The LGBTQ+ Resource Center Spring 2021 hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

The current capacity is 10 people. Go to the main entrance on Irving Avenue and call the number posted on the door to be let in.

If you would like to schedule a virtual meeting for support or assistance, please email lgbtqcenter@uwosh.edu.

Resources

Educational videos

educational videos

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Fall 2020

LGBTQ Studies at UW Oshkosh: Students Call for Curriculum Infusion

By creating a more balanced curriculum, we benefit all students. This session will feature a panel of students discussing why they chose the LGBTQ Studies certificate, why the infusion of LGBTQIA+ curriculum in all their classes is important to them, and effective methods of curriculum infusion that they have seen.

BiPanPoly-Activism in 2020

Bi-activist Victor Raymond joins the UWO BiPanPoly Group to discuss the current climate for bi/pan/poly-sexual and -romantic people. Raymond, a former board member of BiNet, was part of a group of bi-activists invited to the white house to speak with former president Obama. A two spirit person, Raymond talks about how his intersecting identities uniquely situated him in today’s world.

Queer and Trans in the workplace: Politics

Queer and Trans individuals discuss their experiences in the workplace–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Panelists are John Erickson and Aaron Wojciechowski.

Co-Sponsor: Career and Professional Development.

International Pronouns Day: A Celebration of Trans and Nonbinary Lives

In a celebration of all trans and gender non-conforming folx and their pronouns, on October 21st, 2020, the official International Pronouns Day, the UW Oshkosh LGBTQ+ Resource Center invites you to a program featuring speakers Eliza Farrow and Nathaniel Fores and a panel discussion by nonbinary students from the three University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campuses and the seven public high schools in the Fox Valley. In preparation, please watch the documentary I am They: A Nonbinary Lovestory.

This project/program is funded in part by a grant from the New Harvest Foundation, Inc.

Queer & Trans Lives Across the UW System LGBTIQA+ Professionals’ Perspectives

In recognition of the LGBT Resource Center Awareness Day on October 19, 2020, LGBTQIA+ professionals from across the UW System are bringing you their perspectives on the climate on UW campuses for queer and trans people, their roles in addressing this climate, and a little on the history of their Resource Centers.

Harvey Milk LGBTQ+ Scholarship Dinner 2020

This virtual dinner and program honors the courage and spirit of Harvey Milk, whose activism set an example of the crucial connection between education and social change. Our goal is to raise awareness and provide scholarships for both LGBTQIA+ students at UW Oshkosh and LGBTQIA+ high school students in the Fox Valley who will be enrolling at one of the UW Oshkosh campuses. This 10th year anniversary program will honor this year scholarship winners and highlight past scholarship winners as we find out what our Harvey Milks of today are doing.

Worlds AIDS Day

Join Diverse & Resilient’s Peer Navigator, Julius Pittman, as he talks about how intersecting identities and COVID-19 impacts those living with HIV/AIDS within a state, national, and global perspective.

Co-Sponsor: Rainbow Alliance for HOPE, Women’s Center, Reeve Diversity & Inclusion, Student Health Center, and Student Recreation and Wellness.

Spring 2021

QTPOC Students Navigating PWIs Black Voices

This new series will focus on the intersection of being queer and trans (QT) and being a person of color (POC), looking at the challenges and rewards of navigating an education at a predominantly white institution (PWI). Our first program will raise black voices.

Our student panel members are Tavyonia Davis from UW Parkside, Tiara Allen from MATC in Milwaukee, and Hanette Kamanda from UW Green Bay.

Co-Sponsor: Black Student Union, Division of Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence, Men of Color and Latino/a/ Hispanic Initiatives, Student Achievement Services, Women’s Center, and and UW Parkside Student Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council (SEDI)

Queer and Trans in the Workplace Higher Education

Queer and Trans individuals will discuss their experiences in the workplace–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Panelists are Nick Antonichi and Shawn Patrick. We are joining the discussion in process.

Co-Sponsor: Career and Professional Development

Exploring Polyamory Consent, Communication, and Honesty

What is polyamory? How is it different from polygamy? What are common misconceptions? What can people in monogamous relationships learn from people in polyamorous relationships? Come discover the answers to these questions and more!

Panel members: Devin Matznick, Alli Kannenberg, Paul Kannenberg, Victor Raymond

Fun With Pronouns… But How Do I Pronounce Them?

Please turn on the subtitltes by clicking on CC in the bottom right corner of the video to see how the pronouns are spelt!

The LGBTQ+ Resource Center staff and interns are so often asked how to pronounce pronouns that we decided to make this video so you can hear nonbinary pronouns in action. We will be giving you one way to pronounce these pronouns, but know that some will pronounce them differently. Try to reflect back the pronoun pronunciation the person uses for themself.

QTPOC Navigating PWIs Latino a x

Co-Sponsor: Black Student Union, Division of Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence, Men of Color and Latino/a/ Hispanic Initiatives, Student Achievement Services, Women’s Center

TransAction Speaker: Gavin Grimm

Gavin Grimm grew up in Gloucester, VA, and is the plaintiff in a federal transgender rights lawsuit that was headed to the Supreme Court but got sent back to the lower courts and is still working its way through the judicial system.

Gavin came out as transgender during his sophomore year at Gloucester High School. With his principal’s permission, he used the boys’ restrooms at school for almost two months without any problems, but then a handful of parents went to the school board to complain about Gavin. The school board held a public meeting to talk about his body. It was humiliating and frightening to see one adult after another stand up and say hateful things about him. Then the school board voted to ban Gavin from using the boys’ restrooms at school. With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, he sued his school.

His case worked its way up to the Supreme Court and was set to be argued in March 2017 but then the Supreme Court announced that it’s sending his case back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to be reconsidered in light of the Departments of Justice and Education pulling back the previous administration’s Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students. In 2019 he won his case in the lower court and that win was upheld at the Fourth Circuit. In the spring of 2021, the school district asked the Supreme Court to again consider Gavin’s case. He’s waiting to find out whether they will.

Trans Inclusion in Althetes
Multiple bills have been introduced in Wisconsin and across the nation to ban trans athletes, specifically trans girls and women, from competing in girls and women’s sports. Dr. Alicia Johnson, Director of the Women’s Center, has a scholarly background in gender and sport and shares about the related scholarship and policies on trans inclusion in athletics. Dr. Johnson debunks common myths and assumptions often cited in these bills and shares why it is necessary to promote trans inclusion, rather than exclusion or segregation, in athletics. Resources for further self-education are provided.

Queer and Trans in the Workplace: Community Health Care Services

Queer and Trans individuals will discuss their experiences in the workplace–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Panelists are John Erickson, Kathleen Muskee, and Livia Rowell-Ortiz.

QTPOC Navigating PWIs Asian Voices

Co-Sponsor: Black Student Union, Division of Academic Support of Inclusive Excellence, Men of Color and Latino/a/ Hispanic Initiatives, Student Achievement Services, Women’s Center

Twelfth Annual LGBTQ+ Ally March

On this day, we celebrate all who are queerly diverse and all who are dedicated to making our schools, communities, nation, and world safer and more accepting of sexuality and gender diversity. Join us in celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and learn how to better ally with this community. Tell us how you ally and post pictures in your LGBTQ+ Ally March Tees!