Pride Alliance at the University of Maryland 
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    Our Resources:

    • Join us on Facebook
    • Get the newsletter by emailing our Director of Communications, AJ
    • Check out our small groups
    • Trans101- what is "transgender"? Definitions and notes that will help you understand the trans community on campus and beyond. 

    Other Campus Groups:

    • Hamsa- Hillel's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Questioning, and Allies student group at UMD. Everyone and anyone is more than welcome to join Hamsa. This group is simply for everyone who wants to make the Jewish community a more comfortable place for LGTBQ students and more accepting of LGBTQ students. To get on our mailing list please e-mail Hamsa.Umd@gmail.com.
    • oSTEM-  Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
    • Queer Grads- Queer Graduate Group at University of Maryland

    Resources on Campus:

    • Office of LGBT Equity- The Office of LGBT Equity is a professionally staffed office that is part of the University of Maryland. Location: 2218 Marie Mount Hall. Building Phone: 301-405-8720. We envision the University of Maryland as an institution where equity prevails for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, staff, faculty, and alumni. We provide a wide range of information, education, and support services regarding sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, and we work to establish and maintain a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for sexual and gender minorities, their families and friends, and the campus community.
    • LGBT Studies Program- The LGBT Studies Program offers an undergraduate certificate and a minor. The certificate is a 21-credit interdisciplinary course of study comprised of 15 required and 6 elective credits. The minor is a 15-credit interdisciplinary course of study.
    • MICA LGBT Student Involvement and Advocacy- MICA (Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy) is a department of the Division of Student Affairs. The LGBT Coordinator is our faculty advisor. "We are committed to the creation and maintenance of a campus environment where LGBT identity and issues are affirmed and supported."
    • The One Project (website, Facebook) is the First-Year Experience for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Ally students at the University of Maryland, College Park. They have a bunch of really cool events coming up and y’all should check them out! Their calendar of events is here.

    Health Resources:
    • UM Health Center, Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program (SARPP)
    • UM Health Center, LGBT Resources
    • UM Health Center, Women's Health
    • UM Health Center, Sexual Health
    • UM Center for Health and Wellbeing

    Resources Around Town:

    Fun Times
    • Reel Affirmations, DC's Annual LGBT Film Festival
    • The DC Kings, An avant-garde performance-art troupe of gender variant performers in and around DC
    Health Care Resources
    • Whitman Walker Clinic, Support groups and LGBT affirmative health care
    • Mautner Project, Improving the health of women (lesbian, bisexual, transgender) through education and advocacy
    • Gay Men's Health Crisis
    Advocacy and Activism Groups
    • Equality Maryland, Marriage Equality in MD
    • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Teaching Activism and Grassroots Lobbying
    • The Human Rights Campaign: The biggest LGBT lobbying organization in the US
    • ChoiceUSA, Promoting Leadership for a Pro-Choice Future (Previously Gender Public Advocacy Coalition)
    • Transgender Law and Policy Institute, Effecting Advocacy for Transgender People
    • National Center for Lesbian Rights, Advancing LGBT Rights through legal means
    • Out & Equal, Workplace Advocates
    • GMHC, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
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