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Pride Month in the Triangle

June 3, 2019

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village. The Stonewall uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. (Source:

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Announcing 2019 Lavender Graduation Keynote Speaker: Joy Messinger (UNC 2010)

April 26, 2019

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

Employee Forum Resolution 19-03 Concerning State Health Plan Coverage

April 16, 2019

At the April 3, 2019 meeting of the UNC-Chapel Hill Employee Forum, members approved Resolution 19-03 Concerning State Health Plan Coverage. Read the resolution in full below. (Source: https://employeeforum.unc.edu/resolutions/resolution-19-03-v2/)

Resolution Text

RESOLUTION OF THE EMPLOYEE FORUM

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

April 3, 2019

WHEREAS the Mission of the Employee Forum is to address constructively the concerns of

Pride Week 2019: April 8 - 12

April 8, 2019

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

Transgender Day of Visibility promotional image: pink background with a disembodied hand holding a transgender pride flag. Text displayed below says "Transgender Pride and Visibility. March 28, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill."

LGBTQ Center Hosting Transgender Pride and Visibility 2019

March 22, 2019

We celebrate Trans Pride and Visibility at the end of March in observance of International Transgender Day of Visibility, held annually on March 31st. "TDOV is a day to show your support for the trans community. It aims to bring attention to the accomplishments of trans people around the globe while fighting cissexism and transphobia by spreading knowledge of the trans community. Unlike Transgender Day of Remembrance, this is not a day for mourning: this is a day of empowerment and getting the recognition deserve!"

Promotional image for Gender Week at UNC Chapel Hill

Gender Week 2019

March 1, 2019

Gender Week is March 18 - 22, 2019.

The Carolina Women’s Center and the LGBTQ Center organize Gender Week to encourage the campus and greater communities to better understand and map the intersections of identity and examine the ways that gender, race, class, etc. influence our daily lives.

The intersectional focus of Gender Week will challenge us to reexamine the assumptions and actions that make up our habits, while we have in-depth discussions of context and history to illuminate many truths about our identities and experiences that are often ignored.