Join the Gender & Sexuality Student Services at the Student Union North Entrance as we partner with the Springfield Urban League (SUL) team for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day!

Curious about community gardens and how they work? Want to learn first hand about the Springfield, IL community organization that is spear-heading efforts like these? What if we told you this can all be possible with a fresh fruit smoothie in-hand? We invite you to our first off-campus Brave Space workshop! This workshop counts towards a Safe Zone / Brave Space credit, though any UIS students, faculty, staff, or alumni are eligible to join us. More details will be announced in the coming months so please RSVP to hold your spot!

Join us in creating posters for the SAAM awareness event, Take Back the Night! Create posters with supportive and encouraging words for a rally in which we take a stand against gender-based violence and sexual violence.

In honor of Trans* Visibility Week, the Safe Zone / Brave Space Committee and Brookens Library cordially invite you to join us on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 from 3:30pm-5pm CT in Brookens 230A for an interactive and engaging Brave Space workshop highlighting different techniques and strategies for finding Queer voices in the library. Participants will earn Brave Space credit, which goes towards Safe Zone / Brave Space membership. We will have light snacks and refreshments!

Join Baile Monarcas, Women's Center, and Gender and Sexuality Services (GSSS) for a documentary on the infamous Amalia Hernández as well as games centered around dance and expression! This event will be held in the Women's Center Lounge (SLB 15) from 4-5:30 pm. 

Fluidity is a weekly support group where students across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and allies discuss topics relevant to their experiences including campus, community and interpersonal situations. Students are able to participate in Fluidity as needed and does not require consistent, continuous attendance. Fluidity provides a safe and private space with peers for those exploring their sexual and/or gender identity. The group allows advocacy for its members and is a judgment-free zone. Fluidity will occur on Mondays from 3pm-4pm.

Join us for our LGBTea social gathering at GSSS in the Diversity Center (SLB 22 - Legacy Campus). LGBTea offers a comfortable, accepting, and non-judgmental social atmosphere for students with marginalized gender and/or sexual identities and allied peers. Students hang out, watch movies, listen to music, make plans for the weekend, and play games (Just to name a few!). We will have light snacks and refreshments!

For questions or any specific accommodations, please contact us at gss@uis.edu or 217-206-8316.

*Open to all UIS students only

Join us for our LGBTea social gatherings on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. LGBTea offers a comfortable, accepting, and non-judgmental social atmosphere for students with marginalized gender and/or sexual identities and allied peers. Students hang out, listen to music, make plans for the weekend, and play games!

For questions or any specific accommodations, please contact us at gss@uis.edu or 217-206-8316.

*Open to all UIS students only

Fluidity is a weekly support group where students across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and allies discuss topics relevant to their experiences including campus, community and interpersonal situations. Students are able to participate in Fluidity as needed and does not require consistent, continuous attendance. Fluidity provides a safe and private space with peers for those exploring their sexual and/or gender identity. The group allows advocacy for its members and is a judgment-free zone. Fluidity will occur on Mondays from 3pm-4pm.