We’re excited to announce our second IN PERSON gathering since before the pandemic!! We plan to have 2 larger scale gatherings a year, once on the Medford campus and another on the Boston campus; typically in summer-time for outdoors easy breathing! This one has been scheduled for Boston, on Wednesday the 27th of July, from […]
Support for LGBTQ+ youth who are the victims of bullying, as well as to honor LGBTQ+ victims of bullying-related suicide. Comparable days exist in a number of other countries, including Australia (Wear it Purple Day) and the Netherlands (Purple Friday).
From Wikipedia: The day was founded by transgender activist Rachel Crandall of Michigan in 2009 as a reaction to the lack of LGBTQ+ recognition of transgender people, citing the frustration that the only well-known transgender-centered day was the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which mourned the murders of transgender people, but did not acknowledge and celebrate living members […]
A student-orientated day to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bias. Initially created by then-student Maria Pulzetti, the first event was organized by students at University of Virginia in 1996. It is currently organized by GLSEN. In 1997, one year after the day's creation, it went national, with over 100 institutions participating. Whilst there has […]
Pride celebrations in Boston will resume this year, headed by the group Boston Pride for the People. Learn more about the event and how you can volunteer: https://www.bostonprideforthepeople.org/volunteer
A day to remember the Stonewall Riots, a reaction to the NYPD raid of the Stonewall Inn. This initial event was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, and argued by some to be the birth of the gay rights movement, in the United States and around the world. The world's first pride parade occurred […]
Main Entrance is up the walkway to the shiny glass building at 200 College Ave, SEC Atrium/Lobby https://access.tufts.edu/science-and-engineering-complex-sec No specific agenda, but a chance to meet the steering committee members, to meet fellow Tufts faculty & staff who share our LGBTQIA+ “pride” commonality, play a few board/card games, have some food, and most importantly a […]