The Black Queer & Trans Collective

Hi everyone! ��We know we have been MIA at BQTC, but we’re starting back up with this project!��

We have partnered with the Longhorn Wellness Center (LWC) to connect with Black individuals on campus to discuss Black-specific event programming concerning mental health. The main goal of these interviews is to connect with Black UT affiliates to understand shared needs across Black organizations, and how those needs can be met with the help of the Longhorn Wellness Center.

We highly encourage anyone connected to Black UT programming to reach out via DM or our email, [email protected] to receive more information on this project and/or set up an interview time.

Join our safe space today in McCombs’ Peggy Drake Lounge and get connected with other Black Q***r students in McCombs at our Roundtable! Allies are encouraged to attend as well to support and learn about inclusivity! See you all today!

Join us as we welcome award-winning poet, KB Brookins for Duets: Black Creatives in Conversation with our friends on Thursday, November 17th at 3:30pm CT 📚

Link here: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/caaas/events/duets-black-creatives-in-conversation-with-kb-brookins

What does solidarity look like between Black and Asian communities? What are some ways gender or class position could impact Asian/Black solidarity? How can people make solidarity part of their daily practice and intentions?

Join us for our Black and Asian Solidarity Event next Thursday, April 14th at 6pm in the Multicultural Engagement Center for a panel diving into these questions and more. We will reflect on the ways in which we can build solidarity between Black and Asian folks on and off campus, through complex yet necessary conversations. There will be opportunities for discussion spaces for folks to talk about how holding marginalized identities (i.e. LGBTQIA+) intersects with their experiences of building solidarity, opportunities to ask panelists about their strategies, and small group discussions.

This is event is cosponsored by the Gender and Sexuality Center's Lotus Project, Black Q***r and Trans Collective, and the Center for Asian American Studies.

Image Description: On a cream background, text reads: Black and Asian Solidarity Event. Multicultural Engagement Center WCP 1.102. April 14th 6-7:30pm. At the top includes the logo for the John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies, the Gender and Sexuality Center, and Center for Asian American Studies. At the bottom, hands of various races reach upwards.

Hey y’all! Our next meeting is this Friday, April 1st at 2 p.m. We’ll be discussing some of the stereotypes of Black women and how they’re represented in media!

Sign-up: https://bit.ly/BQTC-meetings

Let’s groove tonight! Interested in how Black, Q***r, & Trans musicians have impacted the music industry? Interested in how they are treated in artistic spaces?

If so, we’d love to see you at our next meeting where we pay homage & engage in discourse about modern day BQT artists!

Join us February 11th 2022 @ 5 p.m. via zoom

Sign up: https://bit.ly/BQTC-meetings

Do you have a skill that you’ve been dying to share? Well BQTC would love if you presented your skill(s) at one of our meetings!

We have had skillshares in the past where members have been exposed to new languages, zine making, and more!

Interested? Please submit your request to [email protected] (:

Hi everyone! We just wanted to remind you that our first meeting is in 1 week, on October 27th @ 2 p.m.!

To accompany all attendees, we’ll be hosting this meeting via zoom & at The Gender & Sexuality Center, located inside the WCP. We hope to see you there!

RSVP link in bio or you can sign up at https://bit.ly/BQTC-meetups

Hey y’all! Just reminding everyone that our first semester meeting is in 2 weeks, on October 27th @ 2 p.m.! We’ll be hosting this meeting via zoom & at The Gender & Sexuality Center, located inside the WCP. We hope to see you there! RSVP link in bio.

Hi everyone! Good news - we have decided on the October 27th, 2021 at 2 p.m. for the first meeting thanks to your Google form & doodle poll submissions!

If you choose to join us in person, our meetings will be held at The Gender & Sexuality center, located inside the WCP, also known as the SAC. PPE will be accessible throughout the meeting area and social distancing is highly recommended.

If you choose to join us online, we will be sending out the zoom link in our reminder emails as we move closer towards the meeting date.

As always, we are so excited to see everyone and we really appreciate all of the feedback that we have received so far. If anything else comes to mind, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us via email at [email protected]. Take care!

Hey y’all! We hope your Fall semester has been off to a good start. Are you looking for a community of Black, Q***r, Non-Binary, & Trans students & staff? Well, look no further.

The Black Q***r & Trans Collective is working hard to plan this semesters first meeting, and if you’re a part of our listerv, you should have received a couple of emails that ask about your availability and meeting preferences (in person, online, hybrid, etc).

We are still trying to gather results from everyone in terms of meeting logistics, but our first meeting is projected to be held sometime between the middle and end of this month. As soon as we have gathered all necessary information, we will make another social media post and send out meeting reminders via our listerv.

In the meantime, please contact BQTC at [email protected] if you any questions!