LGBTQIA+ History Month: Finding Joy & Power in Community
Join the GSC in celebrating LGBTQIA+ History Month! Each October, we recognize and celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month as a way to bring awareness to events, individuals, and organizations working to uplift and forge new opportunities for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Our theme this year is Finding Joy & Power in Community. During a time when queer and trans people’s safety, freedom of expression, and access to healthcare are increasingly under attack, it’s more important than ever for LGBTQIA+ people to gather, care for each other, and create space for collective joy and healing. Our goal at the GSC is to provide opportunities throughout the month for folks to do just that.
Throughout October, students, staff, faculty, and alumni will find a rich array of opportunities to come together and experience different facets of the LGBTQIA+ Community at Carleton and beyond. To see our full calendar of events, check out our schedule below.
As Clader (GSC), Henrickson (QTBIPOC), and Berg (Rainbow) Houses prepare to relocate next year while the Student Life and Housing plan is in full swing, we also want to celebrate the many forms in which LGBTQIA+ communities exist at Carleton, and will continue to exist even while we’re in transition.
We hope you join us in celebrating LGBTQIA+ History this October.
Events Calendar
Kickoff – Monday, October 2nd, 12-1PM
Location: Anderson Atrium
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center as we kick off LGBTQIA+ History Month! Come to our tabling event to claim some GSC swag, connect with our staff, and learn more about the rich array of programming we’ll have throughout the month. Cupcakes will be provided.
Tea Time – Friday, October 6th, 4-5PM
Location: Clader House (GSC)
Bottoms (2023) Movie Outing – Saturday, October 7th, 1-4:30PM
Location: Emagine Lakeville (Transportation Provided)
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center in watching Bottoms (2023), a coming-of-age, absurdist comedy featuring queer main characters. We’ll be bussing out to the Emagine Lakeville theater.
Transportation will be provided, and attendees will be picked up in front of Sayles at 1:00PM.
We will return to campus at 4:30PM.
Participants must register via this form prior to attending the event.
National Coming Out Day Service & Dinner – Wednesday, October 11th, 6-8PM
Location: Skinner Memorial Chapel
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center and the Chaplain’s Office in celebrating National Coming Out Day at our service & dinner.
This service will be a non-religious space focused on holding space for the many emotions which might arise for us on National Coming Out Day. It will feature student performers, a guided meditation, and candle-lighting.
The service will be followed by a community dinner, catered by Desi Diner. Folks are welcome to attend both the service and dinner, or attend just one.
All are welcome, no questions asked.
Tea Time – Friday, October 13th, 4-5PM
Location: Clader House (GSC)
Queer Carne Asada & Karaoke with CASA – Saturday, October 14th, 12-2PM
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center and CASA in celebrating Latine Heritage Month! Come enjoy some good food and community at our Queer Carne Asada event.
This event is part of the GSC’s LGBTQIA+ History Month programming series. Check out our full calendar of events here
LGBTQIA+ Mentorship Mixer – Wednesday, October 18th, 5-6:30PM
Location: Weitz 236
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center and LGBTQIA+ Carleton staff, faculty, and alumni for our LGBTQIA+ Mentorship Mixer! The setup will be similar to speed-friending events, and students will get the chance to connect with a variety of mentors about their experiences as LGBTQIA+ people at Carleton and beyond.
Participants must register via this form prior to attending the event, as attendance will be capped at 20.
Dinner will be provided.
Tea Time with QTBIPOC – Friday, October 20th, 4-5PM
Location: Clader House (GSC)
QTBIPOC Community Leadership Panel – Thursday, October 26th, 5-6:30PM
Location: Leighton 236
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center for our QTBIPOC Leadership Panel! We’re excited to host four panelists from the Twin Cities who will speak to their experiences building QTBIPOC community in the area.
Participants must register via this form prior to attending the event.
Dinner will be provided.
Tea Time with ASIA – Friday, October 27th, 4-5PM
Location: Clader House (GSC)
Queering Place: Mapping Queer Experiences at Carleton (Workshop) – Monday, October 30th, 5-6:30PM
Location: Sayles 251
Join the Gender & Sexuality Center and J McKinney from the Department of Cognitive Science for Queering Place: Mapping Queer Experiences at Carleton, a creative workshop where we will share and collect our experiences of queer life on campus. We will engage with play and artmaking to co-create a queer communal map that will serve as an archive of these places. Art materials will be provided. Feel free to bring ideas, photos, or other representations of queer spaces, or simply come as you are.
Participants must register via this form prior to attending the event.
Dinner will be provided.