The Stonewall Center provides support, advocacy, and programming for LGBTQ and allied students, staff, and faculty at UMass Amherst and for the larger Pioneer Valley. We also seek to educate the campus and local community about heterosexism, genderism, and sexual and gender prejudice in order to create a more inclusive and welcoming climate for LGBTQ individuals and their allies.

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News and Upcoming Events

Five College Certificate in Queer and Sexuality Studies Now Available to Students at Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, and Hampshire Colleges

Spearheaded by the UMass Stonewall Center and Five College faculty, this new certificate enables students at Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, and Hampshire Colleges who are taking courses in queer and sexuality studies to have this coursework recognized (we hope to have the certificate available to UMass students in the next school year). For requirements, go to www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/queerstudies. For Fall 2012 courses that will count toward the certificate, go to http://www.umass.edu/stonewall/courses.

For more information, contact Stonewall Center Director Genny Beemyn: genny@stuaf.umass.edu

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