Organizations

The Alliance

TBA
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Interested in  raising awareness on campus regarding LGBT issues and working on the Day of Silence?  Then join the AS Alliance!  Similar to Gay-Straight Alliances found at many high schools, the AS Alliance brings together folks who are committed to being allies to the UCSD LGBT Community.  Please e-mail alliance.ucsd@gmail.com  if you are interested in attending training, joining the Alliance or if you have any other questions!

Coming Out Group

Mondays, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Small Conference Room, Women's Center
The Coming Out Group is a place to meet and gain support while discussing your sexual and/or gender identities in a confidential setting. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight or questioning folks who are coming out and who may already be out. Topics are determined by group participants, and can include coming out to yourself, coming out to family, coming out to friends, coming out and the work place, and coming out at school. Open to new members weeks 1-3 of each quarter. For more information, please e-mail contact Cat Thompson at cathompson@ucsd.edu or Agustin Orozco at aorozco@ucsd.edu.

Fluid Sexuality

Fridays, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
This group is an open and intimate discussion regarding bisexual identities/labels, attraction to multiple genders, and the fluid nature of sexual attraction, sexual orientation and sexual identity that many experience in our community. People of all sexual and gender identities are encouraged to attend, listen, and actively participate in this unique forum. Come together and share your experiences or learn from the experiences of others about what fluid identities mean in people's
lives. Contact fluidrainbow@gmail.com for more information.

Keshet

Keshet means 'Rainbow' in Hebrew. Keshet strives to be a group that is open to all people, regardless of sexual orientation or religious practice. This group has many amazing events, including: picnic lunches, movie screenings, LGBT themed Chocolate Seder, dances, and more! Check on facebeook for bi-monthly gatherings under Keshet: Jewsish LGBT or email jewishlgbt@gmail.com.

LGBT Medical Students and Allies Interest Group

LGBT Medical Students and Allies Interest Group is a student organization focused on raising awareness of LGBT health and social issues for the UCSD healthcare community, promoting LGBT representation in the medical field, and serving as a networking nexus for LGBT-identifying medical students, physician alumni, school faculty and staff, and allies. For more information please contact somstuorgs@ucsd.edu

LGBTPHA: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pre-Health Association

The UCSD LGBT Pre-Health Association is an undergraduate organization that fosters outreach and understanding of the underrepresented queer community as well as seeks to alleviate prominent health disparities. Planned club activities include service projects (like AIDS Clinic volunteering, San Diego the Center, Trevor Project Teen Suicide Prevention Facilitating), socials (lunch parties, going outs), and educational (mentorships with medical students/doctors/health professionals, guest speakers). Please contact lgbtpha@gmail.com or lagtpha@ucsd.edu to be added to the email list serve!

LGBTQIA: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning Intersex Association

Mondays at 7 PM-9PM
LGBT RC Family Room
Email: lgbtqia@gmail.com
LGBTQIA is committed to providing safe spaces for the community and work toward this goal in many ways: holding regular meetings to provide a space to talk and socialize; putting on social dances open to all, allowing people to have a good time without fear; holding rallies to show our pride; promoting education, both within the LGBTIQ community and to the larger San Diego community.  Find us on Facebook!
 

Chingusai

TBA
Cross-Cultural Center Small Comunidad Room
친구사이 (Chingusai, or 'Between Friends') is a closed spaceg for Korean students of all backgrounds who identify as queer. The group aims to provide an inclusive, private, and confidential space for queer Koreans to dialogue, build community, and foster growth in a safe environment. Unless otherwise specified, meetings are closed spaces. For more information, please email kqrean@gmail.com.

Men's Group

Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Men's Group is a space for male-bodied and/ or male-identified members of the UCSD community to discuss what it means to be bisexual, gay, transgender, queer, straight, or questioning within the context of UCSD and beyond. The setting is personal and confidentiality is a prime objective. Thus, a safe discussion space is created for discussing these issues with trained and friendly facilitators. For more information, please e-mail Michael Span (mspann@ucsd.edu).

Origins

Origins is here to bridge the gap between Jesus and the Queer Community. A safe space to discover your destiny, encounter the supernatural, and experience spiritual family. We will be having weekly micro-communities. Please contact Thomas Thao at tthao@ucsd.edu for more information.

Q Grads

Q Grads is an organization for graduate students who are interested in connecting about their work, building community with one another, and supporting each other. Q Grads puts on events like Dialogues in Sexuality Studies and other socials. For more information, please email Lauren Heintz at laurenheintz@gmail.com or Oliver Ting at oting@ucsd.edu.

QxN: Queer By Nature

We are a Queer wilderness collective of friends interested in experiencing the beauty of the natural world through means of exploration. We hike, bike, surf, swim, camp, climb and kayak and anything else outdoorsy you can think of. Our goal is to provide a safe and fun wilderness experience for LGBTQI students of UCSD and other colleges in the San Diego area (State / Private / Community all welcome).  Email:qxn@gmail.com.

Queer Peer Support Program (QPSP)

Meetings determined by program participants
QPSP is a student organization that broadens queer and questioning UCSD students' support networks by developing an individual mentoring relationship with another queer UCSD student. It is for queer UCSD students by queer UCSD students. The mission of QPSP is to help queer and questioning students at UCSD succeed during their time at the university, reach their full potential as individuals, and connect with other queer UCSD students in an intimate and confidential setting. Participants will meet with Peer Supporters (PS's) once every two weeks for the academic year and attend quarterly socials. Email: vbailey@ucsd.edu.

QPOC: Queer People of Color

Thursdays, 7pm-9pm
LGBT RC Family Room
Email: ucsdqpoc@gmail.com
Queer People of Color (QPOC) was established in 2000 by a group of Queer students of Color FED UP with racism in the queer community. Because of this, at the core of QPOC is our commitment to struggle and our commitment to activism. We recognize the intersection of our identities, as well as the related intersection of various social justice movements. We create a SPACE: social, political, academic, and cultural environment - to enhance our members entire self-being! 

 

QWOC: Queer Womyn of Color

Even Week Thursdays, 5-7pm
LGBT RC
Queer Womyn of Color is a group for self-identified queer womyn of color to come together to establish our own space, acknowledge our intersectionalities, create visibility and community, and discuss possible ways to move forward. QWOC was established January 13, in the winter quarter of 2009, to provide a safe space for its members (student, staff and faculty). While the LGBT RC is where we primarily meet, we also branch out to other Campus Community Centers. During our quarterly Q-Trips, we meet off campus. For more information, please contact us at ucsdqwoc@gmail.com.  

Queer Womyn's Collective

TBA
LGBT RC
The Queer Womyn's Collective (QWC) is starting this year with a General Body Meeting inviting anyone--regardless of gender or sexual orientation, interested in creating new friends and learning about or implementing QWC's mission statement. The mission of QWC is to create a space that is inclusive and representative of queer womyn and is inclusive of the multiple identities of queer womyn. The collective works to actively create change and opportunities for womyn in the queer community.  Questions? Contact: womynscoalition@gmail.com.

QuEST: Queer Engineers, Scientists and Technical Professionals of San Diego

TBA
LGBT RC
UC San Diego is proud to be affiliated to QuEST, a group which seeks to support the careers of and create community among LGBTQ individuals in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields. Both academic and industry professionals are welcomed at all levels, including professors, staff scientists, post-docs, and graduate students. Allies are highly encouraged to attend. Please email info@sdquest.us for questions and/or visit www.sdquest.us for additional information.

TIA: Transgender Intersex Alliance

First meeting will be week 2
First hour is open to allies, second hour is closed.
LGBT Heritage Room
The mission of the Transgender Intersex Alliance is to provide a safe space for individuals undergoing SRS (sexual-reassignment or hormone therapies), as well as identities that may include, but are not limited to: genderqueer, genderfluid, genderless, gender non-conforming, agender, bigender, neutrois, androgyne, gender-bender, gender-blender, gender-f*cker, other gendered, two-spirit, gender-neutral, trans, intersex, or folks who don't quite fit into a binary identity. It is also a space to promote solidarity and education between members and allies of the transgender community. The first half of the meeting is a closed space for the aforementioned list of identities, and during the second portion, allies are welcome to join in on the conversation and activities. Count on a safe, confidential space that provides insight and information, coupled with fun and off-campus outings. Hope to see you there! Please join us!  For more information, e-mail transgenderintersexalliance@gmail.com .

The UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association

First Tuesday of Every Other Month, 12pm-1pm
LGBT RC Conference Room
Email: Ian Transfiguracion at itransfiguracion@ucsd.edu
Website: Click Here
The UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association is the official faculty and staff association for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender folks at UCSD. We provide the opportunity for faculty and staff to meet new people at the University and make connections that will last your entire career. All of our events are open to faculty, & staff regardless of one's sexual orientation and gender identity. To join the electronic mail list for the UCSD LGBT Staff and Faculty Association, go here. To join the Yahoo group, go here.

VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood

Thursdays, 7pm-8pm
Conference Room, LGBT Resource Center
"Vox" is Latin for "Voice." VOX members are the voices for choice on campuses across the U.S. and beyond. We:
ORGANIZE events to raise public awareness
EDUCATE our peers about sexual health
SUPPORT our local Planned Parenthood Clinics
MOBILIZE advocates for reproductive freedom
The purpose of VOX is to educate the UCSD community about reproductive health and rights and to translate increased awareness into pro-choice activism on campus. If you'd like to join the VOX organization please don't hesitate to drop a line or come by one of our meetings!    http://www.planned.org     Facebook Page

 

Women's Group

Wednesdays, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Starting Week 6
Heritage Room, LGBT Resource Center
Women's Group is a space for female-bodied and/or female-identified members of the UCSD community to discuss general, specific, or personal issues in an informal and comfortable atmosphere. We meet in a respected space, so all information and identities are kept confidential. If you identify as lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender, straight or are questioning your sexual orientation, stop by Women's Group to meet other like minded women and gain support from your peers. For more information, please e-mail womensgroup.ucsd@gmail.com.