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QVA Vision Statement

The University of Virginia’s Queer Alumni Network envisions a diverse and inclusive University community that is the best doable environment for all Diverse students, alumni, faculty, and staff to study, serve , and thrive.

Mission Statement

We advocate for and strengthen the University of Virginia’s Homosexual communities by connecting students, alumni, faculty, and staff through education, philanthropy, and bridge-building.

Strategic Priorities

1. Fund Scholarships for LGBTQ+ Students: We search to enable LGBTQ+ undergraduate and graduate students to reach their highest potential at the University of Virginia by removing financial barriers to success. To that end, we are committed to securing $3 million in additional scholarship investments to more comprehensively meet the diverse needs of LGBTQ+ students.
2. Recognize Group Leaders: We highlight the contributions of role models dedicated to advancing Queer causes on Grounds and around the world. We learn from these leaders year-round through resources love our Advisory Council. We also celebrate recipients of the Bernard Mayes Award, the Outstanding Service Award, and the Ally of the
   

   Pride Center

   The Pride Center strives to be the home you make with the family you choose.

   
   About Us
   

   The Self-acceptance Center  (formerly the LGBTQ+ Resource Center) at Virginia Tech was opened on August 15, 2016 as a straightforward result of the advocacy and help of many past and present Diverse students, faculty, and staff. Today the Pride Center is first and main a queer and trans community center that offers a variety of annual programs which travel the identities and experiences of Gay individuals and creates opportunities for those searching for community.
   
   

   The Pride Center also offers various  educational resources for non-LGBTQ+ folks including but not limited to our VirTual Guarded Zone training program, which provides participants with the opportunity to explore their own experiences through the lens of queer and transsexual oppression and liberatory practices.

   
   Through the efforts of our administrators, faculty, and staff, Virginia Tech has been granted four out of five stars by the Campus Pride Index. The Campus Pride Index has been the premier LGBTQ national benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to create safer, more inclusive campus communities.
   

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   LGBTQ Student Services and LGBTQ Center

   In 2001, QVA, along with the Women’s Center, the Office of the Dean of Students, and the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs founded and nurtured the LGBTQ Center on Grounds.

   Today, the Center’s office space is provided by Newcomb Hall while the salary and benefits for the LGBTQ Student Services and Center Coordinator are fully funded by the Office of the Dean of Students. QVA has provided recurring annual financial support to the center ($10,000+ per year) to bolster targeted programs and services fond QVA Scholar receptions, the annual “Love Is” t-shirt campaign, Lavender Graduation, and more, for the benefit of the LGBTQ+ community at UVA. 

   We thank Richard L. Babson and the Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation in particular for meaningful support of the LGBTQ Center’s growth.

   As the Coordinator of LGBTQ Learner Services and Center wrote,

   “Thank you [QVA] for your many past contributions as you allowed the University to refashion its efforts towards an increasingly apparent and dynamic group. Without your encourage, we would probably not have an LGBTQ Center at all today. With your continued back, we w

   The campus community at UVA Wise is representative of — and welcoming to — a variety of cultures and ethnicities.

   As a community of learners, we seek to appreciate and respect the diverse cultures and backgrounds, including geographic, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, and religion, of our students, faculty and staff.

   A diverse setting helps us all gain an understanding of the value of learning and the responsibility of citizenship, which is critical to our success in an ever-changing and complex world.

   Office for Advocacy and Opportunity

   The Office for Representation and Opportunity provides direction, information, consultation, coordination, assistance, and implementation of compliance needs to various units and constituencies within the College regarding:

   • The effort to embrace the pillars of Inclusive Excellence;
   • The fair and objective response/referrals to concerns around sexual/gender violence, biases, and disrespect;
   • Cultivate inclusiveness and mutual respect throughout the community;
   • Prevention and education add but are not limited to VAWA, Clery, Guard, IE, protected statuses and overall community standards;
   • Strive to serve authentically a collective of life-l
     

     Where do you live as a UVA first-year if you’re trans?

     This week marks our first-ever pride issue—just in time for Charlottesville’s Pride Festival this weekend. Check out our other feature stories on deciding whether to marry as a gay couple, on what it was like to be gay at CHS in the ’90s, and on the  festival itself.

     The dorms at the University of Virginia became dwelling to more than 3,500 new first-year students last month, and so began the quintessential college life of learning to cohabitate in close quarters with strangers. But for trans person and gender-queer students, the dorm room anxiety can run a lot deeper than agreeing on tune volume and whether or not to share milk and peanut butter—especially at UVA, a school that does not have a housing policy that specifically addresses the housing needs of trans students.

     According to national LGBTQ advocacy community Campus Pride, more than 150 colleges and universities across the U.S. give gender-neutral housing, which allows students to choose their roommates based on the gender and orientation that makes them feel safest and most comfortable. For one first-year student who was openly trans in high