2024-2025 Academic Year
Weekly Small Groups
- Weekly Wellness Group: Mondays at 6pm-7pm at the GSC.
- Q²TPOC Empowerment Group: Tuesdays at 6pm-7pm at the MSSC.
- LBTQ+ Women’s Support Group: Tuesdays at 5pm-6pm. Click here for more information.
- GSC Craft Club: Wednesdays 7pm-8pm at the GSC.
- Trans & Non-Binary Community Group: Thursdays at 7pm-8pm at the GSC.
September
Big Gay Picnic & Open House
September 4th, 2024 (First day of classes!) Open House: 10am-12pm, Big Gay Picnic: 4pm-6pm.
Our welcome event for all URI students, faculty, and staff. Come to meet other people, re-connect with family, and to see what’s in store for the Gender and Sexuality Center for the coming year. Ever year, we provide a picnic dinner, prizes, and glimpses into the year ahead.
Safe Zone Blitz Day
September 6th, 2024.
Safe Zones are 2-hour workshops on topics affecting the LGBTQA+ community. During the week of Safe Zone Blitz, workshops will multiple times per day with a variation of virtual and in-person sessions. The Safe Zone workshop is a prerequisite for all other workshops. Sign up for Safe Zone Blitz sessions on our Safe Zone page.
October
Sexual Liberation Month
October 2024. Click Here for descriptions of each event.
A month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ sexual liberation and LGBTQ+ experiences at URI and in the larger community. We always have a keynote speaker and celebrate October 11 as National Coming Out Day. We also provide a door on the Quad to show support for coming out of the closet as an ally or member of the LGBTQ+ community.
November
Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20th, 2024, 6-8pm.
Join us for Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) as we come together to honor the lives we lost to acts of gender-based violence. This is an event to inspire reflection, remembrance, advocacy, and solidarity for the transgender community. Decorate a candle-lit paper bag and enjoy a shared meal together as a community as we observe this important event.
December
January
February
QTPOC Black History Month Gala
February 27th, 2024, 6-8pm.
The QTPOC Gala is an event celebrating the intersections of being queer and a person of color. Throughout our queer history, many of our most ardent warriors for justice were QTPOC. This event gives us the opportunity to reflect on that history while simultaneously looking forward to the possibilities in deconstructing colonial thinking and actions.
March
The Annual LGBTQ+ Symposium
March 24th -31st, 2025.
A series of gender and sexuality themed and affiliated events aimed at raising awareness of issues within the LGBTQ+ Community that are not often discussed (mental health, stigma, LGBTQ+ history), highlight allies and resources for LGBTQ+ people, and celebrate what the LGBTQ+ community has done for society.
April
Lavender Graduation
April 17th, 2025, 6pm-8pm.
A look back on the previous academic year, celebrating how far we have come as a community and what we have accomplished. We also recognize those who have contributed to the welfare of LGBTQ+ individuals and those who have given their support to the Gender and Sexuality Center over the past year by giving awards. Lavender Graduation is held at the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center. If you would like to be honored as a graduate, register here. If you would like to nominate someone for an award, nominate them here.