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“Sex in the Dark” Aims to Reduce Sexual Stigma on Campus

By Anna Lim November 3, 2023

Students participated in an anonymous dialogue on campus sexual health at the “Sex in the Dark: Healthy Sexuality at Georgetown and Beyond” Q&A event on Oct. 30.  The annual event was...

GU Students Celebrate Virtual OUTober

GU Students Celebrate Virtual OUTober

By Ivy Becker October 9, 2020

This week Georgetown University’s LGBTQ Resource Center kicked off a monthlong schedule of virtual events celebrating Georgetown’s LGBTQ community. OUTober celebrations began Oct. 7 with a group...

MICHAEL HOWARTH FOR THE HOYA | Director for Dharmic Life Brahmachari Sharan, Senior Research Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs Jerry McGlone S.J., Saisha Mediratta (SFS ’20) and Mariah Johnson (COL ’21), from left, spoke at a panel on the intersection of religious belief and sexuality.

Faith Communities Fail To Fully Dialogue on Sexuality, Panel Says

By Kelly Anderson November 8, 2019

Religious communities inadequately confront sexuality, alienating their members, students and religious leaders said at a Nov. 6 panel hosted by the LGBTQ Resource Center and Campus Ministry.  The...

VIEWPOINT: Recognize LGBTQ History

VIEWPOINT: Recognize LGBTQ History

By Siena Hohne October 18, 2019

On the morning of Oct. 11, you might have seen my fellow Georgetown University Pride board members and deputies chalking up Red Square as we giggled and wiped chalk off our purple “I Am” shirts, which...

GUPRIDE / INSTAGRAM | October is LGBTQ History Month, and Georgetown University celebrates OUTober throughout the month.

OUTober Expands Programming, Involves New Campus Ministry Event

By Sana Rahman October 4, 2019

This year’s OUTober events will celebrate LGBTQ History Month through keynote speaker Mesma Belsaré, an Indian LGBTQ activist, and expanded programming which will involve a new Campus Ministry event. Belsaré,...

ANNE STONECIPHER/THE HOYA The LGBTQ Resource Center is sponsoring OUTtober, a month-long program seeking to address emerging issues faced by members of the LGBTQ community through a series of keynote speakers and on-campus events.

OUTober Encourages Renewed Activism

By Sana Rahman October 12, 2018

The LGBTQ Resource Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary with OUTober, an annual monthlong programming series honoring the LGBTQ community, this month. This year’s theme, “Looking Forward,”...

Coming Out Day Kicks Off ‘OUTober’

By Olivia Chiu October 14, 2016

The 12th annual “OUTober” – a six-weeklong celebration of Georgetown’s LGBTQ community that kicked off with Coming Out Day in Red Square last Friday — focuses on the theme of personal and...

The Georgetown That Saved Me

The Georgetown That Saved Me

By Lexi Dever October 30, 2015

I read critics’ discussion regarding OUTober. Allow me to explain why we need this. Allow me to explain to you why the work of the LGBTQ Resource Center, the work of GU Pride and the work of Georgetown...

Hold the Door Open

Hold the Door Open

By The Editorial Board October 16, 2015

Last Friday, hundreds of students donned their orange “I am” T-shirts for Coming Out Day in a celebration of gender and sexual identity. With Coming Out Day and a number of other events sponsored by...

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GU Pride organized a celebration of Coming Out Day in Red Square last Friday to kick off the 11th annual OUTober, which includes 15 other events organized by the LGBTQ Resource Center throughout October and the first three weeks of November.

OUTober Programming Focuses on Trans Rights

By Lisa Burgoa October 16, 2015

OUTober, a six-week long celebration of the LGBTQ community organized by the LGBTQ Resource Center and GU Pride, returned to campus this month in its 11th annual iteration with increased programming...

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LGBTQ students and allies join together in Red Square to celebrate National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 as part of this year’s LGBTQ History Month and OUTober programming.

OUTober Held for 3rd Year

By Jack Bennett October 21, 2014

The LGBTQ Resource Center is holding its third year of OUTober programming in honor of LGBTQ History Month with the help of $1,500 in funding from the Office of the President. “OUTober is really...

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OUTober, celebrating LGBTQ identity, will be one of several heritage months to receive $500 or more in  funding from the Office of the President for cultural programming this year.

GU Funds Heritage Months

By Tom Garzillo October 7, 2014

Cultural and advocacy groups with official months designated in their honor will receive funding and support from the Office of the President for programming during that time of the year. Cultural...

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