UCI LGBT Resource Center

09/18/2023

https://dtpsurvey.org/?emci=2996855e-fb40-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=3a7335f0-4c56-ee11-9937-00224832e811&ceid=7212655

Today we launch the first ever Disabled & Deaf Trans People’s Survey (DTPS)!

Ableism is woven into our everyday systems yet the knowledge of disabled and Deaf trans people has often been overlooked in research, leadership development, and philanthropy. Collecting stories and data will create opportunities for our leadership and momentum to tell our collective story and fight for our rights and needs.

The DTPS is a survey created by and for disabled and Deaf trans people. This survey gives disabled and Deaf trans people a tool to advocate for ourselves, to organize, and to transform movement spaces.

Please participate in the survey by visiting the survey website!
Take the survey (link at the top of the page as well)

It was truly delightful, a few months ago, to take a break from the production to-do lists and talk to Ciarra Ross, a writer, educator, doula, and holistic health practitioner. Ericka and Sebastian interviewed Ciarra about her movement work inside and outside Disability Justice. She reflected on the importance of the survey, saying, “There’s a lot less room to deny your own experience when you have so many other people’s experiences at your fingertips. I think that surveys really offer the opportunity for you to get really intimate with your own story.”

We consulted many community members to help prioritize accessibility and to ensure that this survey is relevant to disabled and Deaf communities and our lives. We can’t wait to hear your stories! Thank you for taking a moment to participate in this first of a kind survey and pass on the word.
With gratitude,

Ericka A. Dixon, Disability Project Senior National Organizer
Sebastian Margaret, Disability Project Senior National Organizer
Ma'ayan Anafi, Community Advisory Board Member

Welcome, community, to the first everDisabled and Deaf Trans People’s Survey! We are so glad you made it. We appreciate you. Take the Survey There are different options available to you while you take this survey: Survey open September 18th – December 1st You can take the survey in one of three ...

09/06/2023

Subject: Undergraduate Opportunity to Advance Sexual and Gender Minoritized Community Health Research

Hello!

Are you interested in getting experience in public health research? Are you passionate about sexual and gender minoritized (LGBTQ+) community health? Are you entering your last two years of undergrad? Do you have 10-20 hours a week available for paid employment? If so, keep reading!

I am Dr. Arayasirikul - more about me and my work can be read here: https://publichealth.uci.edu/faculty/arayasirikul-sean/ - and I'm looking to add a couple of talented individuals to my research team. I am a public health medical sociologist who examines the impacts of oppression and intersectional stigma on the health of sexual and gender minoritized communities, especially BIPOC and trans and nonbinary folks. My work harnesses the transformative power of community-engaged research, digital technologies, and homegrown interventions to understand and most importantly disrupt inequities in health and well-being - including, but not limited to, HIV prevention and care, substance use and mental health screening and treatment, and discrimination and violence. I am looking for undergraduate research assistants (RAs) to work on the following two projects:
SHINE Strong: support a mentorship and training program to develop the next generation of HIV prevention scientists with expertise in trans and nonbinary population health.
No One Asked Us: recruit and consent participants, facilitate PhotoVoice groups, assist in qualitative data analysis, and plan and implement a PhotoVoice exhibition.
Other projects in the future may be available for RAs to work on depending on specialized skillsets and interests.
If you are interested in applying to be an undergraduate research assistant, please submit an application to Job #7856776 on Handshake. Detailed cover letters explaining your interest in and passion for this work are highly recommended. I hope to hear from you soon!

Respectfully Yours,

Sean Arayasirikul, PhD
(pronouns: they/them)

Associate Professor In-Residence
Department of Health, Society and Behavior
Program in Public Health
Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
University of California, Irvine
UCI Faculty website: https://publichealth.uci.edu/faculty/arayasirikul-sean/

Associate Director, Center for Gender and Health Justice (CGHJ)
University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI)

Member, The Iconic House of Saint Laurent (aka Dr. Saint Laurent)
Former Father, San Francisco Chapter of The House of Infiniti
Planning Committee Member, House Lives Matter (https://www.houselivesmatter.org/)

Board Member, TruEvolution (https://www.truevolution.org/)
Secretary, Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group Member, Implementation Research and Practice

For more information about me, please visit: www.resistancemadereal.com.

Associate Professor in Residence of Health, Society, & Behavior sean.arayasirikul@uci.edu Biography Dr. Sean Arayasirikul (they/them) is a Medical Sociologist and an Associate Professor In-Residence in the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior (DHSB) at UCI’s Program in Public Health (PPH). ...

05/22/2023

The Crossing Pride collaborative hosts an evening of performances on Monday, May 22, 2023 from 7pm-9PM in Studio 4, UCI (Claire Trevor School of the Arts, near Mesa Parking Structure).

My Story Doesn’t End: Cultural Performances by/for Q***r and Trans Migrants, Asylees, Refugees, and the Displaced.

Followed by a discussion with the artists and directors, including alum Dr. Anna Winget (Joint Doctoral Program in Drama and Theatre, UCI/UCSD) and Leelee Jackson (B.A. Drama, UCI, M.F. A. UCR, founder Black Lights Arts Collective https://www.blacklightartscollective.com/.

For more information, contact Dr. Jeanne Scheper at jscheper@uci.edu or Dr. Anna Winget at anna.winget@uci.edu. This event is free and open to the public.

Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative
The Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies
Co-sponsored by Department of Drama and Black Arts & Black Publics
School of Humanities
Office of Inclusive Excellence, UCI

Free & Open to public: Registration is recommended, but not required:
https://campusgroups.uci.edu/Illuminations/rsvp_boot?id=1927738

04/17/2023

04/07/2023

Free Tickets for Men Alive concerts Tomorrow !!! A Q***r Male singing group is here at the Barclay tomorrow only.

We have 6 vouchers available. Each voucher is good for 2 seats and will get you into either a 3pm or 8pm show of your choice. Bring a friend to a free show!

Contact the center today (Friday) or come by.

04/03/2023

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15EdfJ0L5XJJrRchBlj5YkFQmy3_nm-qaxOBIlz3m0Qk/edit

Coming to You in Southern California Coming to You (2021, trailer) is coming to Southern California in May 2023. It is a powerful, groundbreaking documentary film about two women confronting bigotry and redefining their relationship with their gay and transgender (adult) kids, made by a filmmaker...

01/24/2023

https://campusgroups.uci.edu/Illuminations/rsvp_boot?id=1926069

In this Illuminations event, we explore the power of digital narrative and autobiography to provide insight into the lived experiences of vulnerable people by centering the voices of two transgende...

12/06/2022

SURVEY for Designing Beyond the Binary: Building Empathy and Gender-Inclusive Tools for Equitable Built Environments

Hello!

Your input is needed for a survey on gender equity in design. This survey seeks to understand the place-based lived experiences of trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, q***r individuals and communities as they navigate the places and spaces of daily life (home, work, school, public space, recreation, etc.). Your contribution will help generate tools for equitable design and support urban designers, architects, landscape architects, and interior designers in the co-creation of equitable and inclusive places.

The survey asks demographic questions, but no identifiable information is collected. All responses are anonymous. The survey will take less than 20 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, there is an opportunity to enter a drawing to win a $100 gift card. (You will be asked to use an email address to enter the drawing, but your email will be unattached from any data you provide and discarded after the drawing.) For each response, up to 1,000 responses, we will be donating $1 to The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization focused on su***de prevention efforts among LGBTQIA2+ youth.

Follow this link to the survey. (https://beyondthebinary.typeform.com/survey)

Your participation is greatly appreciated! The survey will remain open until the end of January. Feel free to forward this email and survey link to your networks. For questions about the research, contact beyondthebinary@mithun.com.

This research is funded by Mithun.

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help this along. Thank you so much for your time!

K Kaczmarek—
they/them

(206) 971 3410

11/21/2022

Attention:
The LGBT Resource Center will be closed and under construction from Week 9 - Winter Break.

The LGBTRC doors will reopen for Winter Quarter, Jan. 3rd, 2023.

We’re RELOCATED until then! Come find us around the corner at the Student Life Meeting Room (Student center G303).

If coming from the LGBTRC:
Go down the hallway and turn right before the restrooms, and we’ll be past the elevator on the right corner.
If coming from elevator:
Turn right after exiting, in the corner near windows.

ALL WEEKLY PROGRAMS WILL OCCUR AS REGULARLY SCHEDULED. All programs held in the Student Life meeting room, with QTBIPOC Nights and Late Nights hosted in the Veterans Service Center (Student Center G306).

For questions please contact professional staff:

Davidian Bishop
Davidian.bishop@uci.edu

Deejay Brown
deejay.brown@uci.edu

Ash Preston
ash.preston@uci.edu

11/10/2022

Equality California and Uber have partnered to provide free roundtrip Uber rides (up to $30 each way) to your monkeypox vaccine appointment starting today (11/9/2022)! Claim your code at eqca.org/monkeypox