gAyPRIL

Throughout the month of April, CSUSM will celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and ally (LGBTQA+) community through a series of events that will include lectures, discussions, art collaborations and a pride festival.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. At CSUSM we celebrate LGBTQA Pride Month in April to catch all the fun before the end of the semester.

 

gAyPRIL Spring 2020 Events are online

For information join our daily email list by texting LGBTQA to 22828 and check our our Instagram csusm.pride.

Here is a list of online events scheduled

Mindfulness Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

 

Spill the LGB-Tea

 

Lavender Chat with Director

 

Feel Good Fridays

 

LGBT Icons of the Day

 

gAyPRIL Spring 2019 Events

Pride Walk Poster Making

April 8, 2019 | 8 am - 8 pm | USU 3100

Come by the Pride Center and make a poster that shows your pride.  Don’t forget to show-off your poster at our gAyPRIL kick-off – Pride Walk the next day!

Mindfulness Monday

April 8, 2019 | 3 - 4 pm | USU 3100

Come by the Pride Center and  learn some mindfulness techniques and spend an hour relaxing.

gAyPRIL Pride Walk!

April 9, 2019 | U-Hour | USU Arcade – around campus

Kick off gAyPRIL Pride Month at CSUSM with a stroll around campus. Waive your flag and show your pride, or be an ally and show your love. Meet by the USU Arcade.

Sav's Craft Corner- gAyPRIL Tie Dye

April 10, 2019 | 4:00pm | USU Entrance

Come join Sav for a gAyPRIL Tie Dye workshop and tie dye a t-shirt or a tote bag.

Latinx Amigx: Gender Spectrum in Spanish

April 11, 2019 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3300 - Latin@ Center

Come by the Latin@ Center  for a discussion about gender within the spanish language.

An Evening with Mary Robertson:  Growing Up Queer

April 11, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Kellogg 5400

 2nd Chance Prom

April 12, 2019 | 8 pm | USU Ballroom

It's Prom time at CSUSM.  An opportunity for anyone who wants to attend an open and inclusive prom. Food, drinks, prizes, and a Prom Court will be announced.

Coffee and Queers

April 15, 2019 | 8 - 10 am | USU 3100

Come in and visit the pride center over coffee and treats.

Mindfulness Monday

April 15, 2019 | 3 - 4 pm | USU 3100

Come by the Pride Center and  learn some mindfulness techniques and spend an hour relaxing.

Bringing Positivity back to Masculinity:  Creating Space for  Queer Masculinities

April 16, 2019 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

Homophobia is a central organizing feature of the social construction of masculinity. Masculinities scholar and professor Rodger D'Andreas will discuss ways that we can create space for queer masculinities that challenge homophobia and rigid expressions of gender and sexuality.

Undocu-Queers

April 17 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

The LGBTQA Pride Center and Latin@ Center would like to invite you to take a break.  Come by for a U-Hour yoga break with a wonderful view. 

Zero to Queer-o

April 17 | 5 - 6:30 pm | USU 3100

A meet and greet event with faculty and staff.  Come learn about life experiences of LGBTQA faculty and staff.

gAyPRIL Pride Fest

April 18 | 5:30 - 9:00 pm | USU Arcade, Forum Plaza, and Kellogg Plaza

 CSUSM’s annual Pride Festival moves to the evening.  Join us for food, music, and fun while celebrating and learning about the LGBTQA Community! The event will feature a drag queen dj, student organizations will be fundraising, lots of games with prizes, photo opportunities for all, the 'Power of 5' student engagement centers will be participating, and many opportunity drawing prizes.  Come enjoy the fun and celebrate Pride at CSUSM.

Coffee and Queers

April 19, 2019 | 8 - 10 am | USU 3100

Come in and visit the pride center over coffee and treats.

Make Your Own Gender Unicorn

April 19 | 10 am - 4 pm | USU 3100

Make your own gender unicorn! Learn about the importance and difference between sex, gender, sexual orientation, sex at birth, and romantic and emotional attraction!

Coffee and Queers

April 22, 2019 | 8 - 10 am | USU 3100

Come in and visit the pride center over coffee and treats.

Introduction to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

April 22, 2019 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

Come learn about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from Vista Community Clinic.

Mindfulness Monday

April 22, 2019 | 3 - 4 pm | USU 3100

Come by the Pride Center and  learn some mindfulness techniques and spend an hour relaxing.

Beyond 'Un' Belief

April 23 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

 

No Exit (Play)

April 23 | 5:30 pm | USU 3100

 What is your personal Hell? For the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, Hell is simply a room with “No Exit,” where any torture is born out of the prisoners themselves. The play follows three damned strangers trapped in an insidious new reality devoid of any comfort, meaning, or escape. The CSUSM LGBTQA Pride Center invites you to Director Ingrid Trovão’s freshly-translated interpretation of an existential masterpiece. Starring Austin Williams as José Garcia, Elizabeth Barron as Inez Serrano, Colette Culbertson as Estelle Regault, and Jordan Bagley as the Valet; "No Exit" Sold out at CSUSM in March, do NOT wait to RSVP April 23rd at 5:30 P - Free admission.

Bringing Positivity back to Masculinity:  Masculinity Panel

April 24, 2019 | 5 - 6:30 pm | USU 3100

Join a panel of representatives of staff and faculty who will be discussing masculinity.

Cancer Disparities

April 25 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

 

Transforum

April 25 | 5:30 - 7 pm | USU 3100

 

Coffee and Queers

April 26, 2019 | 8 - 10 am | USU 3100

Come in and visit the pride center over coffee and treats.

End of Year Mural

April 26 | 10 am - 5 pm | USU 3100

Join us to paint a HUGE, community mural poster. Paint your colors, it is our-story after all!

Coffee and Queers

April 29, 2019 | 8 - 10 am | USU 3100

Come in and visit the pride center over coffee and treats.

Gay Guide to Sexual Health and PreP

April 29, 2019 | 12 - 1 pm | USU 3100

Come learn about the latest information on gay health and PreP from Vista Community Clinic.

Mindfulness Monday

April 29, 2019 | 3 - 4 pm | USU 3100

Come by the Pride Center and  learn some mindfulness techniques and spend an hour relaxing.

Rainbow Recognition 

April 30, 2019 | 5:30 pm | USU Ballroom

Participate in our annual recognition of LGBTQA graduates.  Grads will receive a rainbow stole to show their pride at commencement.