• Space Operating Hours

    Spring 2025

    Community Lounge (181 BSB) & Flex Space (183 BSB) Open:
    Monday through Thursday 11 am to 4 pm

    Staff can be reached via email Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm

    Follow us on social media @UICGSC

    To contact the GSC, send email to lgbtqa@uic.edu

  • Welcome! We're glad you're here.

    We are a cultural center serving the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual + students, faculty, and staff. Through the production, curation, and preservation of intersectional LGBTQIA+ culture we aim to inspire critical thinking, learning, and action on campus and beyond.

    Let’s work together to make a difference.

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Mar 12 2025
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Queer and Trans Studies Working Group Mini-Symposium: Queer and Trans Histories/Futures for Our Times

Wednesday, 9:30 am–1:00 pm CDT
UIC's Insititute for the Humanities, Suite 153 BSB
Mar 13 2025
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UIC Queer Kickback

Thursday, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm CST
GSC Community Lounge and Flex Space, 181-183 Behavioral Sciences Building (BSB)
Apr 8 2025
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Queer and Trans Focus Group with UIC Counseling Center and GSC

Tuesday, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm CDT
GSC Flex Space, 183 BSB

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Billy’s Banter: Reflections from GSC Director (November)
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
"In a political climate that is increasingly hostile to Trans people all over the world, TDOR serves as an important reminder that transphobia is killing people."
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Billy's Banter: Reflections from GSC Director (October)
Thursday, October 3, 2024
"October was chosen for LGBTQ+ History Month in part because National Coming Out Day was already celebrated every year on October 11. In this post, I want to talk about (not) coming out. ...[it] is more complicated than many understand."
Bi Visibility Week
Billy's Banter: Reflections from GSC Director (September)
Monday, September 16, 2024
"Questioned and minimized by both straight and gay people, bisexual folks have historically had to fight for legitimacy, visibility, and pleasure on all sides."
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CCUSC Solidarity Statement
Monday, October 16, 2023
Statement from the Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC)
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How to Find an LGBTQ-Friendly College
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Featuring GSC Director Dr. Billy Huff

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