Office of Diverse Community Affairs and LGBT Concerns

Office of Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities

3 Bartlett Street, CAC
New Brunswick, NJ
08901

Phone: 732-932-1711
Fax: 732-932-3123

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Queer Student Organizations, and their friends

The Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Alliance at Rutgers University

(BiGLARU)

The oldest group of its kind and second oldest in the state, BiGLARU turned 35 in the fall of 2004. Originally, the group was called the Rutgers Homophile League, and was started by Lionel Cuffie, a black gay man who later died of AIDS. Over the years, the group took many turns, and with those turns came different names as well as different leaders. James Dale, who sued the boyscouts, was one such leader. Daniel Renzi, known to us now from the Real World Miami, was also a previous member of BiGLARU.

Today, BiGLARU exists as a social and political group aiming to create a safe space for any who wish to attend meetings. Usually, two programs are organized by the group per semester, one such including “Coming Out Day” in October. Visit their website for updated information on meetings times, program dates, and other activities: www.scils.rutgers.edu/~biglaru

Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Action

(LABIA)

“A safe political, social, and educational space for all women regardless of identity.”

LABIA was born out of the struggle to focus on and organize around issues pertinent to queer women. A group of women, dissatisfied with the male dominated queer social, political, and cultural movement on campus set out to create a safe environment for their own political and social actions.

LABIA holds weekly meetings where they discuss issues ranging from personal philosophies to ideas for political activism and social organizing. They also hold programs each semester, and work with the other queer organizations on campus wide events.

Contact the organization at ru_labia@yahoogroups.com

Rutgers Union of Gay and Bisexual Men

(RUGBI)

One of Rutgers’ younger queer organizations, RUGBI is focused primarily on the social aspect allowing members to simply interact and socialize in a space that they are comfortable with. RUGBI holds dances each semester and funds frequent after-meeting-trips to the local café.

RUGBI is not registered for the current semester due to need for leadership. If any of you wish to get involved and jump start this organization, contact Chris Catching at ccatching@echo.rutgers.edu. Chris is the advisor for each of the queer organizations at Rutgers.

Straight and Gay Alliance

(SAGA)

SAGA is an organization at Cook College that provides a safe and comfortable space for straight and queer students to come together, learn from each other, and create opportunities for others to understand and accept queer lives . You can contact saga@eden.rutgers.edu for more information.

Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Education at Rutgers

(GENDER)

Founded in the fall of '06, GENDER is a student group which strives to create a safe space for people of all gender identities and expressions. To that end, the group brainstorms ways to make the University more inclusive of Transgender people. rutrans@lists.riseup.net

Peer Educators on Sexuality and Queer Issues

(PESQI)

Founded only last year as a project of the LGBT Taskforce at Rutgers, the purpose of PESQI is to educate the student body by presenting scenarios to residence halls, classes, and other groups. These scenarios include the presentation of personal experiences by members of the group that relate to problems such as: homophobia, heterosexism, and stereotypes. One must be comfortable sharing such experiences in front of large groups of people if you wish to be a part of the group. Contact Emily Conger or Cheryl Clarke for more information on the group: emconger@eden.rutgers.edu, cclarke@rci.rutgers.edu

Social Justice Committee

(SJC)

The SJC is committed to fighting for social justice on all fronts, and stands in solidarity with the LGBT community. Further, they recognize the struggles specific to queer people of color. The organization welcomes all identities, and is always open to new ideas. Look out for flyers advertising meeting times and events. Other branches of this organization can be found on the Newark and Camden campuses. For more information, email: social_justice_committee@yahoo.com

Student Health Advocates Developing Educational Scenarios

(SHADES THEATER)

An improvisational and educational theater group that performs and creates original scenes dealing with everything from sexual identity and homophobia to drug abuse and dating violence. Contact Francesca Maresca for more information: fmaresca@rci.rutgers.edu

LGBT Special Interest Section

Demarest Hall, part of special interest housing, is home to the LGBT section, and one of the most welcoming environments that Rutgers has to offer. Known to some as “the gay dorm”, Demarest has a knack for attracting the open minded. The LGBT special interest section is just one of many sections that the hall has to offer. Being a part of the special interest hall requires you to present a project relating to the section you are in. This project can be something as simple as showing a movie to something as grandiose as the creation of your own movie. Contact Kelly Hennessy for more information: khennessy@echo.rutgers.edu

Residence Hall Association

(RHA)

RHA represents residents to the rest of the college – giving residents a voice and the opportunity to challenge and change existing structures. RHA is composed of residents who are elected to hall government positions in their respective residence halls. These students then become members of Rutgers College’s Residence Hall Association. RHA holds educational programs that embrace diversity and help students move past clichéd stereotypes and myths. The newest program RHA proudly presents is entitled “Straight But Not Narrow”. Previous speakers include Judy Shepard and Rosie Perez. For more information on RHA, contact Jody Schulman: jschulman@echo.rutgers.edu

Radigals

The Women’s and Gender Studies Undergraduate Assocation. Meetings are held every Wednesday at 9:15pm in the Women’s Center. The Women’s Center is located on the 3rd floor of the Douglass College Center just past the fire exit. E-mail radigalsnb@yahoo.com for more information.

LGBTQQ People of Color Alliance

(LLEGO – pronounced “jeh-go”)

Was founded in 1997 and is in the process of regrouping and reorganizing. With a full membership, the organization examines social, economic, political, and educational issues based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity which affect the lives and well-being of LGBTQQ students of color. Additionally, LLEGO offers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning students of all colors a forum to advocate for themselves and others through positive and provocative programming. Interested students should contact June Dowell at jdowell@eden.rutgers.edu for more information.

The Rutgers University Women’s Center

Is dedicated to providing a safe and queer friendly space for feminist organizing and conversation. It aims to support individual and collective voices by providing an atmosphere where students and organizations can come together to start projects or get in touch with each other. They provide circulating and non-circulating resources including legal/medical/political referrals, a zine library, subscriptions to progressive magazines, and even free condoms! The Women's Center is a student run space, and always welcomes new ideas and input about ways to use our resources. If you have ideas for a project, want to get involved in a feminist community, or believe in the essential need for space to foster activist and feminist conversations – please stop by and get involved with the Women’s Center Defense Coalition, the group that runs the RUWC. The Women’s Center is open Sunday-Thursday from 5pm-11pm.

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