Community Resources

The following is a list (in no particular order) of various LGBTQ+ themed organizations and groups. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it always accurate due to the ebb and flow of student organizations, please here to do a searchof your own for student groups. Click here for more information on how to start your own student organization. LGBTQ+ identified groups and leaders may seek advising with a GenEq staff person,their contact information here. Lastly, there may be organizations that aren’t registered with the school, so if you’re looking for something in particular make sure to ask a staff person!

Quick Resources

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer + (LGBTQ+) Programs and Services

Em Huang

>Director of LGBTQ+ Advancement & Equity, Gender Equity Resource Center

Email:em.huang@berkeley.edu

Phone No:510-335-5672

Office location:202 Cesar Chavez Student Center #2440

Queer Alliance Resource Center (QARC)

http://queer.berkeley.edu

The Queer Alliance and Resource Center is a student-run organization in charge of providing social, educational, and safe sex programming for the queer and trans community on campus, and also acts as an umbrella organization for all active queer/trans communities on campus. The Queer Alliance Resource Center strives to transform UC Berkeley into a safe and affirming space for the trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer community. QARC empowers and enriches the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff at UC Berkeley through advocacy, service, and engagement.

LGBTQ Counseling

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides individual counseling, group counseling and crisis support on a walk-in basis. Whether or not you want to identify yourself as LGBTQ+ is completely up to you. A list of LGBTQ+-identified counseling staff is available at https://uhs.berkeley.edu/pride/counseling. Social Servicesprovides confidential services and counseling to help students with managing problems that can emerge from illness such as financial, academic, legal, family concerns, etc.

LGBTQ Health Education

2nd Floor Tang Center, Health Promotion, 2222 Bancroft Way (510) 642-7202

The Health Promotion unit offers:

• Health coaching appointments around LGBTQ sexuality and sexual health concerns
• Free rapid HIV antibody testing through the Sexual Health Education Program's Sexpert Education Clinic
• Student-led sexual health workshops tailored to LGBTQ issues through the Sexual Health Education Program

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Student Organizations and Groups

See below for a list of active student organizations! This list was last updated June 2, 2024 and is accurate to the best of our knowledge - if you have more recent information about any of the below, or want to add your new organization, please email geneq@berkeley.edu! To see a list of organizations that are currently inactive, click here.

To find the meetings times and locations for the below organizations, please email them or check their organizational website/facebook page (hyperlinked in the group name)!

Additionally, you may want to look at these pages as well. While they're not student organizations, you may want to check out two LGBTQ+-focused residential communities, the Oscar Wilde LGBT-Themed Co-op and UNITY House, and various academic opportunities, as they are also nodes of community!

Berkeley Law Queer Caucus

Graduate Students

Since its founding in 1978, the Queer Caucus has worked to eradicate the legal, political, and social oppression of LGBTQ people, and to provide an affirming, supportive base for students of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. This mission is complimented by our commitment to intersectional work and coalition building with a broad spectrum of other student organizations and journals on campus. The Queer Caucus is comprised of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender variant, queer law students and allies. We strive to provide social opportunities and support for our members, to develop an academic environment that supports queer scholarship, and to organize events relating to political, social, and legal issues affecting the queer community. In addition to maintaining a strong and visible community of LGBTQ students, the Queer Caucus works with LGBT attorneys at public interest organizations, private firms, and government agencies to create networks of support between Berkeley Law students and alumni. For more information, please send an IG message @berkeleylawqc

Cal Queer & Asian

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Cal Queer and Asian (Cal Q&A) is a club dedicated to forming community, safe space, and discussion centering around the Queer and Asian identities. Anyone of any identity (no need to identify as queer or asian!) with genuine interest and respect for the community is welcome to join! Cal Q&A was founded a decade ago on the UC Berkeley campus as a student organization dedicated to the intersectionality of the Queer and Asian identities. Through weekly meetings, various monthly events, and our annual conference, Cal Q&A acts as a safe space, social group and support network for any and every student on the UC Berkeley campus. If you’re new to the space or a returning member who wants to get more involved, sign up for the sib system! For more information email calqanda@gmail.com or check out their linktree.

Gamma Rho Lambda

Undergraduate Students

Gamma Rho Lambda (ΓΡΛ) is the first national, college-based, Queer and Ally greek organization. We are an all gender-inclusive sorority who aim to provide a safe space and support system for queer and allied individuals. Gamma Rho Lambda is part of the Multicultural Greek Council (MCGC) participates in other LGBTQ+ centered events like QT Pie and UC Berkeley’s queer, trans, LGBTQ+ welcome event. Outside of the Greek community, they also collaborate with other queer organizations by hosting workshops and holding events. Feel free to contact them with any questions and check them out on Facebook and Instagram!

IGenSpectrum

Graduate Students

IGenSpectrum is a student group that aims to provide a welcoming place for queer physicists at all levels within the UC Berkeley physics department. They host a variety of events ranging from low-key coffee meetups and movie nights with the goal of fostering community and friendship to more serious events which offer opportunities for thought and reflection. More broadly, their organization seeks to make the UC Berkeley physics department a more welcoming and supportive place for LGBTQ+ people by advocating with the department, performing outreach, and creating opportunities for professional development

oSTEM: Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

We are the UC Berkeley chapter of the National oSTEM organization Our aim is to unite LGBTQ+ students studying STEM to foster a strong professional and social network and to promote LGBTQ+ awareness within the academic and professional communities. For more information see our website,Facebook page, or email us at ostem.berkeley@gmail.com.

Out for Business (O4B)

Undergraduate Students

O4B develops, inspires, and connects the next generation of LGBT business professionals at UC Berkeley. O4B strives to foster diversity, inclusiveness, and a strong sense of community for LGBTQIA undergraduates interested in the fields of business, consulting, banking, marketing, management, and similar industries through developing, inspiring, and connecting the next generation of professionals. For more information email o4batberkeley@gmail.com.

Plurality: UC Berkeley's First Plurisexual (Bi, Pan, Omni,+) and Ally Group

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Plurality: California's first and only public school Plurisexual and Ally group. But whats a plurisexual? It is someone who is sexually/romantically interested in more than one sex/gender. Also known as a non-monosexual. Examples of plurisexual sexualities may identify as (but are not limited to) bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, polysexual, heteroflexible, and homoflexible.

Q@Haas

Graduate Students

Q@Haas was founded in 1992 by students Ben Burbridge (MBA 92), Adrienne Torf (MBA 92), Garrett Hornsby (MBA 92), and Mike Brantjes (MBA 93) to serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender MBA community at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Q@Haas has four main goals to help accomplish this mission: To build and support lasting connections between and among Haas' students, faculty, staff, and alumni. To enhance the professional and personal development of LGBTQ students at Haas. To increase LGBTQ visibility within the larger Haas community, ensuring Haas remains an open and inclusive environment. To build awareness around issues of diversity both at school and in the workplace. For more information, email them at QatHaas@berkeley.edu

Queer + Allied Pre-Health / Pre-Med Association (QAPPA)

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

A new student organization dedicated to the professional, academic, and social development of queer and allied students pursuing a future in healthcare or medicine. Email berkeleyqappa@gmail.com with questions.

Queer of Color Working Group

Graduate Students

The Queer of Color Working Group focuses on reading and sharing recent work in queer of color scholarship, and discussing them through the intersections of critical race and sexuality studies on a transnational level. For the AY 2021-2022, the group will be facilitated by Miguel Samano and Sofi Chavez. To join the group mailing list or receive readings, e-mail either facilitator at miguel_samano@berkeley.edu and sofia_chavez@berkeley.edu.

Queer Grads

Graduate Students

Queer Grads is a student organization that aims to provide a community for LGBTQ+ graduate students in all academic disciplines. Our main goals are: (a) to act as an information source, offering informational referrals and aid in navigating university services for LGBTQ+ students; (b) to provide an arena for activism and discussion; and (c) to provide opportunities for social networking. Learn more about us in our Google Doc; Join our mailing list or send an email at calqueergrads@berkeley.edu

Queering Public Health

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Queering Public Health (QPH) is a space dedicated to fostering community for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, allies, or other identities (from here on, referred to as queer); creating a learning environment where students and faculty produce and share research that represents queer individuals and queers the norms of Public Health; and leading advocacy and service in the name of underrepresented individuals on our campus and in our broader communities. The QPH group was formed in response to the lack of space to discuss queerness in the context of Public Health. This group is intended to fill this gap by providing a number of opportunities including social networking, research, and service for queer students and their allies interested in advancing health. Email questions to queersph@berkeley.edu

Queer Student Union (QSU)

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

QSA strives to provide a “safe space” where every individual can be free of harassment, discrimination, isolation, judgment, and/or violence that occur because of who they are. We will achieve these results by empowering and motivating students and student/community leaders to end inequalities that exist at Cal and in our society. For more information email qsuberkeley@gmail.com.

Queer Womxn @ Berkeley (QW@B)

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

A safe (and FUN) space for all who have ever, currently do, or will ever identify as Queer Womxn and their allies. Email queerwomxnatberkeley@gmail.com to get on the listserve, as well as learn about meeting times and social events!

QuERGies

Graduate Students

QuERGies is the student-led Energy & Resources Group (ERG) queer network. ERG is an interdisciplinary graduate program at UC Berkeley. QuERGies is a social group, focused on creating safe spaces for ERG students, alumni, ERG-affiliated queer folks, and their partners. For more information, you may contact quergies-owner@lists.berkeley.edu.

Sigma Epsilon Omega (SEO)

Undergraduate Students

To maintain a safe and empowering social space that promotes lifelong bonds through scholarship, community service, leadership, and engagement in both the Queer and Greek communities on campus for students with a diverse range of sexual orientations, gender identities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. For more information, please contact info@sigmaepsilonomega.com.

T-Cal: A Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Space

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

T-Cal is a group that seeks to address the spectrum of gender and gender expression, especially for students, faculty and staff who may identify across the transgender spectrum at UCB. Join us for conversation, community, and resources! The facebook group is no longer active so for more information email tcalatberkeley@gmail.com or Contact Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu.

Young Queers United for Empowerment (YQUE!)

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

YQUE! (Young Queers United for Empowerment) is a weekly meeting space centered on discussing the intersections of queer, Latinx, and Indigena identities. For more information, please contact yque.ucberkeley@gmail.com.

Zawadi: Black LGBT Community at Cal

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

’Zawadi’ is Swahili for ‘gift.’ This name was chosen in recognition of the fact that each of us is a precious gift to our families, our communities, and to the world. This group is a social, academic and political networking organization for LGBT and Same Gender Loving students, alumni, faculty, staff and post-docs of African Ancestry* at UC Berkeley. We are interested in increasing visibility and understanding of the Black LGBT experience at Cal (UCB) and beyond. Allies of African Ancestry Welcome. *African Ancestry (African American, Multi Racial, Afro Caribbean, Black, bi racial,….you get the picture…the diaspora).

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Campus Wide

Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the LGBTQ Community at Cal

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Community at Cal is a standing committee reporting to the Chancellor, comprised of UC Berkeley staff, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. To promote a tolerant and inclusive campus environment, the committee regularly identifies, analyzes, and advises the Chancellor and senior administration on needs and concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer faculty, staff, students, alumni, and affiliates at UC Berkeley. For more information, please contact cac_lgbt@berkeley.edu.

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System Wide

University of California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Association

(currently inactive, only archives remain)

The University of California Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Association (UCLGBTIA) exists for the purpose of supporting and promoting the University of California community with respect to diverse sexual and/or gender orientations. The Association exists to create a positive environment conducive to the well-being of the members of the community. Membership of the UCLGBTIA includes, but is not limited to, faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, staff, and alumni of the University of California campuses.

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Currently Inactive Student Groups

Khush: South Asian Queer, Questioning and LGBTQIA Space

Are you a South-Asian who is either questioning your sexuality or gender or identifies as an LGBTQIA person? We are a group of South Asians who are looking to create a safe, closed, secret and private space for South Asian queer and questioning folks to hang out. The space will be completely confidential and we have the utmost respect for your confidentiality. Please e-mail us at khush.berkeley@gmail.com if you are interested in attending our meetings, receiving more information, or have any questions, comments or suggestions!

Q-Jew

Q-Jew is Berkeley Hillel’s initiative to enhance the presence of Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Ally Jews on the Cal campus and within the Berkeley community. Q-Jew facilitates discussion and engagement of LGBTQ and Jewish identity through regular group meetings, events, and equality campaigns. Q-Jew is committed to maintaining a safe space for the LGBTQ community within Judaism and strives to “queer” the Jewish community as it exists in Berkeley. Q-Jew is a member of the Jewish Student Union and of QARC, Queer Alliance Resource Center. See their website for contact information.

Queer Continuum

The Queer Continuum is a caucus of the Social Welfare Graduate Assembly (S.W.G.A.) Graduate students at the School of Social Welfare created Queer Continuum to organize social events as well as panel discussions, workshops, and advocacy around queer issues.

Queer Diversions

Queer Diversions is a queer social group open to all. Activities include: Hiking, Outdoor Games, Movies, Parties, Board Games, Camping, Party Games, City Trips, and many other things. Queer Diversions is currently inactive.

SNAPS: A Queer People of Color Space

We unite ourselves with one rainbow flag- a symbol for communal unity, yet all too often we neglect the individuals that come together to form that one symbol. As a community we find empowerment through unity, but at what cost? The amazing diversity here at Cal allows for everyone to bring their own individual perspective to the table, but very often we don't feel welcome to dinner. "There is no racism in the queer community" is a frequent dismissal to us, a denial of the basic fact that we are a very diverse and heterogeneous community that finds commonality in identifying with queer issues. Queer People of Color aims to acknowledge our community's immense diversity. Let's find empowerment as individuals and as a community. Let's work towards a community that lives up to our pre-college expectations that were more often than not, disappointed by the time we got here... it is time for queer people of color to be acknowledged and recognized... this is OUR opportunity to stand up and be heard.

Student Coalition for Marriage Equality

Student Coalition for Marriage Equality began as an organization committed to gaining equal marriage rights for same sex couples. Our mission has grown since our founding and we now engage the entire campus in the fight for a number of rights of the queer community--from the right to give life at blood drives to the right to have bully-free schools. To increase visibility and awareness of issues facing the queer community as well as to work toward a more equitable America, SCME holds a number of marriage demonstrations, fundraisers, campaigning events, and social gatherings throughout the year. E-mail us at calscme@gmail.com or check out our blog at CalSCME.blogspot.com to learn more about how you can get involved in the fight for equal rights.

Trans*Action at UC Berkeley

Trans*Action is a student run collaborative organization that works to increase equity, inclusion, and awareness of transgender and gender non-conforming identified students on campus. For more information email trans.actionberkeley@gmail.com.

Young Leaders for Empowerment and Diversity (YLEAD)

The Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) will host the two day YLEAD camp for high school aged queer and ally youth to visit the UC Berkeley campus and to learn the skills necessary to become better leaders. YLEAD strives to empower, educate, and inspire queer and ally youth, while promoting higher education and youth activism. For more information, please contact calylead@gmail.com.

UNITY Theme Program & Resource Center

The Unity Theme Program is a living-learning community that promotes identity exploration and community engagement through a lens of gender and sexual diversity and challenges students to engage issues affecting the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. With help from the academic seminar, residential experience, and resource center, the program specializes in strong community and leadership development, activism, and education while providing resources and support in a queer and trans community space.

NorCal T-Camp

NorCal T-Camp is an intercampus retreat for northern California college and university students to explore gender identity and expression and to engage in dialogue with their peers. This event is specifically for students who are trans, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, gender questioning, agender, gender creative, gender fluid or anywhere else on the gender spectrum.

Oakland Pride Parade & Festival

It is the mission of Oakland Pride to celebrate the cultures and diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community in Oakland and the East Bay. We are dedicated to educating the greater community, promoting equality, civic involvement and responsibility within Oakland and neighboring communities. Oakland Pride is committed to facilitating leadership and coalition building for the funding and development of the first LGBTQ community center in Oakland for everyone.

Queer and Trans People of Color Conference (QTPOCC)

QTPOCC is a yearly conference for Queer and Trans People of Color. Stay tuned for more details for this year's conference.

Folsom St. Fair

Folsom Street cultivates a safe, open, and inclusive environment for the kink, leather, and alternative sexuality communities while centering equity for BIPOC and LGBTQA2I+ people. They are rooted historically in the fight against gentrification and displacement here in San Francisco, on unceded Ohlone land, and worldwide. They unite, strengthen, and affirm the community through support, resources, education, advocacy, visibility, and celebration by centering and uplifting marginalized voices. They are dedicated to sexual liberation and the human right to pleasure as a crucial part of the whole liberation movement.

Cal at San Francisco Pride

The Cal Alumni Association partners with UC Berkeley's Gender Equity Resource Center to lead a contingent of Cal alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends in the annual San Francisco Pride Parade. Everyone from across the LGBTQ+ communities and our allies are welcome to join us.

Asexuality SF

Asexuality SF is dedicated to creating community spaces for aces of all stripes. They host regular social meetups every month, which are open to anyone, whether you're asexual, grey-asexual, demisexual, questioning, or just a friend. Monthly meetups currently rotate between San Francisco, Berkeley, and Sunnyvale. They also host occasional special events, including an annual Ace unConference every summer.

Transgender Communities Week

Transgender Awareness Week is designed to support UC Berkeley's community to learn more about transgender identities and issues affecting transgender communities. People who have some exposure to, and understanding of, transgender issues are encouraged to attend some of the below events, but those of you who don’t have much are especially invited to come! There is no prerequisite knowledge needed to attend any of these events!

Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf

For Deaf members of the LGBTQ+ community. From their website -- The purpose of this alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf Gays and Lesbians to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare; to foster fellowship; to defend our rights; and advocate our interests as Deaf Gay and Lesbian citizens concerning social justice; to build up an organization in which all worthy members may participate in the discussion of practical problems and solutions related to their social welfare.

Federation of Gay Games

The mission of the Federation of Gay Games is to promote equality, diversity and inclusion through sport and culture. The Gay Games is built upon the core principles of Participation, Inclusion, and Personal Best™. Based on these values, since 1982, the Gay Games have brought together people from all over the world, with diversity, respect, equality, solidarity, and sharing. The Gay Games is open to all, young or old, athlete or artist, experienced or novice, gay or straight.

GForce Sports

GForce Sports is a group of dedicated LGBT athletes and allies advocating for equality in sports regardless of sexual orientation. Their focus is on the invisible athlete — the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender athlete who must play their sport in silence and fear.

Lavender Seniors of the East Bay

For non-traditional students, Lavender Seniors of the East bay works to improve the quality of life of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Lavender Seniors advances this mission through direct services, outreach, advocacy and education. A critical aspect of this work is ensuring that LGBTQ+ elders are well-prepared emotionally, physically, legally, and socially in their later years.

Zawadi: Black QT's at Cal

This group is a social, academic and political networking organization for LGBTQ+ and Same Gender Loving students, alumni, faculty, staff and post-docs of African Ancestry* at UC Berkeley. We are interested in increasing visibility and understanding of the Black LGBT experience at Cal (UCB) and beyond. Allies of African Ancestry Welcome. *African Ancestry (African American, Multi Racial, Afro Caribbean, Black, bi racial,….you get the picture..the diaspora)

Cal Queer & Asian (Cal Q&A)

Cal Queer & Asian is a A UC Berkeley space dedicated to exploring the intersectionality of queer and Asian identities. They host virtual and in-person events.

Transgender & Gender Non-conforming Space at Cal (T-Cal)

T-Cal, a registered student organization of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley, is a community for transgender and gender non-conforming students. T-Cal's weekly support group meetings (held via Zoom) are led by an all-transgender team of student volunteer facilitators. T-Cal creates an intentional, warm, and fun space for community members to discuss various issues, identities, and experiences in a comfortable and supportive environment.

Center for LGBTQ+ & Gender Studies in Religion

CLGS's mission is to advance the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender people and to transform faith communities and the wider society by taking a leading role in shaping a new public discourse on religion, gender identity, and sexuality through education, research, community building, and advocacy.

Coalition of Welcoming Congregations of the Bay Area

The CLGS Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) brings together religious leaders, LGBT people of faith and their allies from a wide range of religious traditions in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area to form a progressive, effective and media-savvy voice on matters relating to sexuality and religion, homophobia, and the enfranchisement of LGBT people within society as a whole. By creating a strong network of congregations and local faith communities of various religious traditions and denominations throughout the Bay Area, the CWC connects local religious leaders, religious congregations/communities, and individuals of faith who are highly motivated to act as agents of positive social change. In addition, the CWC provides a powerful tool for like-minded individuals to ally themselves with other LGBT people of faith and their allies and to make known their views in the current public debates concerning religion, sexuality, and LGBT people.

Gay Lesbian and Affirming Disciples Alliance

For LGBTQ+ Christains. The Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance is an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and affirming members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They are a voice calling for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the Church. We nurture and support one another. We provide educational resources to the Church on issues important to LGBT Christians. Part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Believe Out Loud

Believe Out Loud is a digital community working to move all people toward an expansive, transformative understanding of divine love. We center and sanctify queer spirituality across our programs, from our online worship services led by LGBTQIA faith leaders to our grantmaking program supporting faith-driven LGBTQIA peacebuilders around the world. On our social media platforms, hundreds of thousands of queer people of faith and allies gather to experience affirmation of their divinity—and to heal from damaging societal messages that alienate the LGBTQIA community from spiritual resources.

Dignity SF

For LGBTQ+ Catholics. Dignity/San Francisco is a self-governing faith community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) members, Catholics, our families, and our friends, with a community based on and strengthened by the leadership and participation of our members. As a local chapter of DignityUSA, we serve LGBT+ Catholics in the San Francisco Bay Area and lend our support to other LGBT+ communities.

Gay Buddhist Fellowship

For LGBTQ+ Buddhists. GBF is a non-denominational sangha based in San Francisco, California that attracts teachers from all schools of Buddhism to offer their perspectives on the intersection of dharma and queer life in modern times. GBF welcomes people of all races, backgrounds, and gender and sexual identities: BIPOC, men, women, LGB, Trans People, differing educational and economic backgrounds, and differently-abled.

Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association

GALVA-108 is an international organization dedicated to the teachings of Lord Caitanya, the importance of all-inclusiveness within His mission, and the Vedic concept of a natural third gender. Its purpose is to help educate Vaishnavas, Hindus and the public in general about the “third sex” as described in Vedic literatures. This knowledge will help correct many of the misconceptions people hold today concerning LGBTI people--lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and the intersexed. In addition, GALVA-108 hopes to provide a friendly and positive-oriented place where third-gender devotees and guests can associate together, discuss issues, address problems, encourage one another to learn more about Krsna consciousness and advance in spiritual life.

GLIDE

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through our integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, we empower individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice. GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco

MCC San Francisco is part of the Metropolitan Community Churches, an international Christian denomination that embraces lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender persons, along with their families, friends, and advocates. They are a thriving, diverse community of Queer Christians who take joy in reclaiming God’s love through our Queerness.

Keshet

Keshet works for the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and our families in Jewish life. We strengthen Jewish communities. We equip Jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge to build LGBTQ-affirming communities, create spaces in which all queer Jewish youth feel seen and valued, and advance LGBTQ rights nationwide.

QuERGies

QuERGies is within the Energy & Resources Group within the Rausser College of Natural Resources. It is intended for LGBTQ+ Graduate Students in CNR.

Queering Public Health

Queering Public Health is a group for LGBTQ+ Graduate Students in the School of Public Health. Contact the group at queersph@berkeley.edu.

TransFaith Revival

Transfaith is a national non-profit that is led by transgender people. They are a multi-tradition, multi-racial, multi-gender, multi-generational organization working to support transgender spiritual/cultural workers and their leadership in the community. They work closely with many allied organizations, secular, spiritual, and religious, transgender-led and otherwise.

Gay Asian Pacific Alliance

For Asian students. Established in 1988 after months of discussion and soul searching from several members of the Asian Gay Men's Support Group at Berkeley's Pacific Center, GAPA was formed fundamentally to organize, integrate and nurture a growing gay & bisexual Asian and Pacific Islander (API) identity and to foster positive role models within our communities. Three decades on we continue forward as a vanguard for the queer and transgender API community in the Bay Area. We helped build institutions like the SF Community Health Center, formerly API Wellness Center, and GAPA Runway, one of the longest-running SF pageants.

Intersex Society of North America

* Archive only - For Intersex students. The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) was founded in 1993 in an effort to advocate for patients and families who felt they had been harmed by their experiences with the health care system. From these scrappy, brave, and confrontational beginnings, ISNA evolved into an important resource for clinicians, parents, and affected individuals who require basic information about disorders of sex development (DSDs) and for how to improve the health care and overall well-being of people with DSDs.

InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. People are born with these differences or develop them at a young age. Genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes can develop in many ways.That’s why interACT uses innovative legal and other strategies to advocate for the human rights of children born with differences in their genitals, chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive anatomy.