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Art and Activism: Photography, Protest and the Queer Community
Jeff Sheng, UC Irvine Graduate Student, MFA Studio Art Department

Part presentation, lecture and Q&A, this program will examine photography and the issue of 'visibility' in its relationship to activism, protest and the LGBTQI community. Briefly looking at historical representation of queer bodies in the work of such photographers as Brassai, Diane Arbus, and Nan Goldin - the program will then focus on the strategy of using photography to create a dialogue with the straight community, examining the more recent work of Gran Fury/ACT-UP, Catherine Opie and Loren Cameron. Activist, artist and UC Irvine MFA Studio Art candidate, Jeff Sheng, will present this material in digital slides and also discuss his recent photography project on "out" LGBTQI high school and college athletes (www.FearlessCampusTour.org) and the challenges in using art in conjunction with queer activism.

Arts of Identity: The History of Queer Flag & Fan Dancing
Daniel Tyler, UCLA Undergraduate Student

Flag-dancing arose in the post-Stonewall years into a unique art form, yet was nearly lost to obscurity when the AIDS epidemic of the 1980’s claimed the lives of many of the pioneers of this technique. However, it is very much an integral part of the collective gay identity, inasmuch as drag queens, leather bars, and pink triangles are cornerstones of our history. Learn about the historical development and present-day practice of flag-dancing.

Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Caucus: Let's Build Community!
Robert Imada, UC Santa Cruz, Asian American / Pacific Islander Resource Center
Tam Welch, UC Santa Cruz, Lionel Cantú GLBTI Resource Center

This is a safe space/caucus session for LGBTIQQ Asian/Pacific Islander persons to gather, build community, and network. Community members will help determine the focus of the discussion. Two staff persons will help to facilitate. The facilitators would like to ask the session participants: “What do you want?” Please respect this space for Asian/Pacific Islander identified persons. LGBTIQQ Asian/Pacific Islander folks welcome.

BDSM: Consensual Fun
Mike Van Horn, Avatar Club
Alan Stroik, Avatar Club
Olga, LARAWW
Blu, LARAWW

This program is meant to dispel many of the myths that surround the BDSM community. The panel members will define basic terms, describe various practices, and offer their personal journeys in the BDSM realm. The goal is to show that BDSM, done in a safe, sane and consensual way is an enjoyable, erotic and intimate experience. Note: You must be 18 years old or older to attend this session.

The Biblical Texts of Terror and Passages of Promise for the GLBTIA Community
Rev. Nori Zeliff, Heartland Christian Fellowship Metropolitan Community Church

This program offers a current study of the Biblical texts of terror, which have been used to batter the GLBTIQ community. Research has been conducted by reputable GLBTIQ Biblical scholars. In addition, the program presents the passages of promise, which highlight those portions of Scripture the same scholars interpret as confirming the sacredness of same-sex relationships.

Black and African Diaspora Queer Caucus: The Healing Process
Princess Bell, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student
Tai Rockett, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student

This is a closed space for persons who originate from African Diasporas and who identify as Queer or non-straight. We will be dissecting the Black-Queer identity and addressing repressive issues within our community. Calling out and recognizing the phobias we have against each other and against our brothers and sisters in non-black queer communities as well. This will be a very intense and intimate conversation and participation is encouraged from everyone.

Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ Foster Youth Tell Their Stories (Film & Dialogue)
Raquel Rivera, Child Protective Services, Big Brothers Big Sisters

This workshop will address the need for change in the foster care and juvenile justice system regarding the treatment and care of queer and transgender youth; address the need for mentor programs, outreach programs, and the call for adult volunteers. There will be a short film of powerful tales of both the successes and failures of the foster care system in the form of ten short digital stories told by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Foster Youth.

Building Broader Transgender Programming on Campus
Toby Beauchamp, UC Davis Graduate Student, LGBT Resource Center

Looking for program ideas specific to transgender awareness and education on your campus? This panel will offer ideas and suggestions for both active and passive programming, discuss possible obstacles and facilitate group brainstorming. Panel members are part of the UC Davis Trans Action Committee and have coordinated UCD Trans Action Week for the past three years.

The “Challenge of Being” for Transsexuals and Everyone Else
Helen Hill

This presentation provides a framework concerning challenges and issues regarding transgender, and more specifically, transsexual populations. The presentation includes a general overview of transgender populations, real-life examples, an examination of social issues, standards of care, legal issues, and finally, the goal of wellness and congruence. Working with transgendered populations will also be discussed, including incidence and occurrence of HIV/AIDs within the transgendered population.

Coming Out Monologues
Noel Mariano, UC Riverside Graduate Student
Cathy Cathers, UC Riverside Graduate Student

Inspired by the Vagina Monologues, the Coming Out Monologues strives to be a celebration of identity. This workshop will share several aspects of the production process, including script formation and performance production. In its first year at UCR, this project strives to inspire other schools and communities to celebrate identity and find a more vocal and visual presence within not just the queer community, but within all communities.

Cuiloni & Patlache: Exploring Queer Indigenous Roots
Luis Enrique Flores, UC Berkeley Alum

Western academia incessantly feeds us binary and dualities in regards to sexuality(ies) and gender(s) discourses. Male/female. Man/Woman. Hetero/homo/sexual. What about a third/fourth gender? Being between gender(s)? Or having no gender? What does it mean to be GenderQueer? - which rests outside the labels of homosexual, gay, lesbian, and queer. Using a queer, Mesoamerican framework, looking at queer indigenous scholars, works, narratives, and folklore, as well as personal anecdotes and touching upon issues of colonialism, this workshop will collectively discuss how queer indigenity has influence modern constructions of sexuality, gender, and class, while exploring our Queer/Indigenous roots and attempting to productively tackle identity politics. Allies are encouraged, but please recognize your privilege(s).

Cumming in Between the Binary: Sluts Reclaiming Bisexual Territories
Sabrina Alimahomed, UC Riverside Lecturer

This presentation will examine how bisexual women contest dominant conceptions of monogamy by reclaiming a sexually promiscuous identity as a slut. Bisexual sluts find themselves at odds with both queer and straight communities due to pressure to conform to monogamous relationships. Additionally, given the biphobic stereotype of bisexuals being overtly promiscuous, slut territory has been ceded in an effort to appear as a more legitimate sexual identity in the queer community. This stereotype is particularly confounded for bisexual women of color who have always been hyper sexualized in dominant discourses around race, class, gender, and sexuality. This presentation will also examine the sexual practices of bisexual women as sluts and swingers, with an emphasis on the intersections of race and class in shaping slut identities.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass: Why We Need To Get Militant
Matthew Spire, Undergraduate Student

The United States military's ban on openly bisexual, gay, and lesbian service members is known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass". This presentation will examine the history of the policy and how it is unconstitutional. Learn ways that service members as well as their supporters can take action to repeal this policy and allow openly bisexual, gay, and lesbian people to serve in the United States military.

Facing Trans: Inclusion, Advocacy, and Empowerment
Nev Kraguljevic, Cal State San Bernardino Staff

As we become comfortable with the Lesbian and Gay plight on our college campuses, we continue to overlook Bisexuals and silence Transgender populations. Trans students (perspective and current), faculty, and staff, as well as alumni, community members, parents, and partners are courageously coming forward and identifying as trans. College administrators have two choices (1) quickly react when it happens to you, or (2) strategically plan to provide a safe and supportive campus climate for all. Be a leader in benchmarking how your department and campus can identify needs, include invisible populations, advocate effectively for trans needs, and empower campus community members to feel engaged and equal.

GenderQueer Caucus
Richael "Shae" Maile, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student
Jocelyn Wong, UC Riverside Alum

This is a closed safe space/caucus session for individuals, who identify as genderqueer, gender-variant, and/or trans, to network, build community, and share resources. Please come prepared with ideas to share, as well as discussion questions to pose to the group.

GET OUT!© - A Game About the Coming Out Process
David C. Herzog, Psy.D., Cal Poly Pomona Staff

GET OUT!© is an interactive experiential game that illustrates the challenges posed to healthy LGBT identity development by the greater culture. The game aims to elucidate both institutionalized and more subtle aspects of heterosexism and homo/transphobia in the culture at large as well as within the LGBT community. In promoting that awareness, the game’s intention is to inspire further activism in supporting LGBT people and combating heterosexism and homo/transphobia.

“God & Gays: Bridging the Gap” Film Screening
www.godandgaysthemovie.com

God and Gays: Bridging the Gap wrestles through the eyes and experiences of people wanting a relationship with the very religion that rejects them - Christian (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist) Mormon, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim and more. This film explores the religious struggle reconciling sexuality and spirituality. It gets into the head, heart and lives of the people who have found homosexuality and the Bible as their self-defining work. Please Note: This film screening is 90 minutes.

“Hey You Fags, Dykes and Freaks!!”- The Ugly Reality of Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes
Fernando Estrada, Cal Poly Pomona Pride Center Staff

This workshop will explore the issue of anti-LGBT hate crimes and hate incidents. A terrorizing and ugly reality that exists in our community, the workshop aims at increasing awareness on the distinction between hate crimes versus hate incidents. Additionally, the workshop will explore the alarming phenomenon of underreporting as well as offer solutions to overcome those barriers. The workshop will use current statistics, real-life scenarios and interactive activities to explore the on-going reality of crimes motivated by hate.

HIV and the Latino Community
Frank Pancucci, Bienestar Human Services
Deborah Morales, Bienestar Human Services

This presentation will focus on HIV, transmission, how it works, and how it can be prevented. The presentation will also address how HIV and the cultural stigma of HIV specifically affect the Latino Community, as well as other minority communities, and the importance of advocacy, education, and regular testing.

How Fluid Is Your Rainbow?
Jacqueline Belanger, UC Riverside Staff

This highly interactive workshop will allow participants to examine sexual orientation as a fluid concept that is made up of several dimensions and which can change over time. Go beyond the Kinsey Scale and learn how the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid explores sexual attraction, sexual fantasies, emotional preference, social preference, lifestyle preference, and sexual identity. Participants of all sexual orientations will learn about a new way to view their own and others' sexual orientations.

How To Take Over Your Student Government
Holly Lim, Associated Students UCR President
Jocelyn Wong, ASUCR Alum
Nickel Lester, ASUCR Alum

Interested in creating change on your campus? Run for student government! This step-by-step workshop will discuss the importance and advantages of representing your community’s voice on the student government, and we'll get you started on an effective elections campaign plan.

Icons of a Queer
Michael Hoang, UC Irvine Undergraduate Student

This program will explore the vast historical icons used to identify the queer community. Most people only recognize the rainbow as a symbol of the gay community, However, that is only one of the many symbols that relate to the history of the gay community. Although not all symbols came from a positive movement of the gay community, it is important to realize not only the positive, but also the struggle and the hardships that many gays have endured to be able to embrace our sexuality.

I'm Gonna POP!: Renegotiating Self-Inflicted Substance Abuse in the Queer Community
Edgar Frias, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student

Queer culture was once synonymous with the underground, the perverse, and the subversive. Gay/lesbian bars were breeding grounds for the "freaks," the social outcasts, the artistic and the sexually diverse. Commodification, capitalization, historicization (or lack thereof), homogenization, and forced assimilation has led to the fracturing of queer objectives and affiliations - leaving some wanting the creation of queer communities based around the idea of process and exploration; while others wanting assimilation, gay marriage, skinny white bodies, and other heteronormative anomalies. This performance-based video work explores issues of shame, isolation, substance abuse, body-ism, racism, biphobia, transphobia, etc., brought about by the heteronormative capitalization of queer cultures and offers consumption and excretion as an answer. Eat your fears, your hatred, your shame, and shit out love, inclusion, and exploration. Let's eat and talk.

Immigration and the LGBTQ Community
Chris Haiss, Out4Immigration

We will explore with the audience "immigration myths" and will take a closer look at the real situation members of the LGBTQ community are facing when dealing with immigration. We will highlight recent legislation and policy issues. We also will look at questions such as 'What are the chances when applying for political asylum based on sexual orientation or gender identity?' and 'What about the HIV ban?'.

Immigration, Privacy and Transgender Rights
Angie Cazares, UC Davis LGBT Resource Center
Toby Beauchamp, UC Davis LGBT Resource Center

What are the connections between U.S. immigration policies, rights to privacy and transgender identities? How does increased surveillance of identity documents especially impact trans people of color and trans immigrants? This presentation will provide information on the relevance of current U.S. immigration reform to transgender rights, and facilitate a discussion about how we can resist anti-trans and anti-immigrant sentiments and legislation.

Increasing Diversity: Implementing Institutional Change on Campus
Jason Juarez, UC Merced Staff
John White, UC Merced Campus Senior Delegate to CUCSA

This program will describe three current efforts underway at the University of California designed to focus attention on increasing diversity: 1) The Regents Diversity Study Group (student and faculty diversity); 2) the Council of UC Staff Assemblies Diversity Committee and Annual Report to The Regents; and 3) the UC Staff Diversity Council which is advisory to President Dynes. Facilitators will explain the purpose and progress for each group and will share and discuss strategies with program participants in an effort to raise the level of attention placed on diversity within educational institutions. Input from program participants will be shared with the UC Regents and the UC Office of the President.

Into the Streets: The Stonewall Riots and Gay Pride
Nancy Unger, Santa Clara University Faculty

Gay Pride parades and celebrations are held in major cities around the world every June to publicly celebrate LGBT communities and cultures. Even many of the celebrants are unaware of the parades’ original purpose - to commemorate the rebellion of LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village in response to a routine police raid on June 27, 1969. This presentation will explore the Stonewall Riots, beginning with an overview of the long history of LGBT social, economic, and especially legal oppression that preceded the riots. It will include an account of the rioting, and conclude with a discussion of how and why these events mark such a significant turning point in LGBTQIA history.

(In)Visibilities: Queer and LGBT Cultures in Spain
Jill Robbins, UC Irvine Faculty

This panel will examine the relationship between cultural production (literature, film, queer theory, comics) and LGBT identity politics in contemporary Spain, which often restrict the participation of queer, and even bisexual, subjects, promoting homogenized images of gay and lesbian cultures (with much more emphasis on gay males). We are particularly interested in the ways in which cultural objects supplement and deconstruct such political discourse, which has tended to focus on gay and lesbian identities without problematizing the biological basis of those constructions, the continued gendered hierarchy, the institution of the family, or the commodification of pride celebrations. We also want to question the identification of all LGBT/queer movements and expressions with U.S. phenomena. To that effect, we will stress the ways in which the texts we study are inscribed in discourses particular to Spain, even as they address questions of race, immigration, gender, and genre that will be familiar to a U.S. audience.

The Ivory Tower: A [Re]focus on White Supremacy in the Queer Community
Sabrina Alimahomed, UC Riverside, Sociology Grad Student
Keith Harris, UC Riverside, English Faculty
Tamara Ho, UC Riverside, Women's Studies Faculty
Lorena Macias, UC Riverside Graduate
Dylan Rodriguez, UC Riverside, Ethnic Studies Faculty
Shruti Sinha, UC Santa Barbara Undergraduate Student

What is White Supremacy? And more importantly, how does it pertain to the Queer Community? Are race relations really eliminated through Queer Bonds? Or is there a larger problem that needs to be addressed? This conversational panel is designed to break down the rhetoric of the "We Are a Family" mantra perpetuated within Queer Circles, and refocus the attention to the ways in which cultural hegemony is replicated in the community. The panelists will talk about their first-hand encounters with Institutional White Supremacy by putting the University under the microscope, thereby viewing it as microcosm of the world at large. Are University offices really designed to aid Queer people of Color? Come to this panel to find out…

"Kings of Drag, A Love Story" Film and Panel
Tina Reynolds, Sacramento Community

The "Kings of Drag, A Love Story" illustrates the close relationships of like-minded women performing as men, Cross dressing, perceptions from society, and breaking down stereotypes are explored in the film. A Q&A with members of the Kings of Drag will follow the film. [The Kings of Drag will perform live at tbe Conference Coffee House, Saturday, 11pm at The Barn.]

Know Your Rights! Workers Unite!
Adrián Acosta, Lambda Legal
Jose Manuel Santillana, Lambda Legal

Can you come out at work? Can you be fired for being queer? How do you stand up for yourself at your job? Learn about about the rights that we do have and how we can continue fighting for more protection in the workplace. Worker rights are Queer rights and united we will have a stronger movement.

LGBTQ Youth: Out of the Rainbow
Benjamin Kruger-Robbins, Orange County High School of the Arts, Gay/Straight Alliance

This program addresses both aggressive forms of discrimination and also ways in which the heteronormative society suppresses the sexuality of young people, even while implicitly acknowledging the sexuality of straight teens. How does the LGBTQ community discuss teen sexuality in the face of majority society’s stereotypes?

Liberating Our Bodies
Cadelba Lomeli-Loibl, UC Davis Staff
Angie Cazares, UC Davis Staff

Can our bodies be liberated from our experiences of policing, colonization, occupation, enslavement, and genocide? How does this history affect the way we love, desire and have relationships- with ourselves, with other people of color, with white folks? Come explore issues of body image and sexuality within queer people of color communities. This workshop is for self identified, people of color only, in hopes of creating a more comfortable space.

Love Shouldn't Hurt
Emely Ortiz, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center

A look at the insidious and often unspoken issue that is plaguing our community. We will look at what constitutes domestic violence, how to spot abusive behaviors and ways to help yourself or a friend.

Media Boot Camp
Graham Webster, Campus Progress

Tired of having your event or campaign ignored by the news, while the latest poodle contest gets first page coverage? Enlist in Campus Progress’s Media Boot Camp, and make sure that you have the grit, guts, and tactics to get noticed and covered. These workshops cover the basics, such as writing press releases, timing, building a media list, and contacting "new media" like blogs. It also includes messaging exercises and more.

Multiracial/Multiethnic Queer Caucus
Amanda Desmuke, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student
Raquel Bernaldo, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student

This is a space for people who identify as queer AND multiracial/ multiethnic. By creating our own definition of "safe space" we will dialogue around our identities and experiences as a queer and multiracial community. Objectives, goals and discussion points include, but are not exclusive to: Giving voice to the multiracial community; What are our commonalities/ differences as a multiracial community; How does it feel to be a multiracial person on our specific campuses; Why is it important to identify as a multiracial person; Where does the queer come in; How does our queer identity intersect with our multiracial identities; What are our struggles as a multiracial/ queer community; How does our multiracial experience affect our involvement, sense of community and belonging within queer spaces and within our respective racial groups; Multiracial organizing on our campuses in and out of queer spaces.

Poetry as Activism
Toi Thibodeaux, Cal State San Bernardino, SMSU Pride Center
Angela Asbell, Cal State San Bernardino Writing Instructor
Ben Rosenberg, Riverside Underground Poetry Organization

Find your voice through the creation of art and independent thought. This interactive workshop evaluates poetry and spoken word as a form of action and as a contribution to cultural dialogue. Participants will create new written and spoken art and build coalitions through the creative process.

Polyamorous Relationships Are So GAY
Catalina Vallejos, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student

This program regards the current state of polyamory as it stands in popular American culture today, and its misconceptions when compared to polygamy, polyandry, family and other forms of accepted and unacceptable behavior in human relationships. We will also cover the primary natural reactions and the mental de-programming necessary to achieve healthy and non-violent polyamorous relationships in our contemporary world. Queer identity considered and heterosexual identity in polyamory dissected closely, expressing the pangendered polyamory state without creating a boat from it in which to sail away from this madness.

QPOC Strategies and Community
Tam Welch, UC Santa Cruz, Lionel Cantú GLBTI Resource Center

In this workshop, staff from both Ethnic Resource Centers and LGBTI Resource Centers will brainstorm about the specific gender and sexuality issues of People of Color (POC). We felt that although some actions are being taken, more effort and creativity are needed. How can university student services staff plan effective strategies in providing LGBTIA* POC services and programming? How have different universities answered, tackled, and/or responded to meeting QPOC needs together? We aim to create goals and strategize on real action to be taken, not just theorize on what should be! Come listen, add to, and challenge this conversation on LGBTIA POC activism. Open to all POC. *LGBTIA: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Intersex and Ally

Racism in the Queer Community? Tools for White Allies
Natacha Foo Kune, UC Davis Staff

This is a workshop for Queer activists interested in understanding the role White privilege plays in the Queer community. We will discuss self-awareness, ways to raise consciousness, and what it means to be a White ally in the Queer community. Participants will work together to share information and develop tools for promoting social justice.

Rainbow Freedom Writers
Tania Hammidi, UC Riverside Graduate Student

Write your way through your memories and aspirations for LGBTIAQ identity! For stage performers, performance artists, writers, poets and those who integrate the arts into their group, this workshop will combine physical exercises designed for the artists, with writing. Bring pen/pencil and paper, or computer. No experience necessary. NOW is the time to write. NOW is the time to speak up. NOW is the time to remember and recreate.

Rainbow Pride Youth -- Grassroots and Lessons Learned
Mark Sension, Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance

Youth, Volunteers, and Founders introduce the Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance (RPYA), discuss its history, lessons learned, and implications for community-based support for GLBTQ youth and their allies. Participants will learn how RPYA and similar organizations can be a resource in supporting GLBT Youth. Some participants may be motivated to replicate the RPYA experience in their communities.

Reaching Out: Facilitating GLBTQQ Workshops in the Community
Sarah McNay, Cal State San Bernardino Graduate Student

We all know the importance of providing information to those who may or may not be familiar with the GLBTIQ community. This program includes a discussion of effective workshop methods, including how to generate deep empathy for those who have trouble empathizing with GLBTIQ issues. We will also discuss how to go about organizing such workshops in the community.

Redefining Heteronormativity: Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage through Colored Eyes
Shawn Ta, API Equality – LA

Gay Marriage? Gay Family? Right-wing conservatives say same-sex marriage is destroying American morality and members of the queer community dislike conforming to a heterosexual marriage institution. So why is marriage a hot topic and should People of Color even care? Join Christine Chavez from the Caesar Chavez Foundation, Ron Buckmire from the Bayard Rustin-Audrey Lorde Coalition, and Shawn Ta from API Equality-LA in discussing the intersection between discrimination, civil rights, marriage, and race.

Sexual Politics for Asian Pacific Islanders
Daniel Kang, UC Irvine Graduate Student, LGBT Resource Center

A workshop for Asian and Pacific Islander (mixed heritage API implied) identified LGBTQIA folk. This workshop seeks to create a common ground and safe space for API to discuss sexuality. A civil/human rights framework will be introduced when engaging intimacy and sexuality on an interpersonal and political level.

Small Campus Community Building
Erick Vasquez, University of LaVerne Undergraduate Student

Students and organizations at small campuses often face the daunting task of creating a safe and nurturing environment with limited resources and members. This program is an interactive discussion about how to tackle such challenges by fighting apathy and building community. The program's framework draws from the areas of diffusion of innovations, community organizing, peer influence, and personal empowerment. Participants should come prepared to discuss the challenges they currently face at their campus and be willing to share personal experiences.

South Asian Queer Culture: A Minority Within a Small Minority
Iqbal Pittalwala, UC Riverside Staff

This session for LGBTIQQ South Asians will focus on being South Asian and queer in the United States. What are some challenges to being a sexual minority within a minority of fairly recent immigrants in the country? The moderated discussion also will engage in topics such as how much to assimilate; coming out; managing stereotypes; visiting "home"/South Asia while being queer; queer immigration; queer Bollywood; and other topics of relevance to South Asia.

Spirituality, Sexuality and the Christian Religion
Jennifer Truschka, College of Eastern Utah Faculty

This roundtable discussion is designed to help participants examine their own beliefs about sexuality and spirituality and also to provide information on Christian morality and anti-homosexual beliefs. This roundtable is divided into three sections. In the first section the relationship between sexuality and spirituality will be explored. In the second section we will look at why Christian morality does not always seem compatible with homosexuality. In the third section the church-state relationship will be examined in relation to gay rights activism. This roundtable is non-biased and does not push a religious agenda of any sort.

Supporting GLBTQ Youth in Public Schools
Mark Sension, Pacific High School

This presentation will provide educators and future educators with information and ideas about how to help and support GLBTQ youth and allies in public secondary schools. We will discuss value of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) on middle and high school campuses, as well as alternative organizations. Learn how the California Teachers Association and other organizations can support educators in this work.

Xicano/Latin@ Queer Caucus
Marvin Quijada-Rivas, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student
Raquel Madrigal, UC Riverside Undergraduate Student

This space is reserved for individuals who identify as queer people of color, whose roots grow from the indigenous Chican@ and Latin@ backgrounds. It is intended to create a community that encourages support and offers a sense of comfort for those who struggle with their sexuality in relation to their cultural background, and more!