Center for Gender and Sexuality (CGS)

We have two events coming up, Arty Party tomorrow from 2:30-4pm , and Donuts with the Director Monday from 1-2pm with the theme of Family Gatherings. 🌈Bring your friends and hope to see you there!🌈

Join the WSU theater students at the Hilberry Gateway on November 23rd for a staged reading of excerpts from V Efua Prince's book Kin. RSVPs are encouraged: rsvp.wayne.edu/kin

Join us for the "Conversations, Engagements and Responses to James Baldwin’s Centennial" event celebrating the centennial birth year of the renowned writer and activist, James Baldwin.

We're inviting you to our Joker's Night event! We're screening a movie, "The People's Joker" followed by a virtual Q&A with the director, Vera Drew. The event will be on October 30th, from 6 to 9pm at the Purdy-Kresge Auditorium. Wear your joker or harlequin costumes!

Bring what you would like to see on the closet, fabric, images, banners, patches, anything you would like to decorate it with. Come with friends and do some crafts with us. This event is part of a monthly arty party event with Jin (they/them), every Third Thursdays from 2:30 to 4

Have you met our CGS mascot, Mother? Mother recently has gotten some new outfits and last month, we built the closet for mother- and now we need to decorate the closet!

This is an accepting and inclusive space for transgender and gender questioning adults, to find support and make connections with others. Bring your friends, and we will have a discussion on what we envision this group to be like in the future!

Here are the rest of the events for the coming out week! We have so many events planned for the week, please come out to the events and bring your friends! To rsvp and find the full and most updated calendar, you can find the link here: pride.wayne.edu/coming-out-week

To rsvp and find the full and most updated calendar, you can visit pride.wayne.edu/coming-out-week.

These programs are not only educational but are also a space to connect and network with queer and ally individuals across the campus community. We have so many events planned for the week, please come out to the events and bring your friends!

Join the us for the Coming out week, From October 7th to 11th. Wayne State University's Coming Out Week is filled with events and programming to support and showcase the WSU LGBTQ+ student and employee populations.

Please join CGS for our next session of Behind the Publication, continuing with Dr. Denise Taliaferro Baszile. This talk will be followed by a reception celebrating the Black Feminisms Research and Curriculum initiative. RSVP here: getinvolved.wayne.edu/event/10396850

The #WaynePop student groups in the English Department would like to invite you to their 2024 Pop Culture Conference. The theme this year is "Speculate, Salvage, Sustain."

Early Modern Trans Studies and Sexualities event is happening at University of Michigan. Nov. 8-9, 2024. The details of the event can be found on the poster. RSVP for the lunch at shorturl.at/9JhkA!

Join us for this month's Cartoons & Cereal. This month's theme is Friendship is Magic - We will be watching MLP Friendship is Magic episodes, and make friendship bracelets. Breakfast snacks will be provided, so bring your friends and friendship.

Have you met our CGS mascot, Mother? Mother recently has gotten some new outfits and we need to make a closet for her! Craft supplies provided. Also bring your favorite coming out of the closet stories to share and we will ring the coming out cowbell together and celebrate!

Donuts will be provided and we encourage you to bring all of your friends and questions.

Come join the Center for Gender and Sexuality for our Donuts with the Director event tomorrow, September 4th from 2 to 3pm! This series will be a monthly opportunity to meet our director, Simone Chess and chat about different topics. This month's topic is "Back to School".

September 4th, from 5pm to 7pm, Queer & Greek is happening alongside the Queer Panhellenic Conference! This series is an annual event aimed at uniting the Queer community with fraternity and sorority life. Light refreshments will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Join the Office of Multicultural Student Engagement, the Center for Gender and Sexuality, and Friends for the Annual LGBTQ+ Welcome Back event! Breakfast foods and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP to be included in the brunch count!! (link to get involved on Bio)