CSI LGBTQ Resource Center

Calling all CSI Alumni!!!

CSI Pride Alumni Mixer
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Steiny’s Pub (3 Hyatt St. SI, NY, 10301)
RSVP: tinyurl.com/pridealum26 (link in bio)

The College of Staten Island's LGBTQ+ Resource Center and Alumni Association invite all LGBTQ+ and ally alumni to a social gathering at Steiny's Pub. Let's support this gay-owned business while having a great time!

We welcome all College of Staten Island, Richmond College, and Staten Island Community College graduates. We hope you will join us for a fun gathering during Pride Month!

Refreshments will be provided by the CSI Alumni Association. Please help spread the word!

It was wonderful seeing so many CSI students, faculty, staff, and alumni at Staten Island Pride today! You make CSI proud!

Christina Chala from CUNY Central and I are at the Staten Island Pride Festival at Snug Harbor. Come say hi! We'll be here from 12 - 5 PM. Happy Pride everyone!

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!!! We are so proud of you! We had a wonderful time at Lavebder Graduation. May you continue to shine bright!!

Our q***r family at CSI is going strong! We celebrated another successful year at the Summit Awards tonight. Congrats to all of the award recipients! Thank you to .studentgovernment for hosting!

Calling all CSI LGBTQ+ Grads and Alumni!

Lavender Graduation
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Campus Center (1C) – Green Dolphin Lounge
RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/csilavender
Link in bio

The College of Staten Island's LGBTQ+ Resource Center invites you to attend the 15th Annual Lavender Graduation! Lavender Graduation honors LGBTQ+ graduates from the Class of 2026. Graduates completing any degree or program are welcome.

The keynote speaker will be Prof. Tasha Kimball from the Department of History.

To mark this momentous year, LGBTQ+ alumni are invited to join us. Guests from the campus and community are welcome to attend.

For more information, please email [email protected] or call 718-982-3091

This event is made possible by generous funding from the New York City Council to the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium, and supported by the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.

It was amazing to see all of the student research at the Undergraduate Research Conference! Keep up the great work!

Happening today! Break bread while breaking barriers- Come enjoy food, conversation and community at our Table of Pride event. Join us for a free community dinner! This evening is about combating hate by growing love, understanding, and real connection through honest conversation. 🤗

📆 Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
⏰️ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
📍 College of Staten Island - Building 1C in the Park Cafe - 2800 Victory Blvd, Building 1C, Staten Island, NY, 10314

☎️ For more information contact Pete Dugan at: 718.701.0512, [email protected]

We are excited to partner with Pride Center of Staten Island

We couldn't get enough of her last year... So she's back to give us more! Britney Virazzano will be performing at CSI in one week!

SI Drag Show & Panel
Thursday, March 19, 2026
6:30-8:30 PM
College of Staten Island
Center for the Arts (Building 1P)
Williamson Theatre
RSVP Here: https://tinyurl.com/sidrag26 (link in bio)

Britney Virazzano is a native Staten Island drag queen. She has been performing and working in the New York night life scene since 2013. She has donated countless hours of her time to help raise money for local LGBTQIA+ charities. When she is not dancing and performing for the masses she is running a florist on the south shore of Staten Island. She is a trained dancer, wig stylist and graphic artist which she uses in all aspects of her drag career to create the perfect persona.

Hibiscus will be gracing the stage at CSI in 2 weeks! Will you be there? RSVP link in bio.
tinyurl.com/sidrag26

Hibiscus has been doing drag for 10 years. A former Miss Stonewall (2018), Hibiscus has used her art and platform to uplift and raise money for the LGBTQ+ community. Raising money for Immigration Equality, The Trevor Project, NYC Anti Violence Project, Trinity Place Shelter, and Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative to name a few.

Hibiscus is tiny but she’s a firecracker who lights up the stage with high energy dance numbers. A decade in the industry you can catch her performing at one of her weekly shows at Industry Bar & Hush Bar in Hells Kitchen, The Stonewall Inn & The Monster Bar in the West Village, or hosting the 3 time Glam Award winning “NYC Best Drag Brunch” in Astoria at Frescos Grand Cantina every Sunday.

Hibiscus believes in hard work really pays off and always encourages others to work hard to achieve their goals and dreams.