Academics
Undergraduate Minor
The Program in Women's Studies offers a minor in Queer Studies, providing students with an opportunity to study sexuality as a complex historical and cultural formation, rather than merely a feature of intimacy or an outcome of universal and unchanging biological forces. UCI’s minor was established in 2005, and is one of a growing number of similar degrees being offered at universities and colleges internationally. Queer Studies scholarship addresses a number of central questions: What constitutes the history of sexuality? How is gender related to sexuality? How are cultural norms of sexuality linked to assumptions about the proper desires and capacities of bodies? How is sexuality linked to processes of racialization? By what means and to what ends is sexuality policed?
Scholarships & Fellowships:
Purpose: Scholarship is intended for a continuing student who has both benefited from and contributed to the LGBTRC. This merit scholarship provides financial assistance to students currently enrolled at UCI who identify as part of the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community and participate in the activities of the UCI LGBT Resource Center.
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to UCI students who contribute to improving the campus environment for lesbian gay bisexual and transgender students.
Purpose: the Dennis W. Cabaret Scholarship was created in 1998 to promote higher education and scholastic achievement coupled with community-based activism within the lesbian gay community in Orange County, California.
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to graduate students studying male or female homosexuality, including but not limited to sociological, medical, political, historical and legal ramifications or to the study of life and work of James J. Harvey.
Leadership Opportunities
Student Internships
Undergraduates or Graduate students can apply to be an Intern with the LGBT Resource Center. Type of Internships vary each year based on LGBT Resource Center needs. Intern positions are paid monthly stipends, work 10 hours per week, and are held for the entire academic year.
1.3 Academic Units
Undergraduate students can inquire about volunteering in the LGBT Resource Center for 1.3 academic units of pass or no pass. Requirements for 1.3 units include completing 30 hours of service and producing a reflection paper in one quarter. For the latest requirements and updates on receiving 1.3 units, contact the LGBT Resource Center staff directly.
Leadership Retreats
All students are encouraged to participate in annual or quarterly LGBT Resource Center Leadership Retreats. Leadership Retreats vary from day-long to weekend sessions, and may cover communication, team-building, high ropes coures, identity development, action-planning, etc.
The LGBT Resource Center welcomes students, staff, or faculty who are simply interested in associating and getting involved with the Resource Center. Volunteer service can range from one-time event volunteer to weekly or ongoing service within the Resource Center. Contact LGBT Resource Center staff with interests or ideas for volunteering.
Student Organizations:
Undergraduate Organization
Irvine Queers (IQ) was founded in 1972. IQ are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Ally, and Questioning students from UCI and the local community. IQ is a social, educational, political, and service organization, with the purpose to enhance the Queer & Ally experience at UCI.
Graduate Organization
The Queer Graduate Caucus (QGC) is a graduate student initiative at UCI supporting a queer-friendly university environment. The QGC serves as a catalyst for social and academic networking on the UCI campus for students, faculty, staff, and their Allies by sponsoring social events, lectures, discussion groups, and political activism. The QGC also provides prospective graduate students with informaiton about the UCI community and resources the in Orange County area.
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