PRIDE Center

• Serves the diverse LGBTQIA+ community on campus
• Emphasizes intersectional LGBTQIA+ identities, especially those who have been historically underrepresented and disenfranchised
• Challenges what we know, or think we know, about LGBTQIA+ identity

• Creates spaces to share and disseminate information, challenge and dismantle negative stereotypes, and facilitate dialogue about marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex people in a non-judgmental atmosphere
• Advocates for improvements in campus climate regarding trans and queer issues and student success
• Opens opportunities for students to organize as they create scholarship, activist movements, and civic engagement that can transform LGBTQIA+ lives within and outside of campus

• Invites community members to learn and develop tools for maintaining mental wellness
• Supports students, staff, and faculty with speakers, scholars, and knowledge producers that can facilitate self and community care
• Organizes events that foster community alliances and systems of support to help create retention for the most marginalized within the LGBTQIA+ community

Step 1: Log into your e-Services account and select “Profile”

Step 2: Select the “Preferred” box arrow

Step 3: Update information and select “Save”

Step 4: Your screen should now display the information you indicated

You can change your Student Access Card to your affirmed/chosen name (no legal documents required) at the Admissions and Records Office. See Student Access Card for more information.

*Please note this service is not available during remote operations and will resume when campus re-opens.

We offer a Los Rios scholarship for LGBTQ+ students and allies between January and March:

• Stonewall Foundation Sam Catalano Scholarship

The following are outside (non-Los Rios) scholarships for LGBTQ+ students:

• Affordable Colleges Online - College Scholarships for LGBTQ Students