Queer Cal Pals

Mission Statement: 

Queer Cal Pals is a campus program created to connect incoming LGBTQ+ undergraduates with continuing LGBTQ+ undergraduates and our local queer and trans community, as well as all the resources available to them! The program takes place in the fall semester and is open to LGBTQ+ undergraduates completely free of cost. Each cohort participates in exciting events such as attending Oakland Pride and touring the Castro District in SF!! Contact us at qcp@berkeley.edu with any questions.

Pal (MENTEE; INCOMING STUDENT) Applications

Queer Cal Pals is a campus program created to connect incoming LGBTQ+ students to our local queer and trans community and all the resources available to them!! We pair incoming LGBTQ+ undergraduates with a current LGBTQ+ undergraduate trained to ease their transition into life at Cal for their first semester on campus.  Apply in the Spring for a fun fall semester of community and purpose!!

Submit your Pal application by TO BE ANNOUNCED END OF SPRING 2025.

Buddy (MENTOR; CONTINUING STUDENT) Applications

Queer Cal Pals is a campus program created to connect continuing LGBTQ+ students to incoming LGBTQ+ undergraduates; as a continuing student, you will be trained to help ease an incoming student into Cal's queer community and all the resources available to them!! Apply now HERE(link is external)for a fun fall semester of community and purpose!!

Submit your Buddy application by February 14th, 2025 at 11:59pm.

Queer Cal Pals is a program of the Gender Equity Resource Center. Please bookmark this page or check out linktr.ee/ucbgeneq to get on our mailing list or follow us on social media!