Category Archives: LGBTQIA+

OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest

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Event details are in adjacent text. Image is pink and gold, with pink/white flowers and a hummingbird.
Friday, May 26 at 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Global Scholars Hall, Great Room
1710 E. 15th Avenue Eugene, OR

Please join the UO Women’s Center to celebrate our 23rd annual OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Fest Friday, May 26th from 6-8pm in the GSU Great Room! OUT/LOUD will feature a performance by amazing queer comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle, She has been published in Cosmopolitan, The Guardian, The Stranger, and Portland Mercury, and been a repeat guest on NPR, CBC, and XRAY FM.

The Women’s Center will end our last major event of the academic school year by centering LGBTQIA2S+ Laughter and Radical Joy! Come party with us!

Students Highly Encouraged to Participate in Drag Show! Free Food & Admission; Fragrance Free Event; Masks not required but highly encouraged; Raffle Prizes! First Come, First Serve.

This is a SAFE SPACE for the LGBTQIA2S+ Community. Harmful behavior will *NOT* be tolerated. Space is Limited. For more information contact Heather at LGBTQWC@gmail.com or Fatima at fpervaiz@uoregon.edu. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

OUT/LOUD QUEER AND TRANS WOMXN’S PERFORMANCE FEST!

A Queer and Trans Comedy Fest featuring Comedians Mx. Dahlia Belle and Kile Atwater!

Wednesday, June 2nd on YouTube via tinyurl.com/OUTLOUD2021 beginning at 6pm!

FREE and limited OUT/LOUD Snack Packs available at the Black Cultural Center Patio from 2-5pm!

Art by Kei Kort. Video Editing by Ali Beaulieu.

#LGBTQIALaughter #RadicalJoy #PrideMonth2021

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 2021 – VIRTUAL MARCH

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents the final component of this year’s Take Back the Night: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence!
Please join us for the 2021 Virtual March and feel free to share the public YouTube video widely with family, friends, and loved ones across the globe!
With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center
LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-VirtualMarch

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 2021 VIRTUAL RALLY SPEAKERS – HEATHER // PRINCESS // OLIVIA AND ITZEL

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents the final night of our Take Back the Night: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Virtual Rally!
Please join Heather Barclay, UO Women’s Center LGBTQIA+ Coordinator, as they discuss they intersections of sexual and domestic violence and the LGBTQIA+ Community, the significant difference between consensual Sex Work and Human Trafficking, and how Black, Indigenous and People of Color are disproportionately folks experiencing Houselessness – thus increasing risk for Survival Sex.
Next, join Princess Mason as she discusses the intersections of sexual and domestic violence and Indigenous Communities, child sexual abuse, the risk and impacts of family separation on Native Families, and the Foster Care System’s history of Anti-Indigenous injustice.
Afterwards, join Olivia Rodriguez and Itzel Chavez Gomez, both past UO Women’s Center Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinators and current UO Alums, as they discuss the intersections of sexual and domestic violence and the Latinx Community, the culture of silence embedded within the upbringing of so many Femmes of Color, and embracing resiliency while acknowledging that “healing is not linear.”
Resources for support will also be provided.
With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.
LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Heather

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Princess

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-OliviaItzel

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 2021 RALLY SPEAKERS – ASHLEY // LIDIJA

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents night three our Take Back the Night: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Virtual Rally!
Please join Ashley Marshall, the Internal Director of UO Muxeres, as she discusses the intersections of sexual and domestic violence and the Latinx Community, the epidemic of Femicide in Latin America, and the symbolism of the half-skull face paint Muxeres Members wear each year during Take Back the Night.
Next, join Lidija Sovulj as she discusses the intersections of sexual and domestic violence and Asian Communities, the recent rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes, and the realities of US imperialist violence and fetishization against Asian Women and Feminized People.
Resources for support will also be provided.
With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.
LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Ashley

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Lidija

 

Take Back the Night 2021 Rally Speakers – Johana // Katherine

The UO Women’s Center so proudly presents night two our Take Back the Night: A Remote Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Virtual Rally!
Please join Johana Amani as she discusses the intersections of sexual and domestic violence particularly in regards to women and girls enduring the global refugee crisis, the impact of trauma on mental health, and how speaking up and seeking support after harm can help to begin one’s healing journey.
Next, join Katherine Wilson as she discusses the intersections of sexual and domestic violence and Indigenous Communities, campus sexual violence during her time at UO in the 1960s, and the significance of programs like Take Back the Night to allow Survivors to speak truth to power.
Resources for support will also be provided.
With Love and Solidarity, The UO Women’s Center.

 

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Johana

 

LINK: tinyurl.com/UOTBTN21-Katherine