October is LGBTQ+ History Month! 2019 was the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Learn about this milestone and two fascinating figures in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, Marsha P. Johnson and Harvey Milk, in our upcoming film series cohosted by USD Spectrum

Excited and honored to moderate this amazing panel next week University of South Dakota with Sheila K. Gestring, Valerie Hudson (co-PI WomanStats Project), and Agnes Callard

Are you a Yote committed to being a LGBTQ+ ally? Get involved with USD Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance and attend upcoming events for LGBTQ+ history month. #diversityatUSD Happy #Dddays2019! Shout out to the USDCDC for hosting the first Lavender Graduation this year!

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether the 1964 Civil Rights Act applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. Join us today at 6 in Farber Hall for Stonewall Uprising. Revisit the long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and pride. USD Spectrum USDCDC

Thank you to Sheila K. Gestring, Agnes Callard, Dr. Valerie Hudson, and Dr. Julia Marin Hellwege for a great conversation about Women and Leadership with insights that challenged and inspired. Interdisciplinary convos about gender are key to challenging gendered barriers and double standards.

Today watch Pay It No Mind: The Life of Marsha P. Johnson at 6 in Farber. Combines interviews with Marsha and her contemporaries, capturing with nuance and complexity Marsha's life and activism in the New York LGBTQ+ community 1960s-1990s. USD Spectrum

Today is the first event in our WMST Discussion series, on marriage and name choices with University of South Dakota School of Law professor Hannah Haksgaard. Everyone is welcome!

Join us tonight at 6 PM at the Coyote Twin for a FREE screening of Milk (2008) about gay activist and politician Harvey Milk. Free soda and popcorn thanks to USD Spectrum

Make sure to rsvp for the 5th anniversary of the CDC ASAP. Wednesday is the big day 7pm-9pm we would love to see everyone in the Muc Ballroom. Tabling ends tommorow 11am-2pm

Today! Let's talk about gender and civic engagement with visiting scholar J. Cherie Strachan. Dakota Hall Rm. 105 at 5 with Domino's pizza. #WMSTdiscussions

Come see this important and inspiring documentary. You need this break from finals! Help spread the word USD Spectrum USDCDC University of South Dakota

USD WMST takes inclusive excellence seriously. USD's LGBTQIA+ students are valued members of our community whose rights to healthcare, marriage, family, and opportunity are constitutionally protected and should not be in dispute. We see you, value you, and will fight for you.

Check out the Spring 2021 courses in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies University of South Dakota USDHistory Dr. Sara Lampert

Save the date! "How has your life changed since Covid? A Convo about Gender" Thursday, Oct 1, 4pm. Explore issues in the COVID-19 pandemic from a Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Perspective. Horseshoe outside Old Main. All welcome! Masks required. 👇👇👇👇👇👇

ICARE’s year kickoff event is tomorrow! Stop by for food and t-shirts and to learn more about ICARE and PAVE-USD. We’ll see you there!

TOMORROW! Thursday, Oct. 1st, 4pm....

Thursday at 4pm let's talk about how Covid is changing our lives -- through a gender studies perspective.

We are back and excited to announce the next Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference March 24-25, 2022 focused on the theme CARE. Inviting submissions of papers, posters, performances, and visual art. Deadline January 10, 2022. Learn more visit usd.edu/wgss-conference