Your LGBTQ* Services Update for the Week of October 1 - October 7, 2018
LGBTQ* Services News and Announcements
Visit the LGBTQ* Center!
LGBTQ* Center Hours for Fall 2018 are:
Monday - Friday: 12PM - 11PM
Saturday: 12PM - 4PM
Located on the 2nd floor of West Side Dining.

The LGBTQ* Center features:
  • A large mutipurpose lounge with a tv to watch movies and play games on.
  • Several computer stations that you are welcome to use.
  • A small collaborative area to host meetings or study sessions, with state of the art technology.
  • An all-gender restroom.
  • A spacious conference room.
  • A small kitchen area to make coffee, tea, or heat up some food in the microwave.


LGBTQ* Folks of Faith
Affinity Group

LGBTQ* Folks of Faith is an Affinity Group through LGBTQ* Services that provides a space for religious and spiritual LGBTQ* folks to explore this intersection with each other and share their unique perspectives with one another to build and maintain a community in support.

Tuesdays
9:00PM - 10:00PM
LGBTQ* Center
Queer & Asian
Affinity Group

One of LGBTQ* Services' Affinity Groups, Q&A provides a casual space for LGBTQ* folks of Asian backgrounds to come and meet others, hang out, and share space with people who share this unique intersection of identity.


Wednesdays
3:00PM - 4:00PM
LGBTQ* Center

Grad Hour
at the LGBTQ* Center

One of LGBTQ* Services' Affinity Groups, Grad Hour is a space for LGBTQ* folk to come out and meet other graduate students in the communities. It's a casual setting for discussion and community building as well as a place for graduates to make changes to Stony Brook to benefit it.

Thursdays
9:30PM - 11:00PM
LGBTQ* Center
LGBTQ* and Hispanic
Affinity Group

Another LGBTQ* Services Affinity Groups, LGBTQ* and Hispanic is a group that meets bi-weekly for LGBTQ* Latinx and Hispanic folks to get together and create community together around shared LGBTQ* identities and their experiences around latinidad.

Bi-weekly on Fridays
3:30PM - 4:30PM
LGBTQ* Center
Let's Talk! At the LGBTQ* Center
LGBTQ* Services is partnering with Counseling and Psychological Services to make the LGBTQ* Center a Let's Talk location!

Let's Talk is a chance for students to drop by for brief conversations with a counselor in their communities. Students can stop by and say hello, pick up some giveaways, or stick around to discuss anything bothering them.

The counselors are caring, unbiased and trustworthy professionals, who can suggest resources for further support, if necessary.

If you would like to chat with someone about anything, you can find a counselor at the LGBTQ* Center.

Tuesdays, during the Fall semester
3:30PM - 5:30PM
LGBTQ* Center Small Conference Room
(Above West Side Dining C-Store)

LGBTQ* Services Collaboration with the SBU Food Pantry
We're starting a collaboration with the Stony Brook Food Pantry to make the LGBTQ* Center a new point on campus where students, faculty, and staff can come pick up a care package of food at no cost! We want to encourage you to take the whole bag, and if there is anything you do not want please pay it forward and give what you don't need to someone who does.

Each bag contains food from the major food groups. If you want to come pick up a bag, come to the Center and speak with one of our staff members who can show you to where we keep the pantry.

You can come grab a bag anytime the LGBTQ* Center is open during the fall!
LGBTQ* Center
(Located above West Side Dining)
Monday - Friday: 12PM - 11PM
Saturday: 12PM - 4PM
SBU Food Pantry
Gray College, ITS Center, Rm A09
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM

The Pantry is open to all SB Students, Staff and Faculty with a valid SB ID. 
Stony Brook Clubs & Orgs
Trans* Alliance and Allies
Weekly Meeting
Join Trans* Alliance and Allies for their weekly meetings! Each week they have activities, discussion topics, meet ups, and more!

Mondays
7:00PM - 8:00PM
LGBTQ* Center Workroom

Contact:
Instagram: @sbutransalliance
Stony Brook LGBTA Meeting Times
Check out Stony Brook LGBTA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance) an undergraduate club for LGBTQ* identified students!

Discussion Groups
Wednesdays
8:30PM - 10:00PM
LGBTQ* Center

General Body Meetings
Thursdays
9:00PM - 10:00PM
SAC 312

Contact:
Instagram: @sbulgbta
Facebook: SBU LGBTA Events,
House of SHADE Presents:
Kiki Time!
"Have have you heard of voguing? Serving? Realness? Shade? Are you familiar with (drag) houses and their mothers? These are all elements rooted in the kiki ballroom scene, a culture created by queer Blacks and Latinos in Harlem." From House of SHADE's Facebook page.

Come learn more about this culture with House of SHADE as they screen the Viceland TV series My House every Thursday at 7:30PM.

Thursdays
7:30PM - 9:30PM
LGBTQ* Center Workroom

Contact:
Instagram: @houseofshade.sbu
Facebook: House of SHADE SBU
Events Around Stony Brook!
Stay Connected with SB Engaged
Stay connected to all the going ons around campus from campus departments (like us at LGBTQ* Services!) and our over 400 student organizations!

SB Engaged is the online directory for all recognized student clubs & organizations, & student events on campus.
Corq is the mobile app version of this platform. If you are looking for ways to get involved on campus, these are your go to resources. 
Recreation and Wellness Weekly Support Services
Mondays
Registed dietician walk-in and/or by appointment
12pm - 4pm
631-372-1293

Massage chair available daily by appointment here
Tuesdays
PACE Screenings
10am - 3pm
631-632-3035

Student Health Services
12pm - 4pm
631-632-6740
Wednesdays
LIAAC Confidential HIV/STD/STI Walk in testing
12pm - 4pm
1-866-236-3448
Thursday
PrEP consultations and HIV testing
with Stony Brook Medicine PrEP
specialist Tara Conlon
Walk-in or by appointment
12pm - 4pm
631-559-6138
Appointment preferred (call or text)
Friday
Family Planning Benefit Program
by appointment.
Walk-in available on the 2nd & 4th
Friday of the month.
12pm - 4pm
631-678-2072 (call or text)
All services are available at no cost to students.
Services are available at the:
Walter J Hawrys Campus Recreation Center - Room 213
If you have any questions you can contact Kathleen Valerio, MS, MCHES, by email at kathleen.valerio@stonybrook.edu
Beyond Stony Brook
Registration is Open: 6th Annual SUNY Pride Conference
Pride Without Borders: Sharing Our Stories Beyond the Rainbow
The SUNY Pride Conference Committee cordially invites students, community members, resource professionals, junior and senior faculty, and administrators to submit proposals for our upcoming conference theme, Pride Without Borders: Sharing Our Stories Beyond the Rainbow...

Today’s students entering college come with new attitudes and understandings around gender and sexuality. Despite the progress made in different areas of policy, education, and pop culture, there’s still a lot of work to be done in order to give the best support and education to students in a nation full of uncertainty. To this effect, this year’s theme serves to provide an avenue for different voices to be heard and allow for greater representation of individuals who are so often silenced.

The 6th Annual SUNY Pride Conference will take place:
October 12th & 13th
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

Registration is Open: Translating Identity Conference
"Opening its doors to the public once more, the Translating Identity Conference (TIC) explores a wide array of topics in discourses regarding gender and transgender identities, expressions, communities, and intersections. The largest conference of its kind in New England, TIC is a free conference that seeks to reach not only the University of Vermont & Burlington community, but the nation as a whole.

A one-day event, TIC has numerous sessions to choose from at any time, ranging from healthcare to law to education, that are directed towards people at all levels of inclusion in the trans and allied communities. This conference is designed to be a safe space for everyone to come, learn, and enjoy themselves!"
-From the Translating Identity Conference website

The Translating Identity Conference will take place:
November, 3, 2018
Dudley H. Davis Center
590 Main Street
Burlington, VT

LGBTQ* Scholarship Opportunities
A new resource for LGBTQ* identified students from Learn How to Become is their "Scholarships & Financial Aid for LGBTQ Students" guide! It details about 20+ scholarships and grants for LGBTQ students, that provides step-by-step advice to help optimize applications! The scholarships range from identity specific scholarships, to scholarships for specific types of programs. There are a few scholarships who have deadlines coming up soon so check them out when you can!

Check in!
It's October time and officially spooky season!
Keep in mind some dates that might impact your time at Stony Brook!
Mon, Oct. 8 - Tue, Oct. 9
  • Fall Break: No classes in session.
Fri, Oct. 12, 4:00 PM
  • Move Up/Drop Down: Last day to submit an approved adjustment form for selected AMS, MAP, MAT, and PHY courses to the Office of Registrar. Changes must be processed by 4:00 PM.
Fri, Oct. 19
  • Graduation Application: Last day for Fall and Winter degree candidates to apply for graduation via SOLAR.
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