Emory University Office of LGBT Life

You’re invited to The Beyond Pink & Blue Conference for three days of community, story-telling, and spiritual growth. There will be trans-led musical performances, keynote presentations, workshops, community spotlights and more. Registration is free and all donations will benefit the Trans Atlanta Housing Program. Link is below to learn more about our speakers and to RSVP today. https://beyondpinkblueconference.org/registrationform

Just because we’re not all on campus this year doesn’t mean Emory Pride will go without hosting their annual Drag Show!! Experience the show via Zoom on October 24th!! ***If you are interested in performing you can fill out this form! https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScUzr_RI4eifZjVGO/viewform

HAPPY LGBT HISTORY MONTH!! Check out our official LGBT History Month calendar for all of the events that are happening this month! Come celebrate with us! ***Follow us on our instagram @emorylgbtlife to participate in our daily trivia for a chance to win a prize!

Our Safe Space trainings are back for Fall 2020 and now they're VIRTUAL! The Emory Safe Space program is a training designed to help all faculty, staff, and students provide support for the LGBT community at Emory. The program focuses on three goals (awareness, knowledge, and action) so that participants who complete the training will be better equipped to help our undergraduate and graduate students achieve success! Register today for our September 24th training!

We love to see it!! Thank you Niecy and Jessica for sharing your queer, perfect love with the world!

We are hiring an undergraduate, federal work-study Office Assistant for the upcoming academic year! For more details or to apply please head to our posting on Handshake. The job ID is 3903480. Please prepare to submit your cover letter and resume.

Join us for a virtual conversation next Wednesday, June 22nd, with poet Richard Blanco. Blanco is best known for being the fifth poet to read at a US Presidential Inauguration, reading the poem "One Today" at Barack Obama's second inauguration. Register for the event at this link https://go.fiu.edu/richardblanco

Happy Pride Month Here are some tips on how to celebrate #PrideinPlace this month!

We’ve been eager to celebrate the Class of 2020 for years! While this is not the celebration we imagined the Belonging and Community Justice is excited about offering y’all the stoles you’ve earned for the photos that will last a lifetime! Sign up at TinyURL.com/BCJCommencement by June 5th. While supplies last. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Congratulations to Jericho Brown on this once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment! https://news.emory.edu//2020/05/pulitzer-prize-/index.html

Having a tough time concentrating? Us too! Join us tomorrow for our Graduate Writing Group. Feel free to stop by for thirty minutes, an hour, or even the entire time!

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY Today we want to hold space for Emory’s trans community by celebrating the many ways trans and gender non-conforming folks have made themselves at home in their skin. Send us a picture/video of you most comfortable with yourself! This can be an outfit that makes you feel in control, a make-up look that you’ve perfected, or a dance routine that has empowered you! ... GIF from Kiernan Sjursen-Lien @Zakeno Graphic from @genderqueer.positivity #tdov #transisbeautiful #youaretransenough See more

We've missed y'all!! We are so excited and eager to establish a virtual community for our LGBTQ+ communities and allies! Keep an eye these next few days for our programs and initiatives!