Please check back in fall 2023 for LGBTQIA History Month events
2022 Events
- May 6 | Speed Friending
- May 10 | LGBTQIA Time
- May 11 | Paint & Sip
- May 14 | Trans Nonbinary & Queer Swim
- May 20 | Gay Men Caucus
- May 20 | Queer Prom
- May 27 | Pride Festival
- May 27 | Out/Loud Queer and Trans Performance Fest
- May 29 | LGBT Virtual Movie Night
- June 5 | Lavender Graduation
- June 14 | Sexual Assault Support Services LGBTQIA+ Group
LGBTIA+ History Month was created in 1994 by a high school history teacher in Missouri named Rodney Wilson. The month of October was initially chosen to include:
- National Coming Out Day on October 11
- Anniversary of the first LGBT March on Washington on October 14, 1979
The month also now includes:
- Spirit Day on October 20, when people wear purple in support of LGBT youth
- Ally Week, a week in which allies against LGBT bullying are celebrated
- The anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder on Oct. 12, 1998, which sparked the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
The Division of Equity and Inclusion is committed to providing support to LGBTQIA faculty, staff, students and community members. DEI support includes:
UO Resources:
- All Gender Restrooms
- Bridges Speaker's Bureau
- DuckOUT - social hour for UO LGBTQIA Faculty, Staff, and Graduate students
- LGBT+ in STEM
- LGBTQI Scholarships
- LGBTQIA | Dean of Students
- Queer Studies
- University Committee on Sexual Orientation, Attraction, Gender Identity and Expression
- UO Alumni Pride
- UO LGBTQIA Marketing and Communications Standards
- UO TeachOUT
- Queer Studies Minor
UO LGBTQIA+ Student Organizations:
- LGBT+ in STEM
- LGBTQIA Residential Community
- LGBTQIA+ Student Emergency Funds
- LGBTQIA3 Alliance
- OUTLaws (law students)
- Queer Caucus for Graduate Employees
- Queer, Trans, and Intersex Students of Color (QTISOC)
- Sappho: Queer Women's Discussion Group
- UO Theta Pi Sigma
Past Events and Activities
LGBTQIA+ History and Pride Month 2021 Events and Activities
- LGBTQIA+ Jewish Social Hour
- LGBTea Time
- LGBT Movie Night
- LGBT Back-to-School Sunset Hike
- Sexual Assault Support Services
- Pride Movie Nights
- Community Conversations: LGBTQIA+, Students and Alumni
- Books in Print: Ana-Maurine Lara
- John R. Moore Scholarship
- LGBTQ Awareness: The Importance of pronouns with Addison Smith
See the LGBTQIA+ 2021 Pride Month story here
Watch videos from LGBTQIA+ History and Pride Month here
Watch "Being a Part of the LGBTQ Community on Campus" here
LGBTQIA+ History Month 2020 Events and Activities
- Graduate Research Colloquium: Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
- Queer Film Festival
- LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
- LGBT+ in STEM Socially-Distanced Ally-Inclusive Social Hour
- Cultivating Chosen Family
- LGBTea Time
LGBTQIA+ History Month 2019 Events and Activities
- Family Acceptance Project: Family Support for LGBTQ Youth
- UOTeachOUT BBQUEER
- "The Transformative Power of Boys Love (BL) Media in Asia"
- UO APASU & LGBTQ+ Presents: Flawless Kevin
- UO Celebrates 2nd LGBTSTEM Day
- DuckOut at Ninkasi
- 2019 Eugene-Springfield Pride Festival
- Reflections on Stonewall at 50
- OUTLaws 2019 Banquet
- Ideas on Tap: Town and Gown
- Meditation and LGBTQ
- DuckOUT Drag Queen bingo
See the LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Story here