The staff at the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona acknowledges the pain, suffering, and anger of so many during this time of continued police brutality, political assaults, and COVID 19 that disproportionately harm, and kill, black, indigenous, and people of color. We stand in solidarity with those protesting the persistent racism in the United States. #BlackLivesMatter

 

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The Institute brings people and ideas together to conduct LGBTQ+ research, design LGBTQ+ relevant curricula, and develop public LGBTQ+ focused programming.

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LGBTQ+ Virtual Artist-in-Residence with The Institute for LGBT Studies

May 26, 2020

The Institute for LGBT Studies was inspired to create an opportunity for LGBTQ+ virtual artists-in-residence after conversations with local LGBTQ+ artists and musicians who were primarily gig workers and heavily impacted by COVID-19. Artists from all mediums and backgrounds, both local and national, responded to our call. We were in awe at the response from artists and the amazingly talented individuals that applied. We originally had offered five positions, but after the massive interest from artists, we were able to extend the opportunity to 11 individuals. 

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Despite TUSD voting delay, LGBTQ+ parents, students, and community members aren't backing down from the fight

Sept. 16, 2019

Last week, the TUSD board's vote to implement an updated version of the Family Life Curriculum (FLC) was delayed in order to make more time for the board to "consider" Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo's abstinence-centered modifications to the curriculum.

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CFP: Queer Displacements

Aug. 27, 2019

Questions of sexuality and refugee or migration status remain on the margins of queer and refugee movements, policy, and support services. The Humanities Research Centre invites paper and panel proposals that will respond in diverse and interdisciplinary ways to the questions of an intersection of sexuality with a refugee status, including situations when queer people fall through the cracks of common refugee or migration pathways.

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