
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Join other folks who are exploring their queer identity to build community in the center!
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Identity Night (Trans & Non-Binary)

Wednesday, September 13
7:30pm - 9:00pm
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Join other folks who identify as trans and non-binary to build community in the center!
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Makeup Monthly: All Things Face

Friday, September 15
1:00pm - 3:00pm
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For our first Makeup Monthly of the semester, we're focusing on all things face! Countour, highlight, brushes & more will be provided for students to experiment with makeup in a facilitated space. Guidance on best techniques & ideas will be taught during the session & students will be given free time to play with makeup as well. All materials are provided, however students are encouraged to bring their own makeup if they want, especially when discussing skin toned makeup.
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Intro to LGBTQ+ Communities

Friday, September 15
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Piedmont MPR, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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This is an event for students in the LGBTQ+ LC that will help them learn how to build and live in community with fellow LGBTQ+ students. There will also be an opportunity for students to tap into their creative side by coloring/decorating their own trucker hat. It will be a great opportunity to meet people in the LC and make new friends.
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Crafternoons

Wednesday, September 20
2:00pm - 3:30pm
LGBTQ+ Resources Center, SUB 1 Rm 2200, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Want opportunities to hang out, chill and explore your creative side? The LGBTQ+ Resources Center is bringing back our Crafternoons with new artistic creations and a space for safe exploration and conversations!
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Movie Night

Friday, September 22
4:00pm - 7:00pm
SUB 1 Suite 2200, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Join the LGBTQ+ Resources Center for Movie Night! We will have snacks, movies, and fun. Check out the Queer Buddy System Discord (go.gmu.edu/QueerDiscord) for details on what movie we're watching.
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EVENT

VA Pridefest

Saturday, September 23
10:00am - 8:00pm
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Richmond’s biggest celebration of the LGBTQ community returns on Saturday, September 23 on Brown’s Island! This event is free and will feature national, regional and local entertainment on two stages, more than 120 vendors, food, drinks and fun! Be sure to experience our Youth Pride Pavilion with entertainment, activities and experiences for all-ages. For the second year, The McShinn Foundation will sponsor a special sober space for those who don’t drink, featuring special mocktails and non-alcoholic beverages.

Please note that slots are limited for this event, so this event is prioritized for students in the LGBTQ+ rLC. Bus transportation will be provided to registered participants. Registered participants can expect to meet outside of Piedmont Hall at 9:45 am in order to depart for Richmond by 10:00 am. Then, participants will board the bus again at 6:00pm to make it back to Mason by 8:00pm.
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Peer Mentoring Program

Learn more about the LGBTQ+ Peer Mentoring Program on our website.

Mason’s LGBTQ+ Peer Mentoring Program promotes the personal and academic success, health, and well-being of its queer and questioning student participants through upper-level mentors and special events! For more information, visit our program webpage.

If you are seeking support from an upper-level student, our Peer Mentee sign-ups are still open! Click the link below!

LGBTQ+ Student Showcase

This Fall, the LGBTQ+ Resources Center, Women & Gender Studies Center, and Graduate Student Life are sponsoring Mason’s first LGBTQ+ Interdisciplinary Showcase!

This one-day in-person event will spotlight Mason’s graduate and undergraduate students’ outstanding scholarly, research, and creative works through posters, oral presentations, and creative, visual, and performing arts that highlight the work of our LGBTQ+ students.

See below for details on the call for proposals!

EVENT

LGBTQ+ Student Showcase

Monday, October 30
11:00am - 5:00pm
Merten Hall, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Call for Proposals

The conference planning committee invite all Mason graduate, professional, and undergraduate students to submit their abstracts (250 words maximum, including an optional personal statement of 1-3 sentences) for consideration. As this is our inaugural year, we won’t be sponsoring a specific theme and encourage all our students to submit current and/or in-progress work they are interested in sharing with our community. We call for proposals from any discipline or area of study, which may be submitted by graduate, professional, and undergraduate students individually or in collaboration with their faculty. Proposals can be individual/group papers, documentaries, films, and visual presentations and performances. While the call for proposals is open only to current Mason graduate, professional, and undergraduate students, we allow students to submit works in which they collaborate with external researchers.

The deadline for Presenters to submit their abstracts electronically is October 1, 2023, at 5 pm (COB). Please use this link to submit: https://forms.office.com/r/0fBhpADVbv

LGBTQ+ Student Showcase Call for Proposals

Fall 2023 Center Hours

linktr.ee/lgbtq.mason

Queer Buddy System Discord

Find new friends and experience campus community on our inclusive server!

Join the Queer Buddy System Discord server at go.gmu.edu/QueerDiscord.

For accommodations, contact Disability Services at ods@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: ds.gmu.edu/event-accessibility.

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.