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About the QRC

 

Our Goals:

  • To provide and advocate a safe space for GLBTQ students and allies to meet and socialize on campus.
  • To educate the University population about sexual and gender diversity through forums, social events and other programming in order to eliminate ignorance and homophobia within PSU.
  • To provide alternative cultural and social events to enhance the campus experience of students.
  • To actively address oppression and discrimination in all forms, including those made on the basis of sexual orientation or preference, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, class, age, and abilities; as well as any other forms of oppression.

 

Our Safe Space Policy:

At either the Queer Resource Center, or events sponsored by the QRC, we ask that participants be respectful of the full diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual. and transgender people, including the following: differences in sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, class, age, and abilities; as well as all beliefs and affiliations.

 

The History of the Queer Resource Center:

The Queer Resource Center opened in 2005 to provide a physical space for students, staff and faculty to gather to promote queer awareness on campus. The Queer Resource Center works together with a number of on-campus organizations to reach their goals, including campus organizations: Women's Resource Center, the Center for Student Health and Counseling, the Multicultural Center, the Women's Studies Department, SAGE: Sexual and Gender Equality Task Force.

The Queer Resource Center works with several umbrella organizations throughout the year, through cosponsored programming and collaboration: Queer Straight Alliance and The Spectrum.

 

Our Location at Portland State University:

Our office, located in Smith Memorial Student Union room 401, has a resource hub where individuals can gather information on topics ranging from personal heath and safety to local agencies serving the GLBTQ community in the greater Portland Metro area, a lounge where students can hang out, study, and get to know one another, and a library with books on a wide variety of GLBTQ related topics available for checkout.