UAB SafeZone

TIME AND PLACE!!! ‼️Join us Wednesday for the rescheduled Dine and Discuss. Dinner is on us as we chat about culture and identity. 💬

FIRST SPRING BOOK CLUB 🏳️‍🌈✨ Grateful to have a community to read this book with ❤️

DO YOU WANT TO BE APART OF SAFEZONE? 🏳️‍🌈❤️✨ We are accepting applications for Peer Educators through SUNDAY, Feb. 12. The application can be found on Engage by searching for “Student Leader Selection”. Join the SZ Family ❤️❤️❤️

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH 🖤🖤🖤🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 This semester, we are reading The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. All meetings will be held in the SMDP office. Open to ALL UAB students!!!

FIRST EVENT IN THE 2023 BLAQOUT SERIES! 🖤🏳️‍🌈✨ We will be watching Disney’s Strange World, featuring a Black, biracial, q***r main character. Look forward to upcoming posts about BLAQOUT week events.

Announcing our FIRST round of SPRING 2023 training dates! 🌈✨ these training dates will be IN PERSON. In order to become SafeZone certified, you must attend all three sessions (in any semester during your time at UAB) and sign the SafeZone agreement. We encourage students to take sessions in order, but it is okay if you must do them out of order.

YOU asked. WE listened. Another round of book club for the Spring Semester! This time we will be diving into Q***r Fiction! For more information, go to our engage page.

Unfortunately, we have to reschedule our Trans Experience Panel to a date in the SPRING semester. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Stay tuned for the date announcement!

Join us and a panel of UAB staff, faculty, and medical professionals who have lived the transgender experience as we dive into the reality of life as a transgender person in the US. See y’all on Monday ✨🏳️‍⚧️

BIG SHOUTOUT to the Thai Student Association 🇹🇭 and the Iranian Student Association 🇮🇷 for presenting at our Lunch and Learn on Q***r Movements Around the World 🌍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

FREE FOOD!!!!!! Join us in discussing q***r movements from various countries around the world. We want to make sure everyone is represented! If you are interested in presenting on a q***r movement in a specific country, please DM us!

In light of recent events at UAB, we want to make known that SafeZone supports and stands in solidarity with all LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff here at UAB. GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE SAVES TRANS LIFE! Please see our stories and highlight entitled “🏳️‍⚧️” for more information on the importance of gender affirming healthcare for trans people. If you are looking for a LGBTQ+ affirming space of campus, please go to our office in the Hill Student Center, Suite 311. We love you!