Organizations

The Alliance

Email: alliance.ucsd@gmail.com
Interested in  raising awareness on campus regarding LGBT issues and working on the Day of Silence?  Then join the AS Alliance!  Similar to Gay-Straight Alliances found at many high schools, the AS Alliance brings together folks who are committed to being allies to the UCSD LGBT Community.  Please e-mail alliance.ucsd@gmail.com  if you are interested in attending training, joining the Alliance or if you have any other questions!

Coming Out Group

Thursdays, 5:30pm - 6:30pm, starting October 1, 2009
Location: Small Conference Room, Women's Center
The Coming Out Group is a place to meet and gain support while discussing your sexual and/or gender identities in a confidential setting. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight or questioning folks who are coming out and who may already be out. Topics are determined by group participants, and can include coming out to yourself, coming out to family, coming out to friends, coming out and the work place, and coming out at school. For more information, please e-mail Marissa (marissa.yenpasook@gmail.com) or Goldman (ggjacobs52@yahoo.com).

Fluid Sexuality

Thursdays, 5pm-6pm, starting October 8, 2009
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Website: Facebook Group
This group is an open and intimate discussion regarding bisexual identities/labels, attraction to multiple genders, and the fluid nature of sexual attraction, sexual orientation and sexual identity that many experience in our community. People of all sexual and gender identities are encouraged to attend, listen, and actively participate in this unique forum. Come together and share your experiences or learn from the experiences of others about what fluid identities mean in people's lives.  Contact Nat at nguerrer@ucsd.edu or Beta bhampton@ucsd.edu for more information.

LGBTQIA: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning Intersex Association

Mondays at 7 PM
LGBT RC
Email: lgbtqia@gmail.com
LGBTQIA is committed to providing safe spaces for the community and work toward this goal in many ways: holding regular meetings to provide a space to talk and socialize; putting on social dances open to all, allowing people to have a good time without fear; holding rallies to show our pride; promoting education, both within the LGBTIQ community and to the larger San Diego community.  Find us on Facebook!
 

Men's Group

Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm, starting September 30, 2009
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Men's Group is a space for male-bodied and/ or male-identified members of the UCSD community to discuss what it means to be bisexual, gay, transgender, queer, straight, or questioning within the context of UCSD and beyond. The setting is personal and confidentiality is a prime objective. Thus, a safe discussion space is created for discussing these issues with trained and friendly facilitators. For more information, please e-mail Red (rgalura86@gmail.com).

QxN: Queer By Nature

Tuesdays, 6pm, starting October 20, 2009
LGBT RC
We are a Queer wilderness collective of friends interested in experiencing the beauty of the natural world through means of exploration. We hike, bike, surf, swim, camp, climb and kayak and anything else outdoorsy you can think of. Our goal is to provide a safe and fun wilderness experience for LGBTQI students of UCSD and other colleges in the San Diego area (State / Private / Community all welcome).  Email:qxnature@gmail.com.

Queer Peer Support Program (QPSP)

Meetings determined by program participants
QPSP is a student organization that broadens queer and questioning UCSD students' support networks by developing an individual mentoring relationship with another queer UCSD student. It is for queer UCSD students by queer UCSD students. The mission of QPSP is to help queer and questioning students at UCSD succeed during their time at the university, reach their full potential as individuals, and connect with other queer UCSD students in an intimate and confidential setting. Participants will meet with Peer Supporters (PS's) once every two weeks for the academic year and attend quarterly socials. Email: jeestrellado@ucsd.edu.

QPOC: Queer People of Color

Thursdays at 7 PM
LGBT RC
Email: ucsdqpoc@gmail.com
Queer People of Color (QPOC) was established in 2000 by a group of Queer students of Color FED UP with racism in the queer community. Because of this, at the core of QPOC is our commitment to struggle and our commitment to activism. We recognize the intersection of our identities, as well as the related intersection of various social justice movements. We create a SPACE: social, political, academic, and cultural environment - to enhance our members entire self-being! 

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QWOC: Queer Womyn of Color

Tuesdays of even weeks, 7pm-9pm
LGBT RC Conference Room
Queer Womyn of Color is a group for self-identified queer womyn of color to come together to establish our own space, acknowledge our intersectionalities, create visibility and community, and discuss possible ways to move forward. QWOC was established January 13, in the winter quarter of 2009, to provide a safe space for its members (student, staff and faculty). While the LGBT RC is where we primarily meet, we also branch out to other Campus Community Centers. During our quarterly Q-Trips, we meet off campus. Our first meeting is October 6th! For more information, please contact us at ucsdqwoc@gmail.com.  

Queer Womyn's Collective

TBA
LGBT RC
The Queer Womyn's Collective (QWC) is starting this year with a General Body Meeting inviting anyone--regardless of gender or sexual orientation, interested in creating new friends and learning about or implementing QWC's mission statement. The mission of QWC is to create a space that is inclusive and representative of queer womyn and is inclusive of the multiple identities of queer womyn. The collective works to actively create change and opportunities for womyn in the queer community.  Questions? Contact: womynscoalition@gmail.com.

Transgender Intersex Alliance

Tuesdays, 7:30pm, starting October 6, 2009
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
The Transgender Intersex Alliance is a safe supportive environment to discuss gender, the gender/sex matrix, sexuality, female/male dichotomy, intersex identities, transgender identities, and anything else that comes to mind... All identities are welcome. Please join us!  For more information, e-mail transgenderintersexalliance@gmail.com .

The UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association

First Tuesday and Third Thursday of each month at 12 PM
LGBT RC Conference Room
Email: Fred West at fwest@ucsd.edu
Website: Click Here
The UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association is the official faculty and staff association for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender folks at UCSD. We provide the opportunity for faculty and staff to meet new people at the University and make connections that will last your entire career. All of our events are open to faculty, & staff regardless of one's sexual orientation and gender identity. To join the electronic mail list for the UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association, go here. To join the Yahoo group, go here.

Women's Group

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm, starting October 20, 2009
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Women's Group is a space for female-bodied and/or female-identified members of the UCSD community to discuss general, specific, or personal issues in an informal and comfortable atmosphere. We meet in a respected space, so all information and identities are kept confidential. If you identify as lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender, straight or are questioning your sexual orientation, stop by Women's Group to meet other like minded women and gain support from your peers. For more information, please e-mail Megan (m1jones@ucsd.edu).