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On-Campus Opportunities
The F-Word’s mission is to create and provide open and safe feminist spaces for students at CSUN.
The Human Sexuality minor at CSUN is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with a comprehensive approach to understanding human sexuality. The program offers students with an opportunity to develop an awareness of historical, cultural, philosophical, ethical, sociological, and psychological components of sexuality and to acquire skills for counseling, teaching, and/or research. The minor is intended to complement undergraduate majors for students. For additional questions contact Dr. Bobbie Emetu.
Program description and requirements.
The Queer Coalition of Social Workers (QCSW) at CSUN is a student organization open to all of the CSUN community. We host discussion groups, activities, & learning opportunities. We also produce educational content, honor queer history, & conduct advocacy efforts, all centered around LGBTQIA2S+ identities & their intersections. As social workers, we seek to promote inclusivity in our community, seek out diverse perspectives, provide accessible learning opportunities about the queer experience & allyship, & collaborate with other student & community organizations in social justice work. Within social work, our goal is to address the lack of space, resources, & support for LGBTQIA2S+ social workers, allies, & clients, & empower them to collaborate, advocate, process, & envision an inclusive practice setting & approaches specific to social work. For more information, visit our Instagram, our Matasync page, or email us at qcswcsun@gmail.com.
Housed in the College of Humanities, the Queer Studies Program is an interdisciplinary minor that questions normative constructions of sexuality and gender.
The Queer Studies minor focuses on histories, contemporary experiences, and community-based knowledges of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, intersexed people, queers, and others who occupy non-heterosexist and non-normative gender positionalities.
The program explores how heterosexism, heteronormativity and transphobia intersect and collide with national, ethnic, racial, class and other identifications, fostering a community of learners who grapple with issues of diversity, gender, sexuality and social justice.
Queer Studies at CSUN provides an academic home for those who wish to study the intellectual, cultural and material conditions that have shaped our current understandings of sexuality and gender variation as well as for those who wish to generate new, resistant theories and practices. The program offers an undergraduate minor, sponsors courses, organizes lecture series, and brings together interested students, faculty, and larger Los Angeles communities.
Unified We Serve is an opportunity offered for students to participate in furthering their education through serving the community.
The Women’s Research and Resource Center, supported by the College of Humanities and Associated Students, serves as a place where students on campus and in the community can find resources and services.
For a list of all clubs and how to get involved, contact the Matador Involvement Center (MIC)
Off-Campus Opportunities
The Los Angeles LGBT Center provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, welcoming nearly a quarter-million client visits from ethnically diverse youth and adults each year.
- (323) 993-7684
- volunteer@lalgbtcenter.org
GLAAD amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance and advances equality.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
- (310) 271-8845
Outfest protects our past, showcases our present and nurtures our future by fostering artistic expression of gender, sexuality and LGBTQ culture and its transformative social impact on the world.
Lambda Legal’s mission is to safeguard and advance the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and policy work.
- (213) 382-7600
Tarzana Treatment Center’s mission is to address a wide range of the community’s health care and social service needs with responsive: alcohol and other drug treatment services; HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and education; mental health treatment and education; primary outpatient and medical care; and other areas of healthcare meeting community needs.
- treatment@tarzanatc.org
- (818) 996-1051
API Equality LA advocates in the greater Los Angeles API community for the fair treatment of LGBT people and marriage equality.
- (213) 580-1800
The mission of The Laurel Foundation is to provide educational and support programs to children, youth and families affected by or living with HIV/AIDS.
- info@Laurel-Foundation.org
- (626) 683-0800
Equality California is the largest statewide LGBT advocacy organization in California working to secure full and lasting equality for and acceptance of LGBT people.
- (323) 848-9801
APLA serves more than 11,000 with first-rate HIV/AIDS care and prevention programs and fight for smart, effective HIV-related public policy.