Monday Events

 

Come eat your lunch at OUT for Lunch to kick off Out and Proud Week!

A chance to interact with other generations of the LGBT community of UCSD.

"Adding a Bit More Color To Your Rainbow: Why Examining the Needs of Queer Students of Color Matter"

Out and Proud Week Keynote speaker- Dr. JonPaul Higgins
Hosted by LGBT Resource Center
Monday, April 23 | 4-6pm | Red Shoe Room, PC West

Dr. Higgins is a speaker, writer and social justice defender. He currently serves as Campus Pride's Curriculum Educator, is a Lambda Literary writing fellow and a regular contributor to Presence.IO. 

His work has been included on sites like Efniks, INTOMORE, Blavity, The Root, Pride, Talkspace, SYFY and more notably, Them. Dr. Higgins is committed to using his voice to highlight and bring focus to the issues that affect both the Black and LGBTQ community.

Monday, April 23 | 6-8PM |Muir College-Mariposa Room

We will be covering the history of Stonewall Riots and the impact and repercussions it has had on LGBTQIA + community.

Apimeda Family Lip Sync Battle

Monday, April 23 | 8:30-11PM | Main Gym UCSD

APIMEDA and the LGBT Resource Center are back with our APIMEDA family event for Out and Proud!! This time we're are hosting an APIMEDA Family... BATTLE where everyone can LIP SYNC THEIR HEART OUT in a friendly competition where everyone wins!!

We will be playing songs and y'all can act out the songs like the true stars of the stage that you are! Not sure about performing? It's okay! You can perform with a friend! Never done a lip sync performance? No worries!! This is your space to have fun with it and shine!! Want to just come support? Cheer with us during the performances!

Tuesday Events

 

Tuesday, April 24 | 2-4pm | LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

Originally hosted by the LGBTQIA+ LLC in Muir Fall Quarter 2017, this program is coming to Out and Proud Week! There will be materials for you to make your own quilt square that will be put together into a Community Quilt that will be donated to the RC!

Tuesday, April 24 | 5-7 PM | Raza Resource Centro- Library

A panel discussion with full time professionals on their experiences being unapologetically queer, trans, people of color in a white, cisgender, heteronormative, patriarchal society. (Open space)

Tuesday April 24 | 5-7 PM | LGBT Resource Center

Come join QTPOC for some ice-cream and community building!!

Tuesday, April 24 | 7-9 PM | Mesa Nueva Graduate Student Housing: CA-A192A

Connect with your community members and allies for game night, socializing, and snacks! The first hour will focus on team trivia about queer history and popular culture, and the second hour will allow folks to choose from a wide array of board and group games.

Tuesday, April 24 | 7-9 PM | Multipurpose Room

An event for queer and trans folx to engage and connect with each other in a fun and inclusive space.  Connections can be platonic, romantic, etc. We will have refreshments and giveaways.

We are expecting to reach capacity. Please  reserve your spot.

 

Wednesday Events

 

FREE Anonymous HIV testing

Hosted by In The Mix and Family Health Centers of San Diego

Wednesday, April 25 |11am-4pm |LGBTRC Heritage Room

We will be providing FREE Oral Rapid HIV testing. That means no needles and your results are ready in 20 minutes. Testing is provided on a first come, first serve basis

 

Wednesday, April 25 |1-3 PM | LGBT RC Conference Room

Let's talk about where the art of drag is headed by reflecting on the past, present, and possible future of drag.

LGBTRC x CAPS Peer Educators: Mindful Education
Wednesday, April 25 | 5-7 PM | LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

Join the LGBT Resource Center and CAPS Peer Educators for our mental health workshop! The workshop will include discussion on how to live a healthy life with mental illness. We'll also discuss ways to support others with mental illness.

Wednesday, April 25 | 6pm Screening | 8pm Discussion/Q&A | The Loft

This will be a collaborative event with the Black Men's Collective where we will screening Moonlight following with a discussion between the intersections of Blackness, sexuality, and positionality within society. The discussion will be centered on queer topics that are lived and shown through the film. Food will be provided!  

Wednesday, April 25 | 7-9 PM | LGBT Resource Center

Do you and your friends know a lot about queer pop culture? Sign your group up for Queer Quiz Bowl to test your knowledge, compete against others, eat some snacks, and win a special prize!

Thursday Events

 

On Thursday, April 26, 2018, dozens of participating restaurants, bars, coffeehouses and nightclubs in San Diego will donate a minimum of 25% of sales for the San Diego LGBT Community Center's HIV/AIDS services and prevention programs.  Grab your colleagues and friends and make plans to Dine Out and Fight AIDS for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, and more!

See the full list of restaurants at http://www.thecentersd.org/events/dining-out-for-life-restaurants-2.html.  For questions, call Megan Meek at 619.692.2077 x255 or email events@thecentersd.org

Learning and Lumpia

Hosted by QTPOC and Kamalayan Kollective
Thursday, April 26 |12- 2:30 PM | Marshall College Room

Come join Kamalayan Kollective and QTPOC for some dialogue centered around the queer pinoy/pinay experience! We will be serving Filipino food and looking at passages from Melinda de Jesus' Pinay Power.

This space is closed to those who identify as trans, queer, and/or questioning PoC.

LGBTQ Health Disparities Panel Discussion

Hosted by UCSD Library co-sponsored with LGBT Resource Center
Thursday, April 26 |12:30 PM- 1:30 PM | Seuss Room, Geisel Library

The UC San Diego Library and the LGBT Resource Center invite you to hear from UC San Diego health care providers about their experiences serving our community, and issues relating to disparities in LGBTQ health service.

Thursday, April 26 | 4- 6PM |LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

Come join the Multi-Identity Art Collective for our Out and Proud artspace! Come be around fellow art lovers and amateurs as we reflect on and express our feelings on identity and pride. New to art? Don't worry! We love new faces and we'll be doing painting walkthroughs for those less confident or those who aren't sure what to draw!

Thursday, April 26 | 7-8:30 PM |LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

Karaoke for the LGBTQIA community.

Friday Events

Friday, April 27 | 3-5PM | Revelle Conference Rooms

The program will have glitter chocolate DIY, shirt decorating, and DIY rainbow butterflies! We will also have pride themed music videos showing, so come jam with us and let your pride shine!

 

Friday, April 27 | 3:30 PM | UCSD Women's Center

In honor of Out and Proud week, we are hosting a social event for queer community. Join us for some snacks, a cute queer movie, and meet new pals.

Need an excuse to dress up, dance, or eat some free food just hang out with the community? Come on out to our celebration and capstone to Out and Proud!

LGBTQ Movie Night: Paris is Burning

Friday, April 27 | 7:30-9PM | Rita 4th Floor Community Room

Join us for a movie showing of Paris is Burning!

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Other Out and Proud Week events this quarter!

Fri | May 4 | 9PM- 12AM | Muir College-11th Floor of Tioga

May the 4th be with you! Feel free to hangout or dance your heart away! DJ, photo booth, refreshments and community will be present. Be you and join in on the fun and awesome music!