The Gender & Sexuality Center Welcome Reception is held annually at the beginning of the fall semester, and is open to all students, staff and faculty. The reception offers the opportunity to become familiar with the LGBTQIA programs and services available at OU, as well as meet staff from the Gender and Sexuality Center. The event also introduces the leadership of the LGBTQIA Employee Resource Group and the executive board of the Gender & Sexuality Alliance. Food and refreshments are provided for those in attendance. No registration is required.

Click here to check out the Trans & Nonbinary Awareness Month Google Calendar.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Centered around November 20^th of every year, though the event date is flexible, Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the memory of those lives that were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Though the event details change from year to year, previous years have included, vigils, panel discussions and memorial displays. No registration is required.

Centered around December 1 of every year, though the event date is flexible, World AIDS Day is intended to raise awareness of HIV, remember those who have died, and break down the stigma that still surround the disease. Event details vary from year to year, though previous years have included, display of the NAMES Memorial Quilt, guest speakers and filming screenings. Registration is not required.

Pride Month is held every mid-March to mid-April and is open to all students, staff and faculty. Pride Month is hosted to celebrate OU’s diversity in sexual orientation and gender identity with events that raise awareness, promote education, and foster a sense of community. It is our goal to make Pride Month a university-wide collaboration between campus partners to present Oakland University’s students, staff, and faculty and the surrounding community with the opportunity to learn from and about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, and asexual (LGBTQIA) community.

Annual Events include:

• BBQueer Pride Month Kickoff
• Drag Show
• Pride Prom
• Tim Larrabee Memorial Lecture
• Transgender Day of Visibility
• Lavender Graduation

OU Pride Month 2025 will occur from March 10 - April 10, 2025.