UO LGBT Education and Support Services

✨🐣 2SLGBTQIA3+ Campus Resources🦆✨

Looking for q***r and q***r-friendly on-campus resources and community? We’ve got you covered!

Here are some on-campus organizations to check out:
📒 The LGBTQA3 Alliance (aka the QA3) () and its subgroups:
>> Aces and Aros ()
>> Bi and Beyond ()
>> Gay Brigade ()
>> Le***an Legion ()
>> Trans and Non-binary ()
📒 QTISOC (Q***r, Trans & Intersex Students of Color) ()
📒 QTAPI (Q***r, Trans, Asian, Pacific Islander) Week ()
📒 Women’s Center ()
📒 Protection Connection (.pc)
📒 UO Health Services () (Also check out their website: health.uoregon.edu)

🥚🐣🐥🦆  To learn more about more about each campus resource, swipe through the slides or check their instagrams/websites!

✨🐣 What is LGBTESS? 🦆✨

LGBTESS stands for Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Services. We are a department within the Dean of Students whose mission is to support 2SLGBTQIA3+ students at UO.

🥚🐣🐥🦆  To learn more about us (like what we are and what we do), swipe through the slides!

If you have questions or suggestions, you can:
⭐ DM our Instagram to talk to our Social and Digital Media Coordinator
⭐️ Email our Education and Outreach coordinator at [email protected]
⭐️ Or email the LGBTESS Coordinator at [email protected]

(Note: This time around our Image Descriptions are in the Alt Text!)

🎓🎓Happy Graduation, Lavender Graduates, to everyone who came and those who were unable to attend. We celebrate all of you and your identities! 🎉🎉

This year’s Lavender Graduation was the biggest in the history of University of Oregon. Hearing the accomplishments of our amazing 2SLGBTQIA3+ graduates and heartfelt speeches from their partners, their colleagues, and their peers was incredible.

Thank you to these graduates and those who support them. We wish you well now and into the future!

Sincerely,

LGBTESS

🎙️ LGBTESS is seeking 2SLGBTQIA3+ students who are interested in talking about their experience at the University of Oregon! We are interviewing and compiling a video to share with UO faculty and staff so folks can better understand 2SLGBTQIA3+ experiences and support 2SLGBTQIA3+ students.

Interested? Please fill out the form here ASAP to be interviewed: https://tinyurl.com/LGBTESSvoices

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. We hope to hear your voices!

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🌈 On June 7th (this Wednesday!), LGBTESS will be hosting Pride Festival in the EMU Amphitheater from 12pm-6pm! ✨ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Come by and celebrate our LGBTQIA2S+ community! We'll have resources, tabling from campus and community groups, and:
❤️ Facepainting
🧡 A Button-Making Station
💛 A Tie-Dye Station
💚 Giant Jenga
💙 A Giveaway (including items from .shop)
💜 And plenty of free food! (Pegasus Pizza🍕, shaved ice (from 3-5) 🍧, Capri-Suns, and more! ✨

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Our event celebrating Marsha “Pay it no Mind” Johnson is ongoing! Swing by the LGBTQA3 Office (EMU 022) between 2pm-4pm for a donut and flower crown making!

💐 🏳️‍🌈 LOCATION CHANGE! 🍩Join LGBTESS in making flower crowns to celebrate the life and legacy of Marsha P. Johnson! From 2:00-4:00 pm on Friday May, 31 in LGBTQA3 Office (EMU 022)! Voodoo Doughnuts and beverages will be available! 🍩

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⭐ Call for nominations! ⭐ Do you know someone who might be a wonderful student speaker at Lavender Graduation? Someone who has spent their time here at UO contributing to the q***r community or committed themself to activism? Nominate them! (Or yourself!) Visit this qualtrics form to check out the awards and nominate people by June 1st: tinyurl.com/lavendergrad2023

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🎟️ 🎥 Interested in Q***r or Bollywood films? Come join us for a screening of the film Badhaai Do, a film about an Indian lavender marriage. The screening will be on June 6 at the Broadway Metro Theater at 2:45pm (doors will open at 2:25pm). The address is 888 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401. Transport will NOT be provided and seats are limited!

Fill out the RSVP at tinyurl.com/badhaaidoscreening ⭐

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Slide 2: A Google Maps screenshot of the address 888 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401. It is located across the street from Bao Bao House and near Voodoo Donut. END ID]

💐 🏳️‍🌈 Join LGBTESS in making flower crowns to celebrate the life and legacy of Marsha P. Johnson! 2:00-4:00 pm on Friday May, 31 on the EMU Green. Voodoo Doughnuts and beverages will be available! 🍩

[ID: Poster with central image of Marsha P Johnson in a flower crown surrounded by assorted flowers, rainbow ribbons, and trans flag ribbons. Text on poster reads "People Behind Pride Series 2023, Marsha 'Pay It No Mind' Johnson, Come make flower crowns and learn about Marsha's life and legacy! Free Voodoo Doughnuts, iced tea, and lemonade! Wednesday May, 31, EMU Green 2:00-4:00 pm, LGBT Education Support Services END ID]

⭐️ATTENTION LAVENDER GRADUATES ⭐️

🎓📢 RSVP DATE EXTENDED! Register for Lavender Graduation by May 24th, 11:59pm at tinyurl.com/lavendergrad2023 ✨✨

The ceremony will be celebrating UO's 2SLGBTQIA3+ graduates. Undergraduates and graduate students are welcome!

The date of the ceremony is Friday June 16th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. PST in the EMU Ballroom for our 2023 Lavender Graduation to celebrate the accomplishments, education, perseverance, resilience, leadership, and advocacy of UO LGBTQIA+ graduate and undergraduate students!

🟣 More Links 🟣
⭐️ Nominate Students, Staff, and Faculty for Lavender Awards: https://tinyurl.com/lavenderawards2023
⭐️ Create Crafts/Goodies for Graduates: https://tinyurl.com/lavendercrafts2023

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🦋🌈The Oregon Student Equal Rights Association () are holding a symposium on Our Right to CARE: Community, Autonomy, Rest, and Empowerment. It will be this Sunday (May 21st) from 9:00AM to 6:00PM at Redwood Auditorium at University of Oregon and it’s free for all students in Oregon.

Join LGBT+ students and allies from across Oregon for a day of engaging workshops, a keynote speaker, a drag show, and free food. The goal of this symposium is to build the community of LGBTQIA+ Oregon college students and teach them skills to advocate for themselves and their community.

Register for the event at: tinyurl.com/osera22

Check out page for more information as well as their event on Saturday!