Utica College Gender and Sexuality Alliance

We're fundraising! Color in some of our amazing E-board members, and donate to an important cause!

We miss our beautiful family! Can’t wait to see everyone again!

The community and family we’ve built on campus is imperative to the health and safety of our students. We have been honored to become a safe and inclusive place for students of all backgrounds and identities. If you are struggling, please reach out to us and we will become your family and support group. Much love and happy Pride. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Coronavirus: When going home doesn't feel like home For some students in the LGBTQ community at Utica College, going home during the pandemic has not felt that way. Instead, it has meant going back in the

“As a religious q***r person, I’ve struggled to find communities of people who fully support and affirm my identity in a religious context.”
-Kat
This is not a comprehensive list, but hopefully this lends some hope.

Up until the last few years, Q***r Culture was relegated to clubs where members of the community could meet. Now, there is a lot more visibility and the culture is accessible to those who wish to find it, whether through RuPaul's Drag Race and Q***r Eye or in the clubs and through Pride Parades. ***rCulture ***rEye

Often the American Q***r Movement is a whitewashed movement, but it was started by Black, Trans womxn and on stolen land.
First Nation and Indigenous folx have long been marginalized, assimilated, and invaded by white colonizers.

Still, the Indigenous and First Nations of the world have a long history celebrating, connecting, and respecting the spirit (purple) and nature (green) tenants of PRIDE and q***r culture. They also have a beautiful history of recognizing two-spirit individuals and understanding that the heterosexual cis-gender default we are raised in is both a construct and toxic.

So today let’s celebrate our Indigenous and First Nations community members and honor their history and the unique challenges they face today.

In celebration of Pride Month, we look back and remember the histories and legacies that have gotten us where we are today. There is power in knowledge, validation in history, and community in a shared story.

Remember Pride’s history is still pertinent today.

Tomorrow is the start of Pride Month. It is important that our community remembers our history.

Our history is black, is trans, and is violent.

Be sure to check our page throughout June for more history, celebrations, and recognitions of who we are, where we came from, and where we need to go.