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Where Pride Meets Possibility

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UND Pride Center to Celebrate Fifth Annual Pride Week June 2-5, 2026   Student sidewalk chalking during Pride Month Pride Week This Pride Month, we are not just celebrating who we are. We are investing in possibility. June was selected as Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, a pivotal moment […]

New passport requirements will impact UND Travelers with “X” markers

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  U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on November 6, 2025 allowed the State Department to remove the option to select ‘X’ as a gender marker on its passport application. Additionally, the U.S. Customs and Border Protections, through Executive Order 14168 is enforcing binary sex marker requirements in APIS, an airline traveler database. APIS data requires airlines […]

LGBTQ+ Day-long Institute centers community and hope

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  Pride Center hosts 2nd UND LGBTQ+ Day-long Institute On November 17, the UND Pride Center hosted a day-long institute focused on serving LGBTQ+ communities in higher education. The event included a day of learning from guest speakers and student panelist that shared their life experiences and expertise. The event, titled “Reimagining Community: Possibility Purpose, […]

UND to Host 2nd LGBTQ+ Day-Long Institute

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UND Pride Center to host 2nd LGBTQ+ Day-Long Institute On November 17, 2025 the Pride Center will host its 2nd LGBTQ+ Day-Long Institute. This year’s theme This year’s theme of Reimagining Community: Possibility, Purpose, Belonging and Joy provides an opportunity for all students, faculty, staff, and community members to come together to envision expansive and […]

$25K Raised for UND LGBTQ+ Endowment

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Pride Center meets goal of raising $25K for the UND LGBTQ+ Endowment In April 2024, Dr. Bridget Brooks alongside her wife, Jody Little, established the UND LGBTQ+ Endowment for the University’s Pride Center. They set a goal to raise $25,000 and by the end of Pride Month, June 2025, that goal was met. Bridget said, […]

Fourth Annual Pride Week

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UND to Celebrate Fourth Annual Pride Week on June 2-5, 2025. Celebrating Pride Month For the Pride Center, June means a celebration of community and commemorating queer and trans history. Coinciding with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and important Supreme Court decisions, Pride Month is a reminder that it is crucial to join […]

Pride in the Air

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April is UND Pride Month! The Pride Center is getting ready to kick-off UND Pride Month! Many colleges and universities celebrate Pride Month in April when a majority of students are on campus. The month is all about community, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, and two-spirit people and communities. It is a […]

Letters of support for trans youth

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Letters of support for trans youth

Students write letters of support for trans youth. This year for Transgender Day of Remembrance we wrote letters of support to trans youth across the nation. Students, faculty, and staff collectively wrote 64 letters that were sent to Point of Pride, a national organization that supports transgender people with access to life-saving health and wellness […]

Students exploring the coast of Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan

We Are Everywhere

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Students exploring the coast of Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan

Students attend the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference hosted at Northern Michigan University Every fall, LGBTQ+ college students from around the Midwest region gather at the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC). The conference was first held in February 1993 at Iowa State University a way to give voice […]

Keeping History Alive

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October is LGBTQ+ History Month Sharing Our History When you think of LGBTQ+ history, you might reflect on the 1969 Stonewall Riots or Pride Month. October is probably not a month that comes to mind for celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQ+ Community. That is one of the challenges in our society, where and how […]