Students, staff, and faculty had all voiced their opinions around renaming the Queer Resource Center. As America grieves George Floyd’s death, some say the LGBTQ+ community can honor his memory by ensuring that Black and Brown people are included on the Pride flag. Spring 2004: The Advisory Board discussed a concern they had for the Queer Resource Center. A 2018 redesign including Black, Brown, and trans pride stripes is going viral, with some calling for it to become the new symbol of the LGBTQ+ community. A budget was created and approved by the ASOSU Senate. It was then a need was identified for our own permanent, larger location on campus. Winter 2004: The Queer Resource Center had expanded rapidly over the first years of operation.
May 2001: The budget was approved by the President of OSU and the Queer Resource Center was born.
March 14, 2001: The Student Fee's Committee unanimously passed the Student Involvement's proposed budget for the Queer Resource Center! November 2000: Student Involvement identified money from their budget that could go toward the center and helped to identify a temporary space in the Women's Center. If you would like to be connected to our resources from afar, please let us know, and we will work to include you in our efforts.įall 1999: Students from various groups on campus identified a need for a safe space with support services for LGBTQQIA and allied students. There was a flag designed between the standard pride flag and the progress flag, it added the black and brown stripes to represent LGBT+ POC, it was made as a direct response to racism WITHIN the community. Trans and LGBT+ POC are under attack, from both within and outside of the community. We welcome everyone to join us – even from a distance. The progress flag was designed out of need. Additionally, OSU continues to have a five-star rating and is ranked in the top 20 LGBT-friendly campuses from Campus Pride's LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index. OSU itself was named one of the top LGBT campuses in the United States by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students" in 2006. The Pride Center is a safe space for all members of our community to explore aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity in an open and non-judgmental atmosphere. The Pride Center affirms the identities and empowers the lives of people who are LGBTQQIAA by providing education, outreach, program support, consultation, community development, visibility, and advocacy. The Pride Center provides programs and support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual members of the on-campus and online OSU community and their allies (LGBTQQIAA). The classic LGBTQ+ flag has faced several revisions including the addition of stripes to represent the LGBTQ+ POC community and trans community in recent years.