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OUTober Calendar is here!!
Please look forward to all of your events this month! 10/1, 11-1pm: OUTober Kick-Off, Wescoe Beach
10/8, 6-9pm: Queer Graduate Student Event, TBD
10/9, 7:30pm: Kit Yan, Lied Center
10/16, 3-5pm: Queer Coffee Hour, The Center
10/16, 6-8pm: A reading from self/ser and Q&A with River Coello, Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center
10/19 9am-4pm: KU Quest, Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
10/22 6-9pm: Queer Zine Nigh, The Center
10/23 6-8pm: Asexuality: A History, The Center
10/29 6-8pm: Non-Binary Babes: A Discussion and Celebration, The Center
10/30 12pm-1pm: Queer Talks: Queer Fashion, Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center
10/31 6-9pm: Gaymer Night, The Center
To see a full list of SGD events for the Fall 2019 semester, you can visit this link.
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It's finally OUTober season!
October is nationally recognized as LGBT History month, as well as featuring National Coming Out Day on October 11. To recognize the wonderful LGBTQIA+ folks on campus during OUTober, the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity is featuring LGBTQ-identified students, faculty, and staff under the hashtag #OutInOutober on our Instagram page!
How to get featured?
To get featured, email us at sgd@ku.edu with 1) your name, 2) pronouns, 3) your KU affiliation, 4) and a fun fact about yourself! You can either send in a picture of yourself or come to the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center to have your picture taken, if chosen after emailing.
You can also follow us on Instagram @sgd.ku .
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Join the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity at Queer Coffee Hour! We will be having coffee and conversation and building community through shared space. The event is open to all members of the KU community.
October 16, 2019 from 3-5pm in the Center.
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A reading of self/ser and Q&A with River Coello
Join SGD and The Commons in bringing Queer, Trans Artist River Coello! The reading will be from Coello's bilingual book self/ser: poems on queer and trans existence and love on October 16th from 6-8pm in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session. For more information on River Coello, visit her website rivercoello.com .
If you need any accommodations, please email sgd@ku.edu.
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KU Quest: An LGBTQIA2+ Leadership Summit
The Center Sexuality and Gender Diversity with the Student Involvement and Leadership Center is happy to share the 3rd annual KU Quest: Queer Empowerment Summit! KU QUEST is a day long program designed for LGBTQIA+ students to develop healthy community building relationships, build queer coalition and advocacy skills, and develop equity-centered leadership skills to create a more just place for LGBTQIA+ students at the University of Kansas. This year KU Quest will be on October 19th, 2019 from 10am-4pm. This is open to all KU students from 1st year undergraduates to postdoc students. Below you can find the registration link and flyers to help promote the event.
We are so excited for 2019 KU Quest!
REGISTER HERE!
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Join the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity on October 23 for "Asexuality: A History." Learn about the Asexuality Community during Asexuality Awareness Week!
The event will be held at 6pm in the Center, Room 400 Kansas Union.
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Come join the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity for Nonbinary Babes: A Discussion.
The SGD will be hosting this open discussion to talk about nonbinary identities and celebrate gender diversity within the LGBTQ+ community on October 29th from 6-9pm in the Center, Room 400 Kansas Union.
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Queer Talks is BACK! Join the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity's very own TK Morton in a discussion about Queer Fashion! What it is, where it has been, and where it is going.
This will be held on October 30th at 12pm in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center!
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What do you get when you gather a bunch of LGBTQ+ folks in a room with fun video and board games at the end of October? Gaymer Night: Halloween Edition!
Get ready for a spooky night of gaming with the Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity on October 31st from 6-9pm in the Center.
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The Office of Diversity and Equity Presents:
The Diversity & Equity Badge For Students
Enhance your resume & learn real world skills regarding equity and inclusion.
Details including attending 2 events per semester/4 events per year from 2 D&E offices.
No Reflections Needed
To learn more about program requirements and events for which you can attend and earn credit, visit our website: diversity.ku.edu/badge!
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Community and Involvement
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LGBTQIA+ Youth Program is creating a community & providing resources for LGBTQIA+ middle & high school aged youth in Lawrence, KS!
Meetings begin on August 29th on Thursdays 5:30-7pm at the Lawrence Public Library (look for the Pride Flag on the Lower Level)
Contact or Visit us at
Facebook: LGBTQIA Youth Program-Lawrence
Instagram: @lgbtqyouthlawrence
Twitter: LGBTQIA Youth Program-Lawrence
Email: lgbtqyouthlawrence@gmail.com
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Rainbow Kids and Families Fall Mixer
Meet other families in the local Lawrence community at the Rainbow Kids and Families Fall Mixer on October 8 from 6:30 to 9pm.
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A talk on White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo
Join us for an evening with Robin DiAngelo, the New York Times best-selling author of "White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism."
Attendance is free and open to the public. Seating will be first come, first served. The talk will start at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a book signing, with book sales provided by KU Bookstore.
This event is presented by the Faculty and Staff Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the University of Kansas School of Law. |
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Westwood House is hosting Queer Faith nights every Monday at 7pm! Westwood House is located at 1421 W 19th Street.
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Disorderly Conduct: Activating TLGBQ+ Creativity Through Exploring Trans Erasure & Empowerment
What does it mean to write a “trans poem”? How do we activate our creativity as writers navigating oppressive systems that impact each of us in different ways? What does it mean to navigate the space between inclusion & erasure, representation & tokenization? Where can we find current models of TLGBQ+ creation, considering the intentional lack of our representation in the literary canon?
Through discussing texts by TGNC writers currently in the literary community, the historical (or perhaps ahistorical) representations of TGNC narratives, and several generative writing exercises, we will navigate what it means to write toward TGNC liberation, empowerment, and broaden our creative & collective awareness.
Disorderly Conduct will center transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming writers in all workshop materials & its approach. While we are open to all, in order to center TGNC voices, we especially encourage cis-/hetero- participants to come most eager to listen.
Disorderly Conduct is a creative child of TWANG, a regional creative space/anthology for transgender, nonbinary, & gender nonconforming creatives who live throughout or are tied to the Southern & Midwestern US. For more on TWANG, visit our webpage at: www.twanganthology.org
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PFLAG members and equality advocates from across the country will converge in Kansas City, MO in October at our biannual national convention, We Are the Change. Together we will learn new skills, build relationships, and shape the future of the movement for LGBTQ+ equality. Volunteering at this event provides individuals and groups with an opportunity to be part of the event and support a great organization.
Dates would be October 25, 26, and 27th. Shift times are 1:00-5:00PM, 1:30-5:00PM, 8:30AM-12:30PM, and 7:30AM-11:30AM.
Contact Jamie Henkel (jhenkel@pflag.org) if you are interested in learning more or would like
to volunteer to support the 2019 PFLAG National Convention!
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Afternoons with AJ is a weekly space open for support and chat to anyone who accesses the Center. This service is available on Tuesdays from 1-5pm in the Center.
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Lavender Union is a weekly peer support & discussion group for all KU students. Join us for weekly in-depth conversations about gender, sexuality, coping, and thriving as an LGBTQ+ students.
Meets weekly on Wednesdays starting September 4th at 5:30pm! For more information email AJ Rain at ajrain@ku.edu or sgd@ku.edu
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Queer Students Of Color is a biweekly peer support and discussion space for queer students of color. In addition, we hope to build community and create visibility for queer people of color on the KU Lawrence campus.
This group meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6-8pm starting September 12th. For more information email TK Morton at tkmorton@ku.edu or sgd@ku.edu.
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TRANSlations is a biweekly peer discussion and support space for transgender, gender non-conforming and nonbinary students at the University of Kansas.
This group meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6-8pm starting September 3rd! For more information email TK Morton at tkmorton@ku.edu or sgd@ku.edu |
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Safe Zone is an educational program that educates both the campus and greater Lawrence community in order to create a safer, more respectful community for all individuals, particularly those of sexuality and/or gender minorities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, etc.).
Due to the availability of resources, Student Safe Zone training will not currently be available during the Fall 2019 semester. For more information, you can email TK Morton at sgd@ku.edu or tkmorton@ku.edu. |
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oSTEM meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Locations vary. Please email ostematku@gmail.com for more information.
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OUTlaws & Allies
OutLaws & Allies is a group for those affiliated with the University of Kansas School of Law who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) and for ally classmates and faculty who support their LGBTQ+ colleagues.
Meeting times and locations vary. For more information email outlaws@ku.edu.
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Spectrum is currently INACTIVE! Thus, meetings are not taking place. If you have any questions email sgd@ku.edu.
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Gender Inclusive Housing and Restrooms
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KU's Gender Inclusive Housing is an option that allows students to live in a Lewis Hall suite, regardless of their or their roommates' sex, gender identity, or gender expression. For more information, please visit housing.ku.edu/gih.
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The Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity and our campus partners work to provide more single-use, gender-inclusive restrooms on the KU campus. Our goal is to offer safe and comfortable places for members of the campus community to use the restroom. For more information, and a map locating gender inclusive restrooms on KU's Lawrence campus, please visit http://sgd.ku.edu/allgenderrestrooms.
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