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.

News and Upcoming Events

Please support the local businesses that have supported us this semester: Food For Thought Books, Big Y, Bueno y Sano, Loose Goose Cafe, and D.P. Dough

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LGBTQ Coming Out Support Group
Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Room 102, Wilder Hall, UMass

Are you coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer? Are you already out, but want a place of support to talk about being LGBTQ?

The UMass Stonewall Center, in partnership with the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, will host a weekly drop-in group for students who want to talk about their experiences as members of the LGBTQ community.

Open to all Five College students. Wheelchair accessible location. For more information: Hillary: 413-545-4824 or Chelsea: cdann@uhs.umass.edu

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The 15th Annual Rainbow Graduation and LGBTQA Awards Ceremony
Thursday, May 2, 7-8 p.m.
Amherst Room, 10th Floor, UMass Campus Center

A recognition of UMass lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally (LGBTQA) students who will be graduating for friends, family, and the LGBTQA community.

Keynote Speaker and "Continuing the Legacy of Stonewall" Award Recipient: S. Bear Bergman, a storyteller and theater artist who is the author of books such as Butch Is a Noun and the editor of Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation .

In addition to recognizing graduates, we will also be presenting student, faculty/staff, campus department, and community awards.

Open to the public. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Stonewall Center and the UMass Pride Alliance.

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/463439030390907