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LGBTQIA+ PRIDE Month

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Each year, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month takes place from June 1 – June 30 to honor and celebrate the contributions on LGBTQ+ community members.

Pride Month was established to commemorate the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969, with the first Gay Pride Liberation March in 1970 to honor the one-year anniversary. It wasn’t until 1999, that Pride Month became official, when President Bill Clinton issued a Presidential Proclamation designating the month of June as “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.”

Today, SCU joins in honoring and celebrating LGBTQIA+ PRIDE month with a series of different events and opportunities. Due to the timing of the end of the Spring quarter, SCU is beginning its PRIDE efforts in mid-May through mid-June.

Calendar of Events

Current Calendar of Events as of May 9, 2024. Please check back for additional events and updates.

DATE EVENT INFORMATION
  • TIME & LOCATION
May 14

Zine Fest @ SCU

  • 5pm - 7pm
  • St. Claire Room (Library)
May 15

Queer Scholars, Queer Scholarship

a panel of SCU faculty to discuss their work as LGBTQ+ scholars

  • 5pm - 6pm
  • California Mission Room, Benson
May 17

County of Santa Clara Office of LGBTQ Affairs (OLGBTQA) LGBTQ+ Listening Forum

May 18

QPOCA (Queer People of Color Association) Culture Gala featuring dinner, art gallery and performances

  • 5pm - 9pm
  • California Mission Room
  • Tickets required - available at the door
May 20

Special Themed Library Book Display

  • Library/Learning Commons
May 21

Bringing Intersectionality to the Forefront: Pride meets DSU

  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm
  • CASA Classroom 3 (located in Casa Italiana)
May 22

QPOCA General Meeting and a screening of Paris is Burning

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Shapell Lounge (Benson)
May 24

LGBTQ- Affirmative Health Care: From Theory to Trials to Community Implementation and Global Dissemination

  • 3:30pm with reception to follow
  • Guadalupe Hall, Rooms 150-151
June 1

Rainbow Prom by SCCAP

  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • St. Ignatian Lawn (behind Kenna)
June 2

Silicon Valley Pride Drag Brunch 

Located in SoFA Market, 387 S 1st St, San Jose, CA 95113, on the first Sunday of the Month. Free event where it’s first come, first served!
June 3

Film Screening: PRIDE

  • 5:30pm - 7:00pm
  • Viewing Room A, Library
June 4

Professor Nancy Unger: “Fostering Identity, Promoting Community: The Gay Bar in American History"

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Lucas Hall, 106

 

June 4

Rainbow Alliance Happy Hour 

Join the Rainbow Alliance ERG over at Taplands for great company and tasty food!

 

 

  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Taplands (1171 Homestead Road)
June 5

Campus Ministry PRIDE Donut Day

  • 8:30am - 10:30am
  • Campus Ministry, Benson
June 7

City of Santa Clara’s Pride Flag Raising Ceremony

  • 12:00pm -1:00pm
  • In front of the Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara
June 7

San Francisco Pride Kickoff Party

PRIDE SEASON in San Francisco kicks off with a festive party 

  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Tenderloin Museum Annex
    835 Larkin St
    San Francisco
June 9

Lavender Graduation

Honoring our LGBTQIA+ students and allies

  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Locatelli Student Center
  • RSVP Encouraged
June 10

Finals Week Goodie Bags

Head on over to the MCC for some snacks, pride stickers, and a LGBTQIA+ resource page as you head into finals.

  • Shapell Lounge
  • All Day

 

Planning Committee

A special thank you to our campus partners:

  • LGBTQ+ Working Group
  • Rainbow Alliance Employee Resource Group
  • Inclusive Excellence
  • Office for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Office for Multicultural Learning 
  • University Library