Pride Center
Welcome to the UWL Pride Center! We are located on the second floor of the Student Union, in The COVE area. Our Center seeks to provide ample educational opportunities and resources for UWL's students, faculty & staff including ally workshops, trainings, clubs, panels, books, documentaries, speakers, & student-led programs on current issues in our community.
Our Mission Statement: The Pride Center shall foster a safe environment for all LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff, educate the campus and community on issues, and advocate for student success and inclusivity.
Meet Our People
Visit our peoples' page here!
Please help us welcome our new Peer Educators and Graduate Assistant!!
News and Upcoming Events
Visit our events page here!
Safer Space
The UWL Pride Center aims to foster a safer space in which all individuals are supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Part of this model is using inclusive language and committing to inclusive action. To learn more about our creation of a safer space, please follow this link.
Campus and Community Resources
- Counseling & Testing (https://www.uwlax.edu/counseling-testing/): (608) 785.8073
- Access Center(https://www.uwlax.edu/access-center/): (608)785.6900
- Campus Climate(https://www.uwlax.edu/campus-climate/): (608) 785.5094
- Diversity & Inclusion(https://www.uwlax.edu/diversity-inclusion/): (608) 785.5097
- Multicultural Students Services (https://www.uwlax.edu/multicultural-student-services/): (608) 785.8225
- Student Support Services(https://www.uwlax.edu/student-support-services/): (608) 785.8535
- Veterans Affairs(https://www.uwlax.edu/veteran-services/): (608) 785.8631
- The 7 Rivers LGBTQ Connection (https://7riverslgbtq.org/): (608) 784.0452
- The Trevor Project (https://thetrevorproject.org): (866) 488.7386
- Trans Lifeline (www.translifeline.org): (877) 565.8860
- Specfic Communities Resource List (https://www.uwlax.edu/pride-center/resources/category-specific-resources/()
Online Opportunities
Get connected with us in the Pride Center through online means. As the year goes on, we will have even more available online. Check out the Our People page for the staff's virtual office hours!
- Discord Invite ( https://discord.gg/W5QxffR )
- New Podcast that is done by some folks in the WGS department! Link Our director is in an episode!
Check us out on Social Media
The Pride Center's Statement on Anti-Trans Legislation
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The Pride Center stands with trans, nonbinary, and intersex youth who are being impacted by the growing number of state bills against transgender youth and their access to school sports as well as gender-affirming medical care.
States are actively trying to make it illegal for transgender youth to take part in athletics. These laws focus only on transgender women and are based on assumptions, stereotypes, and fear. In Wisconsin, lawmakers introduced legislation that would ban transgender girls/women from participating in girls/women’s sports at the K-12 and university level. In Wisconsin’s Bill the lawmakers are suggesting sports be divided into three divisions based on sex assigned at birth: boys, girls, and coed.
States are attacking trans youth, some of our most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ community, by prohibiting them from gender-affirming medical care. These bills invalidate transgender/nonbinary identities. These bills go against the recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatricians and the Endocrine Society. Research shows that gender-affirming care improves health outcomes for transgender people, including youth!
These bills are discriminatory, transphobic, and unnecessary! Once again people are trying to de-humanize a group so that they can pass bills that take away their rights. |
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For accommodations, contact 608.785.8887 | pridecenter@uwlax.edu