Queer Resource Center of The Claremont Colleges

I hope y'all are having a wonderful ! What are you proud of this summer??

Image description: A Near holding a rainbow flag with a statement, "be proud of yourself!"

Happy Month from the QRC!!

We hope you have a wonderful Pride! This photo includes images of various people celebrating pride together and holding up affirming flags and signs.

Come to The Shop on Sunday, April 30 12pm-5pm at the QRC where there will be four barbers giving free haircuts with pizza, snacks and drinks! Cuts will be chosen through raffle drawings!

🌻 TONIGHT!!!! 🪻

Take a study break tonight and come out to the Sapphic Soirée!!

🍋🍇 THIS THURSDAY!!!! 🫐🍒

Come join Family, SCORE and the QRC in the
🌳 Froutt Courtyard 🌳
at Scripps for a
✨ Sapphic Soirée! ✨

Thursday, April 27th
💫 7:00 - 10:00pm 💫

There will be dancing, Some Crust cookies, DJ Bravo, and a DIY jewlery table. This dance is a space for sapphic students to celebrate their identities and build community. We can't wait to see you there and happy Gaypril!

join the qrc for our alumni mixer thursday 4/27 at 4:30!!
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fmi and accessibility info contact [email protected]

Want to stay up to date with what’s happening at the QRC? 🔆🌈
Join our mailing list!! 📧

By clicking the link in our bio, you’ll be taken to our linktree where you can find the link to sign up for our Listserv!
This way, you can be kept up to date with QRC programming, events, etc!

Our last and final part of our S*x Ed Series is presented by the QRC and SCORE this Wednesday from 7-9pm in the QRC.

We will be joined by Chels Morgan, certified s*x educator and intimacy coordinator, to cover 101 kink info! We will be raffling off related items to all that attend, including multiuse cuffs, a flogger, pleasure feathers, and silk ties.

FMI & Accessibility please email [email protected]

https://forms.gle/HZZmDzDVCVivHSsT8

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Please join us tonight at 630pm in Walton Commons at the QRC for Student Allyship Training as a part of our Gaypril events! RSVP to [email protected]

see you thursday april 6th!

🏳️‍🌈 WELCOME TO GAYPRIL!! 🏳️‍🌈

🫐 Here’s our 2023 Gaypril calendar! It’s packed with awesome events — so be on the lookout!

🍓 We hope to see y’all soon!

🌻 If you have any questions, feel free to dm us or contact us at [email protected]

S*x Ed Workshop Series with updated dates! Let’s talk all things s*xuality baby! 💕

Q***r S*x 101 ~ Thursday, April 6 6-8pm @ The QRC

Body Freedom & S*xuality ~ Thursday, April 13 6-8pm @ The QRC

Kink 101 ~ Wednesday, April 19 7-9pm @ The QRC

Sign up through the link in bio and/or QR code.

🏳️‍⚧️The QRC will be holding space for community members to come together for healing, processing, and discussion amidst the current wave of anti-Trans legislation around the US.

Join us on Tuesday, April 18 at 4:00pm in the QRC.

S*x Ed Workshop Series from the QRC!! Get ready for a month of exciting events.

Starting this Thursday, March 30th from 7-9pm - Q***r S*x 101! Facilitated by Montana Kimel (she/her), S*x Educator and Graduate Assistant at the QRC.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/Q9PR23UAcK1muxxV8

More to follow about the upcoming events!

Accessibility Info: [email protected]

[ID: A marble blue, purple and off white background. S*x Ed Workshop Series, by the QRC, co-sponsored by SCORE. A schedule of events that says:
Q***r S*x 101 ~ Thursday, March 30 7-9pm @ The QRC
Let's talk about s*x & pleasure baby! Facilitated by Montana Kimel (she/her), S*x Educator and Graduate Assistant at the QRC. Free Boba for all that attends.
Body Freedom & S*xuality ~ Thursday, April 6 7-9pm @ The QRC
All bodies are good bodies, but sometimes the *feels* get in the way of the s*xy things we want to do. Facilitated by Montana Kimel (she/her), S*x Educator and Graduate Assistant at the QRC. Free Boba for all that attends.
Kink 101 ~ Wednesday, April 19 7-9pm @ The QRC
Chels Morgan (they/them) will join us again to talk all things kink - the terms, the toys and the frameworks. Chels Morgan is a Certified S*x Educator and s*x and justice educator. S*x toy raffle!]

🌈🍓 GAYPRIL 2023 IS APPROACHING!!! 🫐🌈

The QRC is calling on 7C students to submit designs for 2023’s Walker Wall Mural! 🎨

For over 15 years, community members at the Claremont Colleges have come together to paint Walker Wall in recognition and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community at the schools. ☀️✨

Join us in kicking off Gaypril 2023 by submitting a design to be painted on the wall!!

The plan is to collect submissions through Thursday, March 30th and then post them to our instagram for community voting! Then we’ll host our Walker Wall Painting event on Friday, April 7th! 🌛 If you have any questions, DM us or email us at [email protected]

Can’t wait to celebrate with y’all! 🦆

⚠️Content warning: Alcohol, drugs, and addiction.

Crystal Diaries, a feature-length documentary that delves into the struggles of members of the LGBTQ House and Ball community in Los Angeles whose lives have been impacted by methamphetamine addiction, was created out of a partnership with LA-based organization Beyond The Runway and Pitzer College’s “Media Arts for Social Justice” class. The original motivation for the creation of the film is to spark community dialogue and transformative healing.

Screenings of the film were meant to happen when it first came out but were delayed due to the pandemic.
Now, its first screening will be at the Benson auditorium on
‼️Monday, March 27th at 4:30pm‼️.

The screening will include:
1. The film (54 minutes)
2. A panel of filmmakers and cast for Q&A (3 speakers - 30 minutes)
3. Harm Reduction presentation about fentanyl testing trips & Narcan use along with distribution of fentanyl testing strips (15 mins)

Refreshments will be served.

We hope to see you there!

*** UPDATED LOCATION*** HMC Shanahan Auditorium
Come join the QRC to celebrate our graduating class🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥳🥳!! Graduates are encourages to sign up early as graduate packages are guaranteed for the first 45 sign ups which include a tassel and your choice of sole or cord. Link for signs up are in the bio 😊

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4:30-6:00 pm HMC Shanahan Auditorium Keynote Speaker TDB. Please sign up by April 15th” in the bottom center is a QR code for sign ups. Underneath in small purple lettering reads, “FMI and accessibility contact [email protected]”

The QRC is hiring! Apply to work with us for the 2022-2023 academic year. Check out available positions on Handshake.

[Image description: Green flyer with a palm leaf background. The text on the flyer is white and reads the following: The Q***r Resource Center is Hiring foe 2022-2023. QRC Student Associate $15.50/hr 5-10 hrs/wk. Open to all undergraduate students of the Claremont Colleges. Hiring Student Associates for next academic year! Hiring Graduate Assistants for next academic year! Graduate Assistant- QQMP Head Mentor $20/hr 10-20 hrs/wk. Open to all graduate students of the Claremont Colleges. Apply on Handshake. Apps due on 4.9.23. [email protected]]

Join the QRC for drop in office ours at CLSA, AARC, and OBSA!

Image description: pink, yellow, and white background with pink stars. At the top, white text reads: “AFFINITY CENTER DROP IN HOURS Drop in to meet QRC staff, chat about topics, and learn more about the QRC!” In a purple box on the right hand side, text reads: “Tranquada @ CLSA on March 9th 12p-1p, SCC 240 @ AARC on March 29th 2p-4p, 139 E. Seventh St @ OBSA on April 18th 12p-1p” White text at the bottom reads: “Contact us at [email protected] with any questions!”. Graphic of three folks with their arms around each other is at the bottom of the graphic and just below them is a little rainbow line.

Calling all Women of Color writers! Submit your work for an opportunity to be included in a published book and join an AMAZING community of WOC writers. Goal: Tell us a story about a woman with fire in their eyes. This story is encouraged to be a personal essay/reflection or a creative reimagining of a story that has been passed down to you. However you can use any genre or language (with translation) that you feel best tells the story. These stories are about strength, getting back up, and harnessing our internal power and flame to change our own lives.

For any and all questions or inquiries please email mailto:[email protected]
Image Description: orange background with pink and white text that reads “WOMEN OF COLOR WRITING SUBMISSION Open call for stories authored by women of color about women of color. Share a story that you experienced or that has been passed down to you, that shows us what a woman with fire in her eyes looks like. For more information or to submit your work please contact [email protected]. Draft due April 15th 2023.”. Pink circle lies in bottom right corner and silhouette of a woman is in the bottom left. Silhouette of a person’s face with flowers is in the top right corner.

Come join the QRC to celebrate our graduating class🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥳🥳!! Graduates are encourages to sign up early as graduate packages are guaranteed for the first 45 sign ups which include a tassel and your choice of sole or cord. Link for signs up are in the bio 😊

Are you an LGBTQ Graduate Student at CGU OR KGI?
Join us to be in community and write! RSVP via https://rb.gy/pmqwtw or scan the QR code!

Imade Description: purple background with green font that reads “QT Grads Virtual Writing Retreat. Are you an LGBTQ Graduate Student at CGU OR KGI? Join us to be in community and write! Saturday March 18 9:00am-12:00pm Feel free to attend as you can throughout the retreat. RSVP via the link or QR code! https://rb.gy/pmqwtw for more information and accessibility needs, contact [email protected].” At the bottom, there is the KGI and Claremont Graduate University and Q***r Reource Center of the Claremont Colleges Logo, as well as a person writing.

Join us in the QRC with AdBoard and AARC's Rise
Committee for the first screening from our Q***r
APIDA Movie series! Snacks will be provided:))
Date: March 3, 6:30-9pm
Location: the QRC
We will be watching Badhaai Do (2022) a Hindi comedy drama about a gay police officer and le***an teacher who enter into a sham marriage
All are welcome!

🎉 Big congratulations to Sergio A. Gonzalez () on his acceptance of the position of
Incoming Assistant Tenure Track Professor of Educational Foundations and Leadership
in the School of Education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!

Gonzalez worked at the QRC as a graduate assistant while getting his PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the School of Educational Studies at CGU!

We are so excited for this next step in his journey. Once again, congratulations and good luck! ♥️

The QRC is having and OPEN HOUSE! If you've never checked out the space, now is the time. If you haven't been to the QRC in a while, now is the time. Come out and meet the new Assistant Dean and Director of the QRC and enjoy light refreshments.

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join us tomorrow 2/14 at the QRC at 5pm for Valentine’s day Speed Dating!!
Image Description: pale pink background with black lines forming a border. Text reads : “Valentines Day Q***r Speed Dating February 14th 5pm. Event starts at 5pm. Come meet new friends (and maybe your Valentine) . For more information and accessibility email [email protected].”. In the middle is a pink stop watch and in the left right corner is pink and red flowers and a rainbow on a blue background, and in the right bottom corner is a rainbow on a blue background.

The QRC is hosting a lunch for LGBTQ+ students in STEM at the 7Cs on February 21 from 12-1 pm! Lunch will be provided for the FIRST 10 people who sign up. Register using the QR code or through our Linktree. FMI: [email protected]

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Come by the QRC’s ✨Free Clothing Closet✨ to take home some great clothes!! 👗🧣👖

Clothing Closet is accessible during open hours (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm)! 🌙

BUT!

If you want to be able to come by ~ANY day of the week~ between the hours of 9am-11pm, see our last post for information on getting card swipe access to the QRC! 🪪

We have so many clothes up for grabs right now — come and take some home with you!! (Donations are always open as well! 🩳)

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🌈 Q***r Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, February 1st from 6-7pm at the QRC. 🌈
Newcomers and people beginning to explore their faith are welcome.

For more information, please contact Katheryn [email protected]

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Did you know that the QRC serves the 7Cs? We'll be making a stop at your campus soon. Stop by and say hello!

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Card swipe access is back at the QRC! Sign up for swipe access 7 days a week from 9am to 11pm. Clink the link in the bio to sign up!

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Student Health Services (SHS) is pleased to provide gender
affirming care services starting this spring semester! Trained healthcare providers at SHS will be able to prescribe common gender affirming hormonal regimens. Learn more by visiting the Gender Affirming Care webpage. Link in our bio!

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The QRC has a new director! All 7C community members are invited to a meet-and-greet at the QRC with our new director, Bri Sérráno (he/him), on Friday, December 16, at 3:30-5:00 pm. We hope you’ll join us in welcoming Bri!

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Join us tomorrow from 3-4 to be in community in the wake of the violence at Club Q

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✨Join the QRC for a packed week of great events for Trans Empowerment Week! ✨

We’ll have:

Monday Nov 14:
🫐 Q***r Allyship 101 (5:00-6:30 @ the QRC)

Tuesday Nov 15:
🍇 Gender Identity and S*xuality Workshop (7:00-9:00 @ the QRC)

Wednesday Nov 16:
🍋 Masc/Femme Makeup Tutorial and follow-along (3:30-5:30 @ the QRC)

Friday Nov 18:
🍎 CLSA x QRC Movie Night (7:00-9:00 @ the QRC)

Saturday Nov 19:
🍐 Binding, Tucking, Bras, Oh my! (2:30-4:30 @ Score

Sunday Nov 20:
🍉 Trans Pool Hours (11:00-12:00 @ Axelrood Pool - CMC)
🍓 Community Art Mural for Trans Day of Remembrance (3:30-5:00 @ the QRC)

🌟Come by one, a few, or even all of our exciting events!!🌟

Join us next Tuesday, November 15 from 7-9pm for a workshop on Gender Identity & S*xuality facilitated by the amazing CSE. Chels is an Afro-Latinx, Autistic, pans*xual, polyamorous, and non-binary s*xuality and justice educator and intimacy coordinator. They will facilitate a conversation on gender identity, s*xuality, pleasure, and more!

All folks who attend will be entered into a raffle to win a s*x toy! Please RSVP through the QR code.

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Join us next Tuesday, November 15 from 7-9pm for a workshop on Gender Identity & S*xuality facilitated by the amazing Mx. Chels Morgan CSE. Chels is an Afro-Latinx, Autistic, pans*xual, polyamorous, and non-binary s*xuality and justice educator and intimacy coordinator. They will facilitate a conversation on gender identity, s*xuality, pleasure, and more!

All folks who attend will be entered into a raffle to win a s*x toy! Please RSVP through the QR code.

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Join us for a 🫧CLSA x QRC🫧 screening of
Una Mujer Fantástica / A Fantastic Woman
at 7:00pm Friday, November 18th at the Q***r Resource Center!!! 🎥🎞️✨

Goody bags 🍬 and popcorn 🍿 will be provided!!

join the Asian American Resource Center at the QTPOC mixer this Thursday November 10th in the QRC 🤠🤠🤭
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