See what’s happening
At UBC, we’re proud to celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff. Explore the many Pride activities at our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, connect with your community, and reflect on what each of us can to do support 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion.
Featured UBC Events
UBC Vancouver
- June 4 | An Evening in Support of CampOUT!
- June 14 | Invisible and Marginalized Women’s Communities in Hong Kong 看不見的香港邊緣性別社群
- June 19 | Wellbeing Walk & Roll – The Really Gay History Tour
- June 26 | 2024 UBC Pride Connect: 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty & staff reception
- July 24 | BranchingOUT 2024: A Celebration of Plants, Pride and LGBTQ2S+ Community
UBC Okanagan
- June 3 | Queer Zine Fair
- June 20 | Pony Cabaret
Featured Community Events
Vancouver
- August 4 | Vancouver Pride Parade
Okanagan
- June 1–9 | Kelowna Pride Week and Festival
Resources and Initiatives
Positive Space
Positive Space campaign is a university-wide initiative intended to raise awareness and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, trans and queer students, staff, faculty, alumni and allies at UBC.
Gender Diversity at UBC
At UBC, we are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming campus environment for all our sexual and gender diverse students, faculty, staff and community members. Learn about different aspects of gender diversity or find information about UBC’s systems.
SOGI UBC
SOGI UBC seeks to nurture an inclusive culture, workplace and learning environment for faculty, staff and students in the Faculty of Education and across other faculties and institutions that seek to develop inclusive climates and practices.
Student Groups
Colour Connected Against Racism
Colour Connected Against Racism is an AMS resource group that works to end racism, and all forms of oppression, discrimination and prejudice.
Gears and Queers
Gears and Queers is a club comprised of LGBTQ2SIA+ engineers and allies. They are dedicated to creating an open, accepting space for queer engineering students at UBC.
UBC Okanagan EngiQueers
A UBC Students’ Union Okanagan club that provides a safe space for LGBTQ2SIA+ students, specifically focused on engineering students and allies.
UBC Pride Collective
The Pride Collective is an AMS resource group that offers educational and social services dealing with sexual and gender diversity to the UBC community.
UBC Students Against Bigotry
UBC Students Against Bigotry seeks to promote freedom of expression and empower those whose safety or dignity are threatened.
UBCSUO Pride Resource Centre
The student-run Pride Resource Centre works to create a social atmosphere within UBC Okanagan to foster discussion and awareness on campus of sexual and gender diversity.
Of Interest
- Radically inclusive new nightlife scenes emerge from ashes of closed gay bars
- Gay dads have an image problem
- Dr. Jessica Lougheed wants to better understand our emotions
- It’s 2023, and coming out is, well, complicated.
- Pride on the page: 6 titles by UBC writers
- It’s getting better for trans, bisexual and gay youth – but there’s still room to improve
- Learn about history of Canadian Pride: https://www.queerevents.ca/canada/pride/history#queerdates
- Learn about the numerous Pride flags for different 2SLGBTQIA+ communities: https://equity.ubc.ca/pride-flags/
- UBC is a member of Pride at Work. UBC community members can benefit from Pride at Work learning, leadership, and networking opportunities.