National Coming Out Day commemorates the October 11, 1987 Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which called for President Ronald Reagan to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Every year, we celebrate coming out as part of the broad network of communities generally referred to as LGBTQ, but that include lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, two-spirit, same gender loving, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and many more identities. At Carolina, we do so by serving cake and taking photos in The Pit to allow those of us who are "out" an opportunity

Highlights this month include Bisexual and Visibility, the Pride: Durham Parade, an LGBTQ Speaker Series event on Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Stress, and the first QTPOC + QGAPS social of the year.

TUESDAY 9/03

Trans Talk Tuesday

6:15pm - 7:15pm at Caribou Coffee, 1408 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Trans Talk Tuesday is a peer support/discussion group for people who identify as transgender, gender non-conforming, or who are questioning their gender. This space is

Tue 8/06 & 20: Trans Talk Tuesday

6:15pm - 7:15pm at Caribou Coffee, 1408 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Trans Talk Tuesday is a peer support/discussion group for people who identify as transgender, gender non-conforming, or who are questioning their gender. This space is meant to provide community and connection among folks on the basis of gender identity.

The group is open to campus and community members that identify as transgender (in any respect), genderqueer, or who are questioning

We are honored that Joy Messinger has accepted our invitation to address over thirty graduating LGBTIQA+ or allied students, their affirming loved ones, and friends of the LGBTQ Center next Sunday at Carolina's 13th annual Lavender Graduation.

Joy Messinger, MSW, MPH is a Chicago-based reproductive, birth, and social justice advocate who earned her MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from the UNC School of Social Work in 2010.

She currently serves as Program

Pride Week is a partnership between the LGBTQ Center, student organizations and University departments across campus that focus on inclusivity and/or advocacy related to gender and sexual diversity. Together we put on social and educational events to build community for LGBTIQA+ and allied campus communities.

On Monday, events kick-off with T-shirt Tie Dying in SASB Courtyard (SASB Upendo rain location) from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Afterwards, jon