Education and Support Services (LGBTESS)
The mission of LGBTESS is to promote a safe, equitable, accessible, and affirming campus for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, and agender (2SLGBTQIA3+) students at the University of Oregon through resource navigation, education, community building, and event implementation.
Connect with LGBT+ Education and Support Services
Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Located in Oregon Hall, Suite 380
- Email lgbtess@uoregon.edu for questions about LGBT Education and Support Services events and initiatives.
- Email lgbtessentials@uoregon.edu for questions about food and/or housing insecurity and accessing healthcare.
- Email uooutreach@uoregon.edu for questions about on- and off-campus resources and community.
Visit the LGBTQA3 Alliance Student Office
Hours dependent on staff availability
Events
❄️ ❄️ Welcome queer and trans parents! ❄️ ❄️
LGBTESS & the Nontraditional Students Program invite queer and trans students who are parents to participate in our 2025 January Queer and Trans Parents Cafe.
On Tuesday, January 21, from 12-1:30, we welcome you to the EMU’s Cedar Room (EMU 231). Come for the opportunity to chat, swap stories, and build friendships with other queer and trans parents on campus!
3:00–4:00 p.m.
These information sessions are offered to students interested in applying for or learning more about the 2025 Portland Internship Experience. Information sessions will provide an overview of the program including: the application process, curriculum and expectations, the resources/support available throughout the summer, and insights from last year's program. We will make plenty of time for questions! 2025 Info Sessions: Wednesday, January 15 @ 12pm - 1pm Thursday, January 23 @ 3pm - 4pm Friday, January 31 @ 4pm - 5pm
REGISTER HERE for zoom link! https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0SLReOTtr97tzKu The Portland Internship Experience is an exclusive opportunity for UO undergraduates to gain professional experience through an internship while making a difference in the community. Interns receive a $7,000 stipend while working at a small business, non-profit, civic or educational organization for 10 weeks in the Portland area. Learn more at our website: https://pdx.uoregon.edu/portland-internship-experience Any questions? No problem, our staff is happy to chat with you! Email: uopie@uoregon.edu
11:00–3:00 p.m.
Get free clothing or donate clothes that no longer fit your style!
We recommend people bring bags for clothing so they can take as much as they like! For Winter term, our dates are: January: January 24th February: TBD
If donating, our primary guidelines are: - Donate clean clothing - We do not accept underwear bottoms (i.e. boxers, etc.). We do accept bras and binders.
If you have any questions, you can ask them via a comment on this post or email Kristopher at lgbtessdigitalcoor@uoregon.edu.
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Swing by the Lease Crutcher Lewis room in the EMU to get free, confidential rapid testing for HIV, HEP C, and Syphilis with just a finger poke🩸They also provide safer sex supplies, a needle exchange and HRT injection supplies💉, Narcan education and distribution, and other harm reduction supplies!
Open to UO students, faculty and staff!
5:00–7:30 p.m.
BE Authentic: Jenny Nguyen
Please join the BEseries and LGBTESSP as we welcome Jenny Nguyen to UO! The BEseries student team is excited to announce the event that will be on February 18th on Tuesday night, in EMU Ballroom, ASL Interpreted, Free Dinner & Activities, Buffet Dinner and Doors 5-6pm, Presentation 6-7pm, Q&A 7-7:30 pm.
More About Jenny Nguyen Tuesday, February 18 , 5:00 pm Doors & Dinner, 6:00 pm Presentation – EMU Ballroom
Jenny Nguyen is the founder and owner of The Sports Bra, which opened in April 2022 as the world's first sports bar dedicated to showing only women's sports. Jenny's inspiration came from her own desire for a space where she and her friends could come together and cheer on their favorite women athletes, and it turns out she wasn't alone: The Sports Bra was an instant hit, attracting fans and fanfare from around the world. The Sport Bra is far more than a sports bar, it's a manifestation of Jenny's unwavering commitment to championing women. Jenny has been featured in major media outlets in the U.S. and around the world, affirming the demand for more women's sports coverage.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesportsbrapdx/
follow BEseries on IG @uo_beseries
Doors & Dinner: 5:00pm
Presentation: 6pm-7:00pm followed by Q&A 7-7:30pm
Full list of BE Series event dates:
October 22, 2024 November 26, 2024 January 21, 2025 February 18, 20254:00 p.m.
Presented by the Oregon Humanities Center
Reproductive justice is a critical framework that was developed in response to reproductive politics in the US. Three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments.
LGBTQIA+ individuals need and deserve unimpeded access to full spectrum reproductive health care services. Far too often the movements for reproductive health and rights only center the needs of cisgender and heterosexual individuals and couples. Yet, the reality is: everyone needs reproductive health care regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation.
Candace Bond-Theriault will discuss the need to center LGBTQIA+ communities in the conversation about reproductive health, rights, and justice in a talk titled “Queering Reproductive Justice: An Invitation to Create Our Collective Future.” As this year’s Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Memorial Lecturer on Law and American Culture, Bond-Theriault will extend an invitation to all people who care about justice and equity to stake a claim in the fight for collective liberation.
Bond-Theriault asserts that for reproductive justice to be truly successful, we must acknowledge that members of the LGBTQIA+ community often face distinct, specific, and interlocking oppressions when it comes to these rights. Family formation, contraception needs, and appropriate support from healthcare services are still poorly understood aspects of the LGBTQIA+ experience, which often challenge mainstream notions of the nuclear family.
Candace Bond-Theriault, JD, LLM, is a queer lawyer, writer, mother, and social justice advocate working at the intersections of law, policy, reproductive health rights, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ liberation, economic justice, and democracy reform. She is Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University, and Associate Director for Movement Building at Dēmos, a think tank for the Racial Justice Movement.
Her book Queering Reproductive Justice: An Invitation (2024), blends advocacy with a legal, rights-based framework and offers a unified path for attaining reproductive justice for LGBTQIA+ people. Drawing on US law and legislative history, healthcare policy, human rights, and interviews, Bond-Theriault presents incisive new recommendations for queer reproductive justice theory, organizing, and advocacy.
Bond-Theriault’s talk, part of this year’s “Re-imagine” series, is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed and recorded. Please register.
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a one-day conference showcasing the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster session and the panel presentations!
To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 16, 2025. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300. Panels will instead be pre-selected. All accepted panels will receive $250 per panelist.
For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum
Navigate Campus
We are committed to creating an equitable and accessible environment for students, whether that be via all-gender and gender-expansive housing options, name change processes, or all-gender restrooms.
Connect with Resources
Resources for 2SLGBTQIA3+ students encourage holistic well-being and academic success through mental, medical, and community care. Scholarships and other financial assistance are based on need and/or merit. Students are also invited to apply for LGBTESS-sponsored conferences. In addition to our programs and services, there are off-campus organizations dedicated to advocating and resourcing 2SLGBTQIA3+ folks.
Build Community
Our student-driven outreach teams celebrate, educate, empower, and support 2SLGBTQIA3+ students. Whether organizing events, developing new initiatives, or collaborating with campus organizations, one of the priorities of the LGBTESS staff is to support students in fostering community.
Support 2SLGBTQIA3+ Students
Effectively supporting 2SLGBTQIA3+ students is an on-going process which requires self-awareness, knowledge, and skills. LGBTESS hosts Queer+ Accomplice Coalition (QAC) training once a term to jump-start faculty and staff in this process and provides resources to support continued learning and advocacy practices.