Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. It is an opportunity for Oregon State University to embrace and celebrate the rich gender and sexual diversity within our community, but it is not just a celebration; it's a reminder of the work that lies ahead.
Support and Resources at Oregon State University
Pride Center
The Pride Center provides programs and support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual members of the on-campus and online OSU community and their allies (LGBTQQIAA). The Pride Center affirms the identities and empowers the lives of people who are LGBTQQIAA by providing education, outreach, program support, consultation, community development, visibility, and advocacy.
SOL: LGBTQ+ Multicultural Support Network
SOL is a student-fee funded organization that focuses on Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) while providing support through educational programming, student advocacy, and ally building among undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and other organizations at Oregon State University.
OSU Rainbow Connect
OSU Rainbow Connect is an official network open to Oregon State alumni and friends who identify with and support LGBTQIA+ communities. Our goals are to facilitate connections, engage alumni and students in learning and healing, share opportunities and guidance for emerging LGBTQIA+ professionals, and encourage advocacy that creates a more inclusive Oregon State.
OSU Rainbow Continuum
Rainbow Continuum provides a brave space on the OSU campus where LGBTQ+ students can build community and socialize.
QueerPros
QueerPros is an informal group of Oregon State employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, non-conforming and non-binary who periodically gather to attend events and be in community. Contact the Office of Institutional Diversity to connect, [email protected].
OUT IN STEM
Out in STEM works to support LGBTQ+ individuals navigating the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By providing mentorship, engaging directly with local schools, and forming relationships with queer faculty and students of Oregon State University, we strive to increase the visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals across STEM disciplines and create an affirming community that provides aid, empathy, and opportunity.
OSU Queer Archives
The mission of the OSU Queer Archives is to preserve and share the stories, histories, and experiences of LGBTQ+ people within the OSU and Corvallis communities. OSQA was established in the Fall of 2014.
LGBTQQIP2SAA Mental Well-Being Resources
CAPS is committed to supporting the success and mental well-being of LGBTQ+ students. We hope you'll find the resources below helpful. If you are interested in counseling or other services at CAPS, please click here to see what's available and how to access appointments and resources.
Queer Studies at Oregon State University
Queer Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines how gender, sexuality and ideas of "normal" work together with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, disability, age and religion to create social categories that result in structural, institutional, and ideological discrimination—and further—imagines and works towards social justice for all people.
Willamette Valley Area Resources and Support
- Albany Pride: Celebrate Pride in Downtown Albany, an annual rally and march, on June 24, 2023.
- Confluence - Willamette Valley LBGT Chorus: As an LGBT chorus, we strive to celebrate and affirm the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
- Corvallis Rainbow Network: The Queer Grad Network was established as a group for LGBTQ+ Grad Students, Faculty, Staff, and allies at OSU to build community. This group has grown to include members of the community and evolved into the Corvallis Rainbow Network.
- Mid Willamette Transgender Support Network: Mid Willamette Trans Support Network was founded in 2016, by and for gender diverse people, to provide for the needs and security of transgender, nonbinary, intersex, gender diverse and gender-nonconforming members of our community.
- PRIDE Corvallis: PRIDE Corvallis is dedicated to connecting the LGBTQ+ Community in Linn/Benton counties.
- TransPonder: TransPonder is a transgender founded and led nonprofit based in Eugene, Oregon providing support, resources, and education for the transgender and gender diverse community and our allies.
Statewide Resources and Support
- Basic Rights Oregon: Organization with the mission is to ensure that all LGBTQ2SIA+ Oregonians experience equality by building a broad and inclusive politically powerful movement, shifting public opinion, and achieving policy victories.
- Oregon LGBTQ Youth & Family Resources: A collaboration between Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN) and the Family Acceptance Project® (FAP) to increase family support for LGBTQ children and youth in Oregon to decrease health and mental health risks and to promote well-being.
- OUT Central Oregon: Promotes inclusivity, visibility, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ people by enabling and fostering community engagement.
- Pride Northwest: Pride Northwest, Inc’s mission is to encourage and celebrate the positive diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities, and to assist in the education of all people through the development of activities that showcase the history, accomplishments, and talents of these communities.
- Rural Organizing Project: The Rural Organizing Project is a state-wide organization that supports a multi-issue, rural-centered, grassroots base in Oregon. They work to build and support a shared standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all communities, the need for equal access to justice and the right to self-determination.