Announcements

Welcome, Highlanders!

Get connected to the UCR LGBTQ+ community. For online events, join our E-Newsletter for all the info, including any zoom links for online events. Follow us on social media @ucrlgbtrc

California State Resources for LGBTQ+ Community

• California Department of Justice’s Health Equity and Civil Rights webpage
• California Department of Justice’s LGBTQ+ Discrimination Rights webpage
• Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Intersex (TGI) Inclusive Care Act
• California Department of Health Care Services’ Medi-Cal State Inmate Program and Medi-Cal County Inmate Program webpage
• California Civil Rights Department’s The Rights of Employees Who Are Transgender or Gender Nonconforming fact sheet
• California Department of Insurance’s Equal Access to Health Insurance: Coverage for Transgender Californians webpage
• California Department of Managed Health Care’s TGI Care webpage

Riverside/IE Community Resources

• Inland Counties Legal Services - http://icls.org/ 
  Provides free legal assistance, including education on California Name & Gender Marker Changes
• RPYA Health - Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance - http://rpya.health
  In-person and Online resources, support groups,  mental health resources with a very helpful E-Newsletter
• TruEvolution & the IE LGBTQ+ Center - http://truevolution.org
  Connection to care and in-person events
• Riverside IE Pride - https://www.riversideprideie.org/
  Promotes many IE events for those seeking community, as well as the May 10, 2025 Pride Festival

The Trevor Project Online Guides

• Finding Support and Building Community Amid Political Uncertainty
• Self-Care for LGBTQ+ Young People

The Trevor Project - 24/7 Help via Chat, Call, or Text - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

Center Updates

• R'Pride at The Barn - Monday, June 30 - All Highlanders are invited to meet up at The Barn to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Wear your pride and solidarity as we recognize the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ+ community. Look for the rainbow table to check-in for some goodies. 
• Summer Hours - Monday-Friday, 9am to 5pm
• Weekly discussion groups return in the Fall! - Tuesday Talks, Trans Group, BlaqOUT, Queer Cinema Night, & the WRC's Sappho's Circle
• LGBTQ+ Staff/Faculty Hour: Online the first Tuesday of the month at noon. Join the center's E-Newsletter for the zoom  link. Meetings continue over the Summer.
• Our 2023-24 Year In Review is now online - check out the 273 activities the center helped make happen last academic year

UCR Land Acknowledgement

We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla [ka-wee-ahh], Tongva [tong-va], Luiseño [loo-say-ngo], and Serrano [se-ran-oh] peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.
Download and read the full Land Acknowledgement from UCR Native American Student Programs.