The LGBT Resource Center is located at 124 Memorial Hall.
The Center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

LGBT Resource Center
124 Memorial Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
lgbt@uga.edu
(706) 542-4077

--ON CAMPUS--

RAINBOW CHAT FACILITATOR RECRUITMENT
The LGBT Resource Center and Counseling and Psychological Services are seeking applicants for Rainbow Chat group facilitators for the 2008-2009 academic year. For application information, click here.

STUDENTS ATTEND UNITY CONFERENCE AT UNC CHAPEL HILL

Ten UGA students attended the annual Unity Conference at UNC Chapel Hill April 4-6th. Among other highlights, students had the opportunity to meet Kate Bornstein.

AIDS WALK/RUN ATHENS

The LGBT Resource Center sponsored a team for the first AIDS Walk/Run Athens on March 1, 2008. LGBT Center volunteer, Ashanta Douglas, organized the team, which raised $330. The $14,000 raised during the event goes directly to programs and services at AIDS Athens.

STUDENTS ATTEND CREATING CHANGE CONFERENCE

Natalie Blackburn, Kate Clinton, Michael Shutt, Tyler Kelly, & Adam Thomas

Natalie Blackburn, Tyler Kelly, and Adam Thomas attended the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference. Speakers at the conference included NAACP Chairman, Julian Bond; Bishop V. Gene Robinson; NGLTF Executive Director, Matt Forman; founder of the acclaimed African-American women's a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johson Reagon; and comic, Kate Clinton.

CAMPUS PRIDE LGBT UNDERGRADUATE LEADERSHIP CAMP
July 19-24, 2008
Towson University
Finally the camp you have been waiting for! Campus Pride organizes the first-ever Summer Leadership Camp for LGBT and Ally college students. The five-day camp experience works to develop stronger undergraduate student leaders and safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. Participants have the opportunity to learn valuable campus organizing skills, coalition building and strategies for creating change at colleges and universities. Last year, two UGA students attended the camp and had an amazing experience. Registration begins in February. Click here for more information about camp.

NEW STUDENT INFORMATION
The LGBT Resource Center would like to welcome all new students to the University of Georgia! Click here to get more information on student groups, campus policies, and the overall climate for LGBT students at UGA and in Athens.

DONATE ONLINE
You can now donate to the LGBT Resource Center online! Your contributions are tax deductable. You can also donate books to the Center's library.

--IN THE NEWS--
Alumnae/i News
(Archive)
The UGA LGBTQ Alumnae/i page is now updated! Check it out!

Michael Petty ('02) accepted a position on the Georgia Equality Board of Directors. Michael is currently a Law Student at UGA.

News from Around the World
(Archive)
President Michael Adams presented Dr. Robert Hill, Associate Professor in the University of Georgia College of Education, with the President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast on January 18, 2008. Dr. Hill has dedicated his time to studying anti-oppression education, gender and race in organizational settings, sexual orientation and gender justice, human rights education in an international context, environmental justice and racism, activism as the practice of education for social change, diversity instruction and adult education. After starting at the university, Hill began to put his knowledge to use by bringing together the Campus Climate Research Group, whose report "In the Shadow of the Arch: Safety and Acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Students at the University of Georgia," was a monumental step forward for the university's LGBTQ students at UGA and outlined possible solutions. Congratulations Dr. Hill!!

On December 15, 2007, the Bolivian Constituent Assembly unveiled the final and definitive text of the new Bolivian constitution.  Article 14, paragraph II, of the document states explicitly that:  "The State prohibits and punishes all forms of discrimination based  on sexual orientation [and] gender identity." If this text of the Bolivian constitution is ratified, Bolivia will be the first  country in the world to protect gender identity-related concerns. Also, Article 66 of the new constitution says that, "Men and women  are guaranteed the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights."

Nepal must enact laws ensuring gay rights and strike current discriminatory measures, according to a ruling by its Supreme Court. The ruling was in response to a petition by four gay-rights groups, a court spokesman said. The country currently prohibits homosexuality, and it wasn't clear whether the decision would nullify that law.

Campus Pride launches the Campus Climate Index of colleges and universities. " By highlighting positive efforts with the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index, we can advocate more effectively for LGBT and Ally progress for all campus communities."