LGBTQ+ History Month
LGBTQ+ History Month 2024 Calendar of Events
The call for programs has closed; if you would like your program to be added to the LGBTQ+ History Month 2024 digital calendar, please email fdufre@umd.edu.
Check below for our Hero Events! Full calendar coming soon.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
6:00pm-9:00pm
Studio A, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
RSVP required - check back later for the link!
Art is an incredible tool for creative expression and healing. Join printmaker MC Carey of Femme Prints and PhD student M Pease for a 3-hour linocut printmaking workshop exploring the ways LGBTQ+ folks of color can use creativity as a tool to navigate oppression, define expansive identities, build community, and find love and joy in an oppressive wold. Participants will walk away with their very own 4x6” linocut on and a small edition of prints on 5x7” paper. In addition, they would participate in building a linocut tapestry to hang in the MICA space. The workshop will be held in the Arts Building at Studio A. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Wearing a Mask is highly encouraged. We suggest that you wear clothes you are comfortable getting dirty as we will be working with washable water-soluble ink. You may also bring your own apron to protect your clothing.
Friday, October 4th, 2024
3:30pm
Juan Ramon Jimenez Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Gather to write Queerly in community with others in preparation for the Queer Open Mic! Bring ideas, inspiration, or a writing project that you intend to work on!
Mondays in October
5:00pm
MICA's Cozy Corner in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Explore the history of Queerness in quilting as you create quilt squares that will be assembled into a Queer Quilt representative of our community at UMD! No Quilting experience needed!
Take-home materials are available. Complete squares must be turned into the MICA office or quilting session by Monday, October 21st in order to be included in the quilt.
Friday, October 11th, 2024
2:00pm-3:00pm
Nyumburu Amphitheater
Learn about the revolutionary symbolism of the brick within Queer History and activism through this zine and brick-painting event. Bricks and paint are provided while supplies last.
Tuesday October 15th
3:00pm
Baltimore Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
RSVP link to be added - check back later!
Join us for an afternoon of Queer creativity in poetry!
Friday October 18th
5:00pm
Juan Ramon Jimenez Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Put your heads together with up to 3 teammates to show off your knowledge of Queer history and culture!
2024 Theme: Queering Creation Brick By Brick
The spirit of creation has always been central to Queer life. In hostile environments, we turn to art and creative endeavors to express our truths and build community. Queer and Trans artists like Chella Man, Daniel Arzola, and David Wojnarowicz have used their art as activism beyond surface-level representation. Shea Diamond’s melodic voice critiques systems while musicians in the Queercore movement use rage to thrash against oppression.
At the same time, the brick represents both this creative spirit and a revolutionary resolve - a tool of both disruption and construction. To pay homage to the Trans women of color who founded our movements, we often say that Marsha P. Johnson threw the first metaphorical brick at the Stonewall riots. Bricks serve as a reminder that the histories of Queer people are built into the origins of our society.
Here at UMD, bricks are as much a symbol of Queer revolution as a reminder of the oppressive histories within these walls. UMD’s foundations were laid through the lives and labor of enslaved people and built over the lands of the Piscataway people. The brick symbolizes not only our collective Queer histories and elders, but also represents our interconnected struggle towards creating a liberated future for all.
Within each of us is the capacity to imagine and create - we are all visionaries who can Queerly build a future of joy and freedom together brick by brick.
Other LGBTQ+ Programming at UMD
These meetings and resources have been taking place throughout the year at UMD and will continue even after Pride Month!
Weekly meetings of LGBTQ+ Student Groups
There are nine student-facilitated LGBTQ+ student discussion groups that have meetings weekly or biweekly, most of which take place in the LGBTQ+ Equity Center (2218 Marie Mount Hall). Head over to the Student Groups webpage run by LGBTQ+ Equity Center webpage for an up-to-date list of their meeting times and locations.
Counseling Resources
The Counseling Center is a safe and inclusive space where counselors provide support to students from underrepresented populations.
Rainbow Walk-In
Free unscheduled time with a counselor is available to LGBT students. Find more information about Drop-In Hour: Safe and Inclusive Support on the Counseling Center website.
Group Counseling
The Student of Color LGBTQ+ Support Group is open to undergraduate and graduate students of Color who represent the sexual orientation and gender continuum. Members of the group are invited to participate in co-creating a space to discuss identity, coming out, transitioning, relationships, struggles, victories, and more - a space to decompress, share what's on your mind, and find support.
The LGBTQIA+ Support Group provides a co-created space for non-heterosexual (e.g., bi, asexual, queer, lesbian, gay) and gender expansive (e.g., transgender, genderqueer, agender, gender non-conforming) undergraduate and graduate students to engage in discussions around their identities, coming out and/or transitioning experiences, relationships, families, as well as struggles and victories.