Undergraduate students meet for
lunch on Mondays in the LGBTQ Lounge (Room 255 in the Center for
Student Services). Lunch is provided on the 2nd and 4th Mondays
of each month. All are welcome to come during the "off weeks" and
bring your own lunches (BYOL). These lunches are informal
opportunities to hang out, chat, and eat. Allies welcome.
Graduate students meet for
lunch on Fridays in the LGBTQ Lounge (Room 255 in the Center
for Student Services). Lunch is provided on the 2nd and 4th
Fridays of
each month. All are welcome to come during the "off weeks" and
bring
your own lunches (BYOL). These lunches are informal opportunities
to hang
out, chat, and eat. Allies welcome.
The LGBTQ Discussion Group
meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month (w/a few exceptions) from
7:30-9:30pm in the lounge of the Counseling Center in the Health
Center. The group provides an opportunity for support and friendship
with others sensitive to the experience of living in a society which,
in large part, continues to treat lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender individuals as second-class citizens. The group is
moderated by a therapist, but this is mostly a discussion group—versus
a therapy or support group—and topics, while generally of particular
interest to the LGBT community, may range from the personal to the
political to the scientific (this is, after all, Caltech!). The
emphasis of the group is on establishing and maintaining community, and
is open to any Caltech student,
faculty or staff, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,
who can offer an affirmative presence for LGBT issues. Of
course, if anyone has a particular personal issue that they would like
to discuss, the group is there for support. Attendance implies
acknowledgement of the policy that the names of participants and the
personal issues discussed are maintained in strict confidence. We also
ask—especially as a group for LGBT folks—that all participants are
respectful of the diversity among group members in terms of
perspective, personal experience and choices about how we each live our
lives. Groups are the safest for all when each member speaks from and
about his/her own heart and respects the right of others to do the
same. When responding to someone sharing personal information,
advice-giving—unless specifically asked for—is rarely as beneficial as
speaking of and from your own related experience. Attendance does not imply
anything about one's sexual orientation, and the meeting is
confidential. Announcements are usually sent out on the Pride List.