LGBTQ Forum Meetings
February 07, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
March 06, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
April 03, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
May 01, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
July 10, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
September 04, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
October 02, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
November 06, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
December 04, 2024 | 12:00-1:00PM | CCC Respect Room
Rinker campus location: Rinker Room 158 in the Study Commons
Join remote through Zoom.
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Food provided in-person!
LGBTQ Forum Events/Collaborations
February 9, 2024 | DEI All Affinity Parent and Family Spring Summit | 4:00-6:00PM | AF 209AB
February 16, 2024 | Queer Performance Series: Let the Show Begin | 5:00-7:00PM | CCC
February 19, 2024 | Aromantic Awareness | 12:00-1:00PM | Rinker CC 100-Commons
February 23, 2024 | Spring Social | 5:30-9:00PM
March 7, 2024 | (Student) Athlete Ally Interest Meeting | 7:00-8:00PM | Chapman Pool Deck
March 13, 2024 | Grad School: LGBTQ+ Edition | 5:30-6:30PM | AF 201
March 14, 2024 | Dinner and a Show Social | 5:30- 9PM | Dinner (Keck), Jazzy STEAM (Musco)
April 12, 2024 | (Student) Queer Prom | 7:00-10PM | AF 119
April 15, 2024 | Fem Queer Fest | 4:30-5:00PM | Wilkinson
May 13, 2024 | End-of-the-Year Social | 4:30-6:30PM | Bosscat Kitchen
June 14, 2024 | Pride Social | 5:30-9:00PM
September 19, 2024 | Fall Social | 5:30-9:00PM
October 5, 2024 | OC Pride: Chapman March | 9AM-12PM | Costa Mesa Fair Grounds
October 7, 2024 | LGBTQ History Month Kick-Off | 11AM-1PM | AF 3rd Floor Patio
October 15, 2024 | Queer Fiesta | AF 3rd Floor Patio (further details to come)
October 16, 2024 | Book Club Launch | 12-12:30PM | AF 3rd Floor Patio
October 19, 2024 | Pride Swim and Dive Team Event (further details to come)
October 22, 2024 | Gender & Sexuality: Sex Positive Strategies | 10-11:15AM | AF 201
October 22, 2024 LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Fall Gathering | 4:30-6PM | AF 3rd Floor Patio
October 23, 2024 | Unity in Diversity Forums Social | 5:00-7:30PM | AF 209ABC
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2023-2024 LGBTQ Community Dates
AUGUST
August 14 | Gay Uncles Day
SEPTEMBER
September 18 | National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day
September 23 | Bisexual Day
September 27 | National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
OCTOBER | LGBTQ+ History Month
October 08 | International Lesbian Day
October 11 | National Coming Out Day
October 15 | National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
October 16 | International Pronouns Day
October 17 | Spirit Day
October 19 | National LGBT Center Awareness Day
October 26 | Intersex Awareness Day
NOVEMBER
November 03 | Transgender Parent Day
November 13-19 | Transgender Awareness Week
November 20 | Transgender Day of Remembrance
DECEMBER
December 01 | World AIDS Day
December 08 | Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day
December 14 | HIV Cure Research Day
What is Pride?
Throughout the month of June, LGBTQ+ Pride is commemorated in a myriad of ways. Most notable are the well-attended festivals and marches that draw together members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in celebration. People come to these celebrations “loud and proud,” often wearing colorful, self-expressive clothing and waving flags while reveling in the power and freedom of authenticity.
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Barnard Awarded 2021 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship’s Book Award
Dr. Ian Barnard (Department of English, Chapman University), has won the 2021 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship’s Book Award for, Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions. The CCCC is an association within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
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Honoring LGBTQIA+ Artists in the Escalette Collection
To celebrate Chapman University’s LGBTQIA+ History Month, the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art would like to highlight some of the amazing artists in our collection who are a part of or contribute to the LGBTQIA+ communities. Their works shine a light on LGBTQIA+ experiences and invite the viewer to critically consider gender norms and social expectations of sexuality.
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Students celebrate LGBTQIA+ community at Pride Month kickoff
The Student Union in Argyros Forum was decked with lights, streamers and rainbow flags on Oct. 1. As the heels of drag performers clicked and clacked onstage, campus a cappella group Queercappella performed hits by LGBTQIA+ artists at the Cross-Cultural Center’s Pride Month kickoff.
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Chapman University Recognized Nationally for TCamp Intercampus Retreat for Transgender & Gender Questioning College Students
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Can Students’ Acts of Solidarity Help Schools Beat Bullying? Chapman Researcher Says Yes
“It’s a huge issue in the LGBTQ community, among other communities,” says De Pedro, who uses data from the California Healthy Kids Survey to measure the impact of bullying on LGBTQ students in schools. “It’s definitely a way of generating awareness.”
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- May 21, 2021
- April 23, 2021
- October 16, 2020
- October 24, 2019
- September 19, 2019
- February 18, 2019
- December 3, 2018
- November 5, 2018
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