GLBT Advocate Program
New Educational Initiatives at the GLBT Center
The GLBT Center has announced four educational initiatives for this academic year.
Find New Paths to Resilience with Transgender Awareness Week
We work so that not one person more will suffer for simply being who they are, the most fundamental of human rights.
Andy DeRoin to Serve as GLBT Center Assistant Director
Effective August 1, 2019, Andy DeRoin has been selected to serve as assistant director of the GLBT Center.
Transgender Awareness Week 2018: Honoring the Intersections
The GLBT Center will observe Transgender Awareness Week from Tuesday, November 13 through Monday, November 19, 2018. The impetus for this week of events is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a global, annual observance for transgender individuals who were murdered over the past year.
NC State Named 2018 HEED Award Recipient
For the third time, NC State has received the INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
GLBT Advocate Program Offers New Workshops
A signature initiative of the GLBT Center, the GLBT Advocate Program returns for a fourth year with new workshop offerings and events for faculty, staff and students.
GLBT Center Wraps Lunch and Learn Series
NC State’s GLBT Center wrapped up its second GLBT Advocate Program Lunch and Learn Series this month, presenting four topics during spring semester. The final lunch and learn, “Foregrounding Intersectionality in Your Work with Students,” was held on April 18, 2018.
GLBT Center 10-Year Anniversary Brings Community Together
After a rescheduling due to January snow, the GLBT Center celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Monday, February 12, 2018 in the Talley Student Union Ballroom. Over 150 students, alumni, staff, faculty and administrators came to celebrate this historic achievement.
GLBT Advocate Program’s Lunch & Learn Series Gears Up for Spring Semester
Fall 2017 saw the launch of the GLBT Advocate Program's Lunch & Learn Series. Hosted monthly, this series of workshops provided faculty and staff with opportunities to engage in conversation and further develop their skills around implementing intersectional social justice strategies in the classroom. This semester’s Lunch & Learn topics will explore ways to utilize privilege to dismantle oppressive systems and advocate for marginalized communities, strategies to foreground intersectionality into work with students and how to engage in service opportunities without evoking the “White savior complex.”
Transgender Awareness Week 2017: Dismantling Gender Roles
The GLBT Center will observe Transgender Awareness Week from Tuesday, November 14 through Monday, November 20, 2017. The impetus for the week of events is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a global, annual observance for transgender individuals who were murdered over the past year, that will take place on November 20, 2017.