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(link sends e-mail) 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 Now Here(link is external). Submit your application by Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025 at 11:59pm.

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)(link is external)for a fun fall semester of community and purpose!!

Buddy applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the beginning of the Fall 2025 semester.