This Pride Month, recognize the historical and current contributions of LGBTQ+ people and communities.
Pride is many things. It is a celebration of queer and trans identities, histories, cultures, and communities. It is about the promotion of social justice movements and civil rights victories.
Celebration as resistance
On June 28, 1970, the first Pride marches commemorated the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, in which LGBTQ+ patrons of the Stonewall Inn, including key leaders such as Stormé DeLarverie, Marsha P. Johnson, and Sylvia Rivera, fought against police brutality. These marches brought LGBTQ+ communities together to demonstrate for equal rights and continue fighting against discrimination. In the face of institutional violence and erasure, Pride was, and still is, resistance through visibility, joy, and celebration.
Join Cal @ SF Pride Parade 2024
March in the annual SF Pride Parade on 6/30
Volunteer for Cal @ 2024 SF Pride
Please sign up to support the UC Berkeley contingent at SF Pride as a volunteer on June 30, 2024
How UC Berkeley became a national leader in trans care
The Transgender Care Team was created in 2012 at University Health Services to better serve the trans and gender-nonconforming campus community
Nonbinary @ Cal
Read people's gender journey
Small Changes, Big Impact by Mika Costello
How gender-neutral language transformed my experience on a women's swim team
General Resources
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Gender Equity Resource Center (GenEq): Serves students, faculty, staff, post doc and alumni
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University of California Gender Recognition and Lived Name (GRLN) policy
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Increasing access to gender-inclusive restrooms along with the ongoing development of a new inclusive restrooms map
- Support local or national LGBTQ+ organizations and community spaces
Student Resources
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Student-led peer support and resources, including the Trans Student Wellness Initiative (collaboration with the Multicultural Community Center), Queer Cal Pals, and the Queer Alliance Resource Center
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Support groups for queer and trans students, as well as
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Gender-affirming care provided through University Health Services (UHS)
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BIPOC Queer Womxn's Support Circle
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Gender Support Group
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LGBTQIA+ Support Group
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Let's Talk Drop-In Consultations are informal, brief, free consultations with UHS mental health counselors. They do not require any insurance or paperwork.
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Transition Care Intake Form & Gender Affirming Closet (Forms open in Fall 2024): These two collaborations between GenEq, QARC and TSWI aim to provide support to access gender affirming clothes, request gender affirming materials, and request funds for medical procedures.
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Gender affirming and queer-friendly on-campus housing
Student Groups
- Ace Space
- Berkeley Law Queer Caucus
- Biyuti
- Cal Athletics | Bears United
- Cal Student-Athlete Gay Straight Alliance (Cal SAGSA)
- Cal Queer & Asian
- Gamma Rho Lambda
- IGenSpectrum
- Non-Binary Alliance
- oSTEM: Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Out for Business (O4B)
- OUTLAW at Berkeley
- Plurality: UC Berkeley's First Plurisexual (Bi, Pan, Omni,+) and Ally Group
- Q@Haas
- Queer + Allied Pre-Health / Pre-Med Association (QAPPA)
- Queer of Color Working Group
- Queers in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (QICSE)
- Queer Grads
- Queer Grad Women and Friends
- Queer Issues in Public Policy (QuIPP)
- Queering Public Health
- Queer Student Union (QSU)
- Queer Theory Working Group
- Queer and Trans Intersectional Political Students (QTIPS)
- Queer Womxn @ Berkeley (QW@B)
- QuERGies
- Sigma Epsilon Omega (SEO)
- T-Cal: A Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Space
- Young Queers United for Empowerment (YQUE!)
- Zawadi: Black LGBT Community at Cal
Faculty and Staff Resources
- LavenderCal: is a member-based organization working to build community and belonging among all LGBTQ+ staff, faculty, postdocs, and visiting scholars at UC Berkeley
- QTBIPOC Staff & Faculty Listserv: Intended for folx that identify as QTBIPOC staff and faculty so we ask that folx honor it as a virtual affinity space. Join the mailing list!
Taskforces and Advisory Bodies
- Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) Communities at Cal: Heightening the visibility of the contributions and concerns of LGBTQ+ staff, faculty, and students among Berkeley’s initiatives for diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice
Celebrating Queer Identities & Trajectories in Sport Panel
The recap video above highlights the "Celebrating Queer Identities & Trajectories in Sport" panel event hosted by Bears United and Cal SAAC for Cal Athletics staff, student-athletes, and coaches. Panelists included Dr. Marissa Nichols, PhD, Associate Athletics Director of Student-Athlete Development; Jai Jones, LCSW, Counselor and Co-Chair of the UHS Transgender Care Team; Kai Felton, MA, Special Assistant to the Head Coach of Cal Women’s Basketball; and Isabel King, Cal Lacrosse Student-Athlete and Vice President of Bears United. Follow Bears United on Instagram!
Events
- November 17, 2023: Transcending Barriers featured a conversation with Cal alum Layshia Clarendon, LA Sparks Guard and WNBA All-star, and Katie Barnes, award-winning journalist
- March 22-24, 2024: NorCal T-Camp
- May 3, 2024: Lavender Graduation
June 30, 2024: San Francisco Pride Parade; Register to participate in the UC Berkeley contingent- June 30, 2024: Volunteer for Cal @ 2024 SF Pride
- August 24, 2024: Queer Cal Pals application for mentees/incoming students due
- Fall 2024: QT Pie: A Queer, Trans, LGBTQ+ Welcome Event
News and Research
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Library Guide
- Paola Bacchetta's latest research on Transnational Feminist and Queer Theory, Decolonial Theory, Critical Theory, Movements, Activisms, Artivisms, and more! She currently serves as Co-coordinator of Decolonizing Sexualities Network, a transnational convergence of scholars, artivists and activists.
- Eric Stanley receives the 2023 American Cultures Excellence in Teaching Award for their LGBT 20AC class, "Sexual Politics and Queer Organizing in the US"
- 6 LGBTQ+ trailblazers (with Berkeley ties) you should know via UC Berkeley Library
- Governor Newsom Proclaims LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2023 via Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Gender Inclusive Restrooms Map
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