Past Events
Representatives from Evergreen Health and the Pride Center of WNY at a LGBTQ Brown Bag Conversation hosted by the Faculty and Staff Association and the Professional Staff Senate in 2019. Left to right: Justin Azzarella, Senior Vice President for Community Relations, Rob Baird, Director of Fundraising and Events, Emma Fabian, Senior Director of Harm Reduction, Ekua Mends-Aidoo, Inclusion and Diversity Officer, and Damian Mordecai, Pride Center Executive Director.
Past LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association event descriptions are archived online.
Past Event Archive
2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023 | 5:00-7:00pm | Twin Petrels Seltzer Co. at 1250 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14213. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
Register
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 6:00-8:00pm | Big Ditch Brewing Company at 55 E Huron Street in downtown Buffalo
LGBTQ+ faculty, staff and alumni from the University at Buffalo are invited to attend an evening of networking and opportunity to support and organize for current students and the queer alumni community. Friends and partners are welcome.
One free drink ticket with registration. Cash bar. Light refreshments will be provided.
Advanced registration will help us plan.
Sponsored by the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association, Office of Alumni Engagement and Office of Inclusive Excellence
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 4:00-5:30pm | GRoW Clean Energy Center
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a welcome and orientation. New members are encouraged to attend and returning members are welcome. The event will be a brief introduction to the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association and an opportunity to meet members of the leadership team.
The event will take place in the GRoW Clean Energy Center on the UB North Campus. The GRoW Clean Energy Center is located on Flint Road across from the Center for Tomorrow.
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
Monday, October 2, 2023 | 5:00-6:30pm | University Club, 202 Norton Hall above One World Cafe.
LGBTQ FSA members are invited to meet student leaders from LGBTQ+ campus organizations include:
An optional RSVP will help us plan. Light refreshments provided.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | 1:00-3:30pm | Student Union 210
Join Blackstone LaunchPad's innovation sprint, A Space for Pride: Imagining an LGBTQIA+ Resource Center for UB. Students are invited to participate in an opportunity to help design a resource center for the UB queer community. Faculty and staff are encouraged to observe and offer feedback and inspiration.
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 12:00pm | Progress Pride Paths
Join LGBTQ faculty and staff colleagues for a photo and lunch at the Progress Pride Paths on the UB North Campus outside between the Student Union and Knox Lecture Hall.
An optional and free boxed lunch is available for those who RSVP by May 26.
FSA Tradition
In 2022, the LGBTQ FSA started a new campus and Pride tradition. In an effort to build community, showcase our history, and be visible, the FSA will host a community photo each June. Faculty and staff are invited to participate by posing for a group photo.
Thursday, May 25, 2023 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | 26, 25 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202.
Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the year. Friends and partners are welcome. Snacks provided by queer-owned business Hombre y Lobo.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | 3:00pm | 210 Student Union.
We know and understand how difficult the last few weeks have been. The intense rise in transphobic and homophobic legislation and rhetoric across the country, coupled with recent campus visitors with hateful messages, has prompted many members of our community to ask questions. What kind of community is UB for LGBTQ+ people? How have we built a culture of diversity, social justice and inclusion? How have we delivered care, support and belonging to LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff?
On May 17, 2023 at 3:00pm, in 210 Student Union, the LGBTQ FSA will host a listening session for faculty and staff. Attendees will have the option to speak to the association’s executive board and the Interim Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence.
The event is open only to UB faculty and staff and registration is required. To create space conducive to sharing, the event format will be in-person only. Those who wish to contribute, but are unable to attend may submit a statement to be read in their absence; those interested may use the registration to submit.
Those interested or planning to attend are invited to review the UB LGBTQ+ Support Services Committee Report (PDF) submitted in February 2020.
Friday, May 12, 2023 | 3:00pm | 210 Student Union. UB faculty and staff are invited to attend an inspiring and affirming ceremony that celebrates the achievements of graduating students who identify with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community at UB. The ceremony welcomes graduating members of the LGBTQ community as well as their families, friends, faculty, staff, and supporters. The ceremony includes an opportunity to thank significant supporters and time to celebrate the achievements of each graduate.
The Lavender Ceremony & Reception is coordinated by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Lavender Ceremonies (or Lavender Graduations) are annual ceremonies conducted on hundreds of college and university campuses to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of LGBTQ+ students. At UB, the Lavender Ceremony is typically held on the last day of classes every spring semester. The tradition of Lavender Ceremonies began at the University of Michigan in 1995 when the parent of a student was denied the opportunity to attend their child’s graduation because of their sexual orientation. The color of Lavender is symbolic of pink triangles and black triangles that gay men and lesbians were forced to wear in Nazi Germany; it designates the reclamation of symbols of hate to make them a symbol of pride for the LGBTQ+ community.
UB's third Inclusive Excellence Summit will consist of diverse sessions and workshops that highlight practices, research, and initiatives across the university that support diversity and inclusion. This serves as a unique opportunity for our campuses to come together as a community of staff, faculty, and students to promote understanding and explore new ways to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The summit is hosted by the Office of Inclusive Excellence with support from the LGBTQ Faculty Staff Association, the Minority Faculty and Staff Association (MFSA), and the Professional Staff Senate Inclusion and Diversity Committee.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | 5:00-7:00pm | Tappo Pizza and Thin Man Brewery. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate UB Pride Week at Tappo Pizza inside Thin Man Brewery located at 166 Chandler Street, Buffalo, NY 14207. Friends and partners are welcome.
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
The Intercultural Diversity Center is celebrating Pride Week from April 10-15 with a variety of activities and events. Join us to honor LGBTQ+ histories, cultures, and lives all week long! All are welcome to get involved and participate in Pride Week events. A full schedule of events includes:
April 10: Pride March and Mixer
How can faculty and staff participate in the Pride March?
- Groups of 5 or more individuals may use this form to register so that the program organizers can anticipate your participation. A group may include students, faculty or staff and may be a student organization, academic department or a university office. Groups are encouraged to bring posters or apparel that represent your group and/or exemplify the spirit of pride.
- Faculty and staff not connected to another group are welcome to march with the LGBTQ FSA. Look for your colleagues holding posters of our logo and join us!
- Check-in at Knox Quad is from 2:00 - 2:30pm; Pride swag will be available. Lineup begins at 2:30pm. The march kicks off at 2:45pm.
- Cheer on the parade! Those who can’t march are encouraged to cheer along the parade route: Knox Quad to the Academic Spine to Mary Talbert Way, down Lee Rd to Greiner Hall and up Lee Rd to the Student Union.
April 11: University Pride Lecture: TS Madison
April 12: Pride Paint & Sip
April 12: LGBTQ FSA Meet Up
April 13: Queer Climate Justice
April 13: Humanities to the Rescue - Reckoning with Transphobia: Alliance, Strategy, Solidarity
April 13: Safe Space Movie Night
April 14: PRISM OTA Ball
April 15: Queer Prom
Most cities, including Buffalo, host their municipality sponsored Pride events during June or July. This timing discrepancy with the academic year means that most UB students aren't able to celebrate with a campus community before returning home for the summer. As a result, UB recognizes Pride Week every year during the second week of April. The UB Pride Week celebration consists of weeklong event series for students, faculty and staff, and includes a march on the Academic Spine.
Thursday, March 16, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm | 210 Student Union. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for a conversation with Tom Vane, Assistant Director with Student Governance and Organizations in Student Engagement.
Generation Z students have quickly replaced Millennials on college campuses. These new students crave authenticity, live pragmatically, and are self-reliant. However, other generational cohorts sometimes struggle to work effectively with these young people. This Lunch and Learn will discuss the questions of how Gen Z see and interact with the world and what Gen Z students expect from their learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.
The Lunch and Learn series are casual opportunities to learn and engage. All faculty and staff colleagues are invited to attend.
Light refreshments will be provided; lunchboxes are welcome.
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | 6:00pm | Alumni Arena.
UB Athletics will host a Pride Night at the Women’s Basketball vs. Kent State game. Thanks to UB Athletics, reduced price ($7) general admission tickets are available to LGBTQ FSA members. Attendees are encouraged to wear pride and UB gear!
2022
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 | 5:00pm-6:30pm | Santora's Pizza Pub + Grill, 1402 Millersport Highway, Williamsville, NY 14221. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
Register
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | on Zoom. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for a conversation about gender and environmental justice with Dr. Barbara Wejnert, professor with the Department of Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Global Gender Studies.
Why focus on women when considering environmental degradation, you may ask? Well, it’s because women are often more exposed and vulnerable to climate change due to often receiving less education, being poorer, and not having a voice regarding political and household decisions. Cultural and traditional norms place women directly in climate change’s destructive path. Recognizing, understanding, and solving gender inequality is vital to help combat climate change.
The Lunch and Learn series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community.
This virtual event will be faciliated on Zoom. Register in advance to get the Meeting ID and to let us know you'll be there.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 4:00-5:00pm | GRoW Clean Energy Center
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a welcome and orientation. New members are encouraged to attend and returning members are welcome. The event will be a brief introduction to the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association and an opportunity to meet members of the leadership team.
The event will take place in the GRoW Clean Energy Center on the UB North Campus. The GRoW Clean Energy Center is located on Flint Road across from the Center for Tomorrow.
An optional RSVP will help us plan.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Big Ditch Brewing Company. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Big Ditch Brewing Company is located in downtown Buffalo at 55 E Huron Street.
Out for Business is Buffalo's monthly LGBTQ+ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with great food, drinks, raffles and an opportunity to make new friends! By promoting business contacts and relationships, LGBTQ+ professionals advocate for each other and champion inclusion. The event is open to folks from all job sectors, career paths and levels of experience. The first 50 people will receive a free drink ticket.
Show your UB spirit!
Out For Business September 2022 is sponsored by the University at Buffalo. UB-affiliated attendees (faculty, staff, students, and alumni) are encouarged to wear your UB blue!
Made possible with support from the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Human Resources.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 | 3:00pm | Student Union 210.
LGBTQ FSA members are invited to meet student leaders from LGBTQ+ campus organizations include:
An optional RSVP will help us plan. Light refreshments provided.
Wednesday, June 29 | 12:00pm | Progress Pride Paths
Join LGBTQ faculty and staff colleagues for a photo and lunch at the Progress Pride Paths on the UB North Campus outside between the Student Union and Knox Lecture Hall.
RSVP by June 27. Boxed lunch provided.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | VUE Rooftop Lounge. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! VUE Rooftop Lounge is located in the Curtiss Hotel at 210 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY 14202. This special Out for Business is part of Buffalo Pride Week.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
Friday, May 13, 2022 | 3:00pm | Student Union. UB faculty and staff are invited to attend an inspiring and affirming ceremony that celebrates the achievements of graduating students who identify with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community at UB. The ceremony welcomes graduating members of the LGBTQ community as well as their families, friends, faculty, staff, and supporters. The ceremony includes an opportunity to thank significant supporters and time to celebrate the achievements of each graduate.
The Lavender Ceremony & Reception is coordinated by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Lavender Ceremonies (or Lavender Graduations) are annual ceremonies conducted on hundreds of college and university campuses to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of LGBTQ+ students. At UB, the Lavender Ceremony is typically held on the last day of classes every spring semester. The tradition of Lavender Ceremonies began at the University of Michigan in 1995 when the parent of a student was denied the opportunity to attend their child’s graduation because of their sexual orientation. The color of Lavender is symbolic of pink triangles and black triangles that gay men and lesbians were forced to wear in Nazi Germany; it designates the reclamation of symbols of hate to make them a symbol of pride for the LGBTQ+ community.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 5:00pm-6:30pm | Thin Man Brewery. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the kickoff to UB Pride Week at Thin Man Brewery located at 166 Chandler Street, Buffalo, NY 14207. Friends and partners are welcome.
April 11-15, 2022. A full schedule of campus activities includes:
- Monday, April 11 - Pride Week Lecture by Ericka Hart
- Tuesday, April 12 - Pride March and Mixer
- Wednesday, April 13 - Paint and Sip (for students) and Social (for faculty and staff)
- Friday, April 15 - Queer Prom
The Pride Week event series is coordinated by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Most cities, including Buffalo, host their municipality sponsored Pride events during June or July. This timing discrepancy with the academic year means that most UB students aren't able to celebrate with a campus community before returning home for the summer. As a result, UB recognizes Pride every year during the second week of April. The UB Pride celebration consists of weeklong event series for students, faculty and staff, and includes a Pride Parade on the Academic Spine.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | 240 Student Union, Intercultural and Diversity Center. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for a conversation with Dr. Octavio R. González - I Like to Party: The “Truvada Whore,” HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, and the New AIDS Panic Icon.
Octavio R. González is a 2021-22 UB Center for Diversity Innovation Distinguished Visiting Scholar and an associate professor of English and creative writing at Wellesley College. His first monograph, Misfit Modernism: Queer Forms of Double Exile in the Twentieth-Century Novel (2020), analyzes novels that narrate modernist alienation keyed to minoritarian feelings of double exile. Other scholarship appears in Modern Fiction Studies, Cultural Critique, Ariel, American Literature in Transition, RAW, ASAP/Journal, GLQ, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. His first poetry collection, The Book of Ours, was a selection of Letras Latinas at the University of Notre Dame (Momotombo Press, 2009). He is currently at work on a second book of poems, “Limerence: The Wingless Hour”; an ekphrastic memoir; and his second monograph, “AIDS Panic Icons,” on the successive moral panics and their homophobic iconography which have defined the “epidemic of signification” regarding HIV/AIDS from 1981 to the present. Prior to graduate school, González worked in AIDS research. Learn More
The Lunch and Learn series (previously known as Brown Bag Conversations) are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community.
Light refreshments provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | The event will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to received the Meeting ID and Passcode. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA with Christopher Goerss, Sales and Operations Manager with AAA Travel and Insurance.
Christopher Goerss is a passionate advocate for shattering stigma around societal concerns ranging from LGBTQ+ rights to HIV/AIDS. Christopher believes stories are meant to be shared and should be used to bring people together not rip people apart. Christopher has used this belief in his creation of AAA Travel with Pride, a group designed around servicing the LGBTQ+ community, and its allies, to give them the opportunity to travel alongside a group of their peers in an inclusive environment.
The Lunch and Learn series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | 5:00pm-6:30pm | Santora's Pizza Pub + Grill, 1402 Millersport Highway, Williamsville, NY 14221. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Big Ditch Brewing Company. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Big Ditch Brewing Company is located in downtown Buffalo at 55 E Huron Street.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
Show your UB spirit!
Out For Business October 2021 is sponsored by the University at Buffalo. UB-affiliated attendees (faculty, staff, students, and alumni) are encouarged to wear your UB blue!
This event is a public happy hour. The first 50 attendees will receive a free drink ticket.
Event sponsorship is thanks to support from the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Human Resources
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 1:00-2:30pm. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA on Zoom for a panel conversation with guests from two local organizations about accountability partnership towards abolition and the movement for multiracial justice.
- Josie Diebold MSW ’18, PhD Candidate, School of Social Work
- Erin Heaney, National Director, Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Natalia Marte JD ’20, Advisory Board Chair, Black Love Resists in the Rust
- Athena Matua, Professor, School of Law
Register
This virtual event is held over Zoom. Register online.
Black Love Resists in the Rust (BLRR) is a member-led, abolitionist organization of Black folks and POC that believes – through leadership development, a shared politic, and community organizing – we will build safe and flourishing communities that resist the ills of white supremacist, cis-heteropatriarchal, capitalism; including policing.
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network organizing white people against white supremacy. At SURJ, we’re working towards a world where every community has what they need to not just survive, but to thrive. We believe we get there by working together and following the leadership of communities that directly experience racism and economic injustices. And we believe white people have an important role to play. The local SURJ chapter is SURJ Buffalo.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. This specific event is also open to the public and is in collaboration with the Professional Staff Senate Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Office of Inclusive Excellence, and Minority Faculty and Staff Association.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 240 Student Union. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA in the Intercultural and Diversity Center for an informal informational talk, Q&A and conversation with Dr. Cody Mejur, visiting assistant professor with the Department of Media Study.
Video games are a powerful and growing entertainment medium and many queer and trans folks play, create, and share games related to their identities and communities. Cody Mejeur will share their own history with games from playing them to studying them to making them, followed by casual conversation and Q&A about how video games relate to queer and/or trans lives. Some projects introduced will include the LGBTQ Video Game Archive (an archive of queer content in games), Trans Folks Walking (a video game anthology of trans experiences), and Trans Narrative, Queer Play (a book project about embodied narrative in games and beyond). If video games have been important to you, if there’s a game with queer/trans content you love, or you’d like to learn more about queer/trans video games, please come and share!
Dr. Cody Mejeur is Assistant Professor of Game Studies in the Department of Media Study. They have published on games pedagogy, visualization, and gendered narratives in games, and are currently game director for Trans Folks Walking, a narrative game anthology of trans experiences. They are co-director of Palah Light Lab, a queer/feminist new media lab at UB, and work with the LGBTQ+ Video Game Archive, One Shot: A Journal of Critical Games & Play, and the Digital Games Research Association. Learn more about Cody and their research online.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Executive Board for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | Noon | Knox Quad, outside the Student Union, North Campus.
All members of the UB community are invited to gather at the Progress Pride Paths on the North Campus. A ribbon cutting will be preceded by brief remarks from campus leaders and followed by a celebration with music, food, and representatives from queer student, faculty, staff, and community groups.
Progress Pride Paths is the inaugural site from the Office of the Provost’s Contemplative Site series. The installation is bold art that elevates identity intersectionality and challenges us to recognize privilege and equity at the same time we celebrate all that is beautiful about queerness.
The event is a collaboration with the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association, the Office of Inclusive Excellence, and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 | 4:30pm-5:30pm | The event will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
In lieu of being able to connect at an in person Out for Business, meet up with UB faculty and staff friends and colleagues at a special virtual opportunity to connect.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm | South Lake Village Community Building.
Gather and connect in person with LGBTQ FSA members during Buffalo Pride Week! Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Attendees will be asked to follow current health and safety guidelines. In order to follow guidelines, attendance is limited and attendees are asked to register in advance. While other meet up events are generally open to colleagues, friends and partners, due to an attendance limit this event is open to LGBTQ FSA members only.
Registration
Please regiser to help us plan and follow health and safety guidelines.
The South Lake Village Community Building is located on the North Campus. Directions are available online through Campus Maps.
Most cities, including Buffalo, host their municipality sponsored Pride events during June or July. This timing discrepancy with the academic year means that most UB students aren't able to celebrate their own personal pride in their identity by marching with their friends before returning home for the summer. This is why in 2019, students, along with multiple campus partners, hosted the first UB Pride celebration in the month of April. The first UB Pride Parade was held on April 24, 2019 and the campus committed to future parades as an annual campus tradition.
The onset of COVID-19 unfortunately cancelled 2020 UB Pride events and ongoing in-person gathering guidelines will prevent a 2021 parade. However, with the support of the Intercultural and Diversity Center, students have still planned a full schedule of UB Pride 2021 events! The LGBTQ FSA is committed to supporting an in-person campus Pride Parade in 2022. Join students in celebrating UB Pride this year at a number of campus and virtual events.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 12:00-1:00pm. Virtually gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for an informal informational presentation and conversation with professionals from The Establishment by MassMutual on "Personal Finance Fundamentals."
Registration
Please RSVP to secure your spot.
Let's face it, managing one's personal finances can be a chore. It's a big concept that includes things like budgeting, retirement planning, saving, investing and getting out of debt. In this class, get a firm grasp on what each of these fundamental concepts mean and how they impact you.
Our relationship with money is an ever-evolving one. Instead of feeling down on yourself for what you haven't done yet, create a positive mindset and focus on all that you can accomplish once you're ready to take action.
All faculty, staff, students and friends invited to attend. The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community.
"Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) continues to work hard to improve Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) inclusion for our employees and our customers. We continue to demonstrate our long-standing commitment to the LGBTQ community by supporting important local and national organizations and legislation to improve LGBTQ equality, as well as inclusive employee programs and business practices." Learn More
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 4:30pm-5:30pm | The event will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
In lieu of being able to connect at an in person Out for Business, meet up with UB faculty and staff friends and colleagues at a special virtual opportunity to connect.
Wednesday, Maryc 17, 2021 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | The meeting will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Steering Committee for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
2020
Thursday, October 8, 2020 | 4:30pm-5:30pm | The event will use the Zoom video communication platform. Register to receive the Meeting ID and Passcode.
In lieu of being able to connect at an in person Out for Business, meet up with UB friends and colleagues at a special virtual opportunity to connect.
UB's sponsorship of the Pride Center of WNY's October 2020 Out for Business has been postponed to October 2021.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network. Learn More
Monday, March 2, 2020 | 6:00-8:00pm | Student Union 240. FSA members are invited to join the Intercultural and Diversity Center's LGBTQ Dinner Crew.
The LGBTQ Dinner Crew is a monthly opportunity for LGBTQ and ally students to connect in the Intercultural and Diversity center located within the Student Union (SU) - Room 240.
RSVP Requested
RSVP from your UB e-mail is helpful for planning purposes, but is not required.
2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | 5:00pm-6:30pm | Brick House Bar + Tavern, 4120 Maple Road, Amherst, NY 14226. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Big Ditch Brewing Company. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Big Ditch Brewing Company is located in downtown Buffalo at 55 E Huron Street.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
Show your UB spirit!
Out For Business November 2019 is sponsored by the University at Buffalo. UB-affiliated attendees (faculty, staff, students, and alumni) are encouarged to wear your UB blue!
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 12:00pm | 240 Student Union. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA in the Intercultural and Diversity Center for an informal informational presentation and conversation with guests from the Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project:
- Adrienne Hill, Co-Founder and President
- Cory Holcerland MUP '18, Board Member
- Jeffry Iovannone PhD '12, Board Member
All faculty, staff, students and friends invited to attend.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
This Brown Bag Conversation is co-sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate Inclusion and Diversity Committee and the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | 5:00-6:00pm | 7 Diefendorf, South Campus.
Join the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association for a free National Coming Out Day yoga class facilitated by Heart Fire Yoga, a local, queer-owned, inclusive, and community-focused yoga studio. Owner Stephanie Bertsch will teach a 1-hour course. Beginners are welcome.
Yoga mats are limited and participants are encouraged to bring their own if possible.
Registration
RSVP is not required, but is helpful. To RSVP, please e-mail LGBTQ FSA from your UB e-mail.
This event is part of the Office of Inclusive Excellence's Yoga for Every Body series. Learn More
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 567 Capen Hall.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Steering Committee for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Thursday, August 29, 2019 | 12:00pm | Putnam Way, Outside the Student Union. Join the UB community at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the North Campus’s Rainbow Crosswalk from the Student Union to the Commons. The Rainbow Crosswalk is a bold, visual symbol of pride and support for the LGBTQ community. The ribbon cutting will take place at noon with senior university administrators and student leaders. A festival will immediately follow. All members of the UB community are invited to join!
A crosswalk painted in a rainbow herringbone pattern on Putnam Way between the Student Union and the Commons
The event is sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence, the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association, and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Celebrate Pride this year with custom LGBTQ FSA apparel! Pasteurized Tees, a local, LGBTQ friendly business, will donate 25% of all May and June apparel sales with the LGBTQ FSA brand mark back to the Association.
Create Your Custom Apparel
- 1. Choose your apparel from a wide variety of options online.
- 2. Pick either the rectangular or round LGBTQ FSA brand mark.
- 3. Use the code UB LGBTQ FSA and place your order in store, by phone to (716) 885-8337, or by email. Orders placed in the store are generally ready in 30 minutes.
- 4. Sport your custom apparel during all your Pride celebrations and consider Pasteurized Tees for Buffalo and custom apparel in the future!
How do I get my order?
Orders can be picked up directly from Pasteurized Tees at their shop located at 795 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222 during business hours. Can't make it to the shop? The FSA Steering Committee will pickup all orders placed prior to May 28 and deliver them to campus if you place a special request to lgbtqfsa@buffalo.edu.
How do I pay for my order?
Please pay for your custom apparel directly with Pasteurized Tees when you pickup your order. Orders being picked up by the FSA Steering Committee should be paid for in advance over the phone.
Friday, May 10, 2019 | 3:00pm | Student Union. UB faculty and staff are invited to attend the annual Lavender Reception to celebrate the achievements of graduating UB students who identify with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community.
The Lavender Reception is coordinated by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Thursday, April 25, 2019 | 5:00pm | Center for the Arts Screening Room.
"The Long Trail Out, a 25-minute documentary film, appeals to a wide and diverse audience, it works across generations and has the capacity to change minds and opinions as it takes the viewer on a very personal journey of coming out. The struggles faced during a life of hiding, the decision to come out and the physical challenges faced while climbing mountains make for a powerful and compelling story. The film’s message will educate both young and old, gay and straight, on the importance of being proud of who you are."
View a trailer for The Long Trail Out and learn more about the film
The screening will be followed by remarks from the documentary subject and East Aurora native Tim Buchanan and Shai Ben-Dor, the filmmaker and director. The program will conclude with a "coming out" panel of students, faculty and staff, and a reception in the Center for the Arts Atrium.
The event is open to the community and is co-sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center and the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 | 3:00pm | Outside Capen Hall (North Campus Spine, Flint Entrance). The Diversity Advocates of the Intercultural and Diversity Center along with other campus sponsors will host a UB Pride Parade as part of UB Pride Week, April 22-26.
Most cities, including Buffalo, host their municipality sponsored Pride events during June or July. This timing discrepancy with the academic year means that most UB students aren't able to celebrate their own personal pride in their identity by marching with their friends before returning home for the summer. We hope that this UB specific Pride parade will foster an environment of inclusion where students can feel safe and comfortable marching with friends and allies, as well as reaffirming the University's commitment to their LGBTQ+ students.
The parade will be followed by a festival on the Student Union Field and all are welcome to attend.
March with the LGBTQ FSA
The LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association will march as a group in the parade. Each person who signs up to march with the FSA will get a sign with our brand mark to carry. Sign Up Online
If you sign up to march with the FSA, you don't need to register for the parade seperately.
Register Another Group
Faculty and staff units, offices, departments, schools, etc. can register to march as a group. You can also register to march as an individual. Register Online
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Lobby Bar at Statler City. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Lobby Bar at Statler City is located at 107 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 240 Student Union. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA in the Intercultural and Diversity Center for an informal informational presentation and conversation with guests from Evergreen Health and the affiliated Pride Center of WNY:
- Justin Azzarella MUP '02, Vice President of Community Development
- Rob Baird, Director of Fundraising and Events
- Emma Fabian MSW '14, Senior Director of Harm Reduction
- Ekua Mends-Aidoo '09, Equity and Inclusion Officer
- Damian Mordecai, Pride Center of WNY Executive Director
The program will include the history of each organization, an overview of current resources and services offered, volunteer and engagement opportunities, and a Q&A.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
This Brown Bag Conversation is co-sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate Inclusion and Diversity Committee.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 567 Capen Hall.
Join members of the LGBTQ FSA Steering Committee for a general membership meeting. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | 6:00-8:00pm | Student Union 240. FSA members are invited to join the Intercultural and Diversity Center's LGBTQ Dinner Crew.
The LGBTQ Dinner Crew is a monthly opportunity for LGBTQ and ally students to connect in the Intercultural and Diversity center located within the Student Union (SU) - Room 240.
Friday, February 22, 2019 | 4:00-5:00pm | Alumni Arena Yoga Studio, Room 144.
Join faculty and staff colleagues for a free yoga class facilitated by Heart Fire Yoga, a new local, queer-owned, inclusive, and community-focused yoga studio. Owner Stephanie Bertsch will teach a 1-hour course in the Alumni Arena Yoga Studio located on the first floor near the racquetball courts. Beginners are welcome.
Yoga mats are limited and participants are encouraged to bring their own if possible.
Registration Required
The class is open to the first 20 UB faculty and staff who RSVP. To RSVP, e-mail Kelly Cruttenden from your UB e-mail.
2018
Monday, December 17, 2018 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 108 Capen Hall. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for an informal informational presentation and conversation on strategies for being an ally to the LGBTQ community facilitated by Terri Budek, Associate Director for Experiential Learning and Rachel DiDomizio, Coordinator of Community Engagement.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 | 4:30pm-6:00pm | Deep South Taco, 1707 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
Thursday, October 18 , 2018 | 10:00am-3:00pm | Student Union Lobby.
Through a partnership with the Office of Inclusive Excellence, the Intercultural and Diversity Center, The LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association, and LGBTQ student organizations, the University has commissioned artist, queer activist, and UB alumni Dana Tyrrell to install a public art project. The project is through For Freedoms, an artist-run platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States.
The project will include student created lawn signs installed on the lawn outside the Student Union. On October 18 at 12:00pm pizza will be served and brief remarks will be shared by the artist and members of the UB community in the Student Union Lobby.
The first Spirt Day was recognized in 2010. Spirit Day is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, who disproportionately face bullying and harassment because of their identities. Pledging to "go purple" on Spirit Day is a way for everyone — forward-thinking companies, global leaders, respected celebrities, neighbors, parents, classmates, and friends — to visibly show solidarity with LGBTQ youth and to take part in the largest, most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world.
Spirit Day will also be recognized at UB on October 20, 2018 at the UB Volleyball vs. Central Michigan match in Alumni Arena at 6:00pm. The first 225 guests will get a free purple #SPIRITDAY t-shirt!
October 17, 2018 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Lucky Day Whiskey Bar. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Lucky Day Whiskey Bar is located downtown at 320 Pearl Street, Buffalo, New York 14202.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
Out For Business October 2018 is sponsored by Mass Mutual New York State.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | 145 Student Union. Join the LGBTQ FSA for a fall semester welcome reception hosted by the Office of Inclusive Excellence. Reception with light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres wll begin at 12:00pm followed by a short general membership meeting agenda to share updates on fall programming and the Assocaition's strategic plan.
All faculty and staff are welcome.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | 4:30pm-8:00pm | Larkin Square.
Celebrate the summer season with LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association colleagues and friends. Live music performed by John Lehning Underground. Free parking available. All faculty, staff and friends are invited to attend.
Meet Up Point
Meet up outside the front doors of the Filling Station located at 745 Seneca St.
Optional RSVP
Email lgbtqfsa@buffalo.edu by Monday July 23 to get day-of meet up information.
Thursday, June 28, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:00pm.
Faculty and Staff Association colleagues are invited to participate with UB alumni and current students in a LGBTQ virtual networking event. Participants will chat message virtually and share stories and experiences to network and connect to the UB LGBTQ community. The event can be accessed from any mobile device or desktop computer!
The event is co-hosted by the Alumni Engagement, the Intercultural and Diversity Center, and the LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association.
Register for the Virtual Networking Event
Registration for faculty and staff is available online. Advance registration is appreciated, but participants can join up until the end of the event.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 240 Student Union. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for an informal, informational presentation and Q&A with representatives from community agencies New Directions Youth and Family Services and Adoption STAR.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
May 11, 2018 | 3:00pm | Student Union. UB faculty and staff are invited to attend the annual Lavender Reception to celebrate the achievements of graduating UB students who identify with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community.
Saturday, May 5, 2018 | Hoyt Lake at Delaware Park.
The LGBTQ FSA is participating as a team in the 26th Annual AIDS Walk Buffalo, a 5K walk that heightens awareness of the impact HIV/AIDS continues to have on our community by honoring those living with the disease and memorializing those who have passed on. The funds raised through the walk remain right here in Western New York and benefit Evergreen Health Services.
Join the LGBTQ FSA Team
To learn more about joining the LGBTQ FSAs team, contact team captain Charlie Baxter. Any UB community member is welcome to join the team and no monetary donation is required to participate in the walk.
Donate to the LGBTQ FSA Team
The LGBTQ FSA team has a fundtaising goal of $500. Please consider supporting the team by making a donation online.
March 21, 2018 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Lobby Bar at Statler City. Meet up with UB friends and colleagues at the Pride Center of WNY's Out for Business! Lobby Bar at Statler City is located at 107 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14202.
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network.
March 21, 2018 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 567 Capen Hall. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for an opportunity to meet Human Resources colleagues: Amy Myszka, Director of Benefits and Claudia Samulski, Assistant Director of Benefits and Time & Attendance. Atendees will have the opportunity to submit questions about leave and benefits beforeand.
The Brown Bag Conversation series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
February 13, 2018 | 6:00pm | Alumni Arena. FSA members are invited to join the Intercultural and Diversity Center's LGBTQ Dinner Crew. Dinner is free and Victor E. Bull will make a special appearance with a chance to win a bobble head prize. At 7:00pm UB Men's Basketball will face off against Kent State.
The LGBTQ Dinner Crew is a monthly opportunity for LGBTQ and ally students to connect in the Intercultural and Diversity center located within the Student Union (SU) - Room 240. The February LGBTQ Dinner Crew is co-sponsored by UB Athletics.
2017
December 13, 2017 | 4:00pm-6:00pm | Brick House Taven + Tap, 4080-4120 Maple Rd, Amherst, NY 14226. Meet up with members of the lGBTQ FSA to socialize and celebrate the end of the semester. Friends and partners are welcome.
November 4, 2017 | 6:00pm | Alumni Arena. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for UB Athletics Spirit Day at the UB Volleyball vs. Toledo match. Admission is free and the first 225 fans will receive a free purple #SPIRITDAY t-shirt. FSA member Jim Bowman will be featured as a guest speaker.
Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day started in 2010. It is recognized nationally on October 19, 2017 and will be celebrated by UB Athletics on November 4, 2017. “Spirit Day is a means of speaking out against LGBTQ bullying and standing with LGBTQ youth, who disproportionately face bullying and harassment because of their identities. Pledging to ‘go purple’ on Spirit Day is a way for everyone – forward-thinking companies, global leaders, respected celebrities, neighbors, classmates, and friends – to visibly show solidarity with LGBTQ youth and to take part in the largest, most visible anti-bullying campaign in the world.” - GLAAD
October 11, 2017 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | 108 capen Hall. Gather with members of the LGBTQ FSA for an opportunity to meet Gender Institute colleagues Anne Marie Butler and the new director, Dr. Carrie Tirado Bramen.
The Brown Bag Conversations Series are casual opportunities to learn and engage, open to members of the UB community. Light refreshments are provided. Lunchboxes welcome.
June 21, 2017 | 5:00pm‐7:00pm | Preservation Pub, 948 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202
Continue celebrating Pride and meet up with UB friends at the Pride Center of WNY’s Out for Business!
Out for Business is Buffalo's premiere LGBTQ professionals networking event organized by the Pride Center of WNY. The mission is to continually provide a social environment where guests are encouraged to network. Out For Business June 2017 is sponsored by Roswell Cancer Institute.
2016
November 16, 2016 | 4:30pm | Santora’s Pizza Pub & Grill, 1402 Millersport Hwy, Williamsville, NY 14221. Meet up with members of the LGBTQ FSA to socialize with staff from UB Athletics. Friends and partners are welcome. At 7:00pm UB Women’s Basketball will face off against Niagara University in Alumni Arena.