Past Events
The LGBTQIA+ center is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our diverse and intersectional community. There’s so much expertise and scholarship at Boston University to draw inspiration from. Check out this list of past events to get a sense of the programming we provide. And if you have an idea for topics or presentations that might benefit our community, please reach out.
BU LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series
What Does It Take to Breach the Cisheteronormativity of the Modern Language Classroom?, Featuring Ashley R. Moore, Assistant Professor of TESOL in the Department of Language and Literacy Education
Transmasculinity on Television Featuring Patrice Oppliger, Assistant Professor of Communications
Commemorative and Awareness Days
Be You at BU: A Panel of LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff
Trans Day of Visibility Celebration (annual)
Remembering our Transcestors: TDOR Vigil and Dinner (annual)
International Pronouns Day Tabling (annual)
Be You At BU and Be You At BUMC
Aromantic Awareness Week Celebration
Banned Books Storytime Marathon! (LMS)
Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day
LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff Open House for National Coming Out Day
Be You at BUMC: Celebrating Our Community on National Coming Out Day
Be You at BU: Celebrating Our Community on National Coming Out Day
Community Building Events and Celebrations
Pride Soirée (annual)
LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon at BUMC – Spring 2024 (annual)
Grab n’ Gab Breakfast (monthly)
LGBTQIA+ at the Theatre: Mr. Parent
LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon – Fall 2023 (annual)
Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC) Faculty & Staff Affinity Lunch
Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, Gender Non-Conforming, and Two-Spirit Faculty & Staff Affinity Lunch
LGBTQIA+ Faculty Welcome Back Reception (annual)
LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon @ BUMC – Spring 2023 (annual)
Community Collaborations and Cosponsorships
All for Love Pride Fest at BU Beach
Pride Night at Fenway (annual)
CAS LGBTQIA+ Pride Luncheon (CAS)
Lavender Ceremony (annual)
Grrreasetime with the BU Cycle Kitchen
Jeffery Zuckerman – My Moi: Translation as Autobiography
Black Trans Poetics: A Reading with Cameron Awkward-Rich, Levi Cain, and JR Mahung
Jee Leong Koh – Living the Li(f)e of Translation in English
Artist Talk-Natural Wanderment: Native-Led Environmental Movements with Matika Wilbur
Gallery Tour – Natural Wanderment: Native-Led Environmental Movements
Remembering Our Transcestors: International Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil and Dinner
Asexual and Aromantic Allyship in Queer Communities
Professional Development Panel and Networking Event (GWISE and oSTEM)
Living with Monkey: A Lecture with Eli Clare
The Anti-Racist Roots of Queer and Trans Activism: A History of Direct Action and the Body
Lecture: Gay Liberation Goes to Church (WGS)
HIV & STI Testing Site – Free & Confidential
Supporting Folks Living with HIV/AIDS: World AIDS Day Panel
Film Screenings
Screening: Best of Wicked Queer Shorts
LMS & Wicked Queer Screening: Best of Wicked Queer Shorts
LMS Film Screening & Post-Film Conversation: Rafiki
LMS Film Screening: Saving Face
2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Go Fish
2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Chasing Amy
2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Focus Groups
Informational Sessions
Large Lectures, Panels, and Keynote Addresses
Fashion as Resistance with Van Bailey
Touching the Art with Queer Author & Activity Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Book Talk & Signing
The State of Anti-Trans Legislation
Fighting For Family: Recognizing and Protecting the Rights of LGBTQIA+ Parents (LMS)
Portraits of Pride: A Celebration of Queer and Trans Lives in Boston (LMS)
At Every Stage of the System: The Criminalization and Over-Incarceration of LGBTQIA+ People (LMS)
The Life and Love of LGBTQ+ People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (LMS)
What’s So Dangerous About a Picture Book?: Resisting the Ban on Children’s and YA Literature (LMS)
“A” is for Asexual Liberation: Centering Ace Aro Identities and Creating a Movement (LMS)
“We’re Not Going Back”: Protecting and Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights in 2022 (LMS)
Queer History is American History: Historical Perspectives on LGBTQIA+ Identity and Experience (LMS)
Roe & Dobbs: The Ripple Effects of the SCOTUS Ruling on Democracy and Our Futures
Professional Development
1st Conversation: Delving Deep into Your Queer Ecology: A Three-Conversation Series
2023-2024 Manuscript Workshop Series: Stereotypes & Scripts by Samia Hesni
Navigating Your Career – LGBTQIA+ Staff Edition
From Safe Spaces to Thriving Spaces
Queering Race & Identity at BU & Queering Race & Identity at BU Part 2