UMD LGBTQ+ community, allies celebrate culture, discuss Trump’s threats at Q’mmunity Kiki
This university’s LGBTQ+ Equity Center hosted the kiki, which are social gatherings rooted in Black and brown LGBTQ+ ballroom culture.
The Diamondback’s Love & Relationships in College Park
This semester, reporters from The Diamondback explored College Park’s bars, interviewed couples around campus and penned essays about the frustrating realities of modern college dating to create our latest special edition: Love & Relationships in College Park.
A gay guy’s guide to dating in College Park
To put it lightly, College Park is not the center of the gay universe. There’s a realization many LGBTQ+ freshmen make when they arrive at this university — it’s pretty straight.
Award-winning writer shares journey as a Black LGBTQ+ author at UMD event
At a talk hosted by the LGBTQ+ Equity Center, Saeed Jones detailed his literary career and growing up in the South.
UMD SGA allocates more than $1,700 in additional funding for gender-affirming care items
The bill continues a spring 2023 program where SGA allocated $1,500 to the LGBTQ+ Equity Center for gender-affirming care items.
College Park ranked fifth-best Washington, D.C., suburb
College Park was the only Prince George’s County city in the top six of last month’s rankings by Livability.
UMD LGBTQ+ Equity Center holds lecture on queerness in Haitian vodou
The University of Miami’s Eziaku Nwokocha spoke about the intersection of queerness and Haitian vodou at a virtual lecture on Tuesday.
La comunidad de la UMD reflexiona sobre su nombramiento como la universidad más amigable con LGBTQ+ del país
Las clasificaciones midieron qué tan amigable una universidad es con la comunidad LGBTQ+ basada en la calidad académica, la accesibilidad de costo y el índice de Campus Pride.
UMD community reflects on being named nation’s most LGBTQ+-friendly college
The rankings measured how LGBTQ+-friendly colleges are based on academic quality, affordability and the Campus Pride Index.
New LGBTQ+ Equity Center director to focus on fostering community
Oliveira began the position this summer after the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion office conducted a yearlong search for a new director. The center’s former acting director, Shige Sakurai, resigned in 2022.