Student Groups

Queer People of Color Organization - QPOC
  • QPOC is meeting Wednesdays at 5pm at the LGBTRC (245 Costo Hall) in '07-'08. Everyone is welcome.
  • QPOC is a student-run group separate from the staff-facilitated Tuesday Rap Group also called QPOC.
  • QPOC's mission: "The establishment of Queer People of Color Organization entails the struggle against racism and prejudices prevalent in the Queer community. We are committed to activism - we are committed to recognizing the intersections of our identities as well as the various intersections of social justice movements. We ensure inclusiveness by creating space for Queers of Color: socially, politically and environmentally."
  • QPOC was established in Fall 2007.
Queer Alliance - QA
  • QA is meeting Thursdays at 5pm at the LGBTRC (245 Costo Hall) in '07-'08. Everyone is welcome.
  • QA focuses on outreach to high school youth, including visits to area Gay Straight Alliances and special events like Pride Prom
  • QA sponsors the annual Dragalicious Drag Bag and The Coming Out Monologues.
  • QA, the longest-running LGBT-focused student organization at UCR, was established in the 1980s as the Lesbian and Gay Student Union
Queer Conference Committee - QCC
Historical Student Groups
  • DOWNEtime, established in 2004, brought together Asian Pacific Islander students for mutual support and discussions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • Students for the Equality of Queers (SEQs), established in 2003, organized the first UCR National Day of Silence observance and submitted the original proposal for Stonewall Hall.
  • Que onda Queers (QoQ), established in 1999, brought together LGBT Chicano/a students and their friends.