GenEq is the campus center for discussion groups related to issues of gender and sexuality. GenEq is a brave space that facilitates the open discussion of sensitive topics. Below are a list of GenEq projects and Student-Directive Collaborative Projects that use GenEq as their homebase. Please see the Campus Life and Leadership Student Organizations website for a searchable database of all student organizations at UC Berkeley. (Tip: use search terms like "women" and "LGBT.")
GenEq Discussion Groups
- QPOC Together: Queer People of Color: A monthly community forum and chill space for queer-identified students of color at UC Berkeley.
- ENVISION: White Anti-Racist Network @ GenEq: A space for white students, staff and faculty at Cal to discuss race and whiteness in queer and women’s communities.
- Women's Chat Circles: A monthly discussion space for women and women of color on different topics each month.
- M^3: Men, Masculinity and Manhood: A space for men to talk about masculinity and manhood. - NEW!
Female Sexuality DeCal (FemSex)
TheFemale Sexuality DeCal is a student-facilitated class that covers a wide range of topics related to female sexuality and women's empowerment. FemSex is a Student-Directed Collaborative Project at GenEq.
Khush: South Asian Queer, Questioning and LGBT Space
Are you a South-Asian who is either questioning your sexuality or gender or identifies as an LGBTQIA person? We are a group of South Asians who are looking to create a safe, closed, secret and private space for South Asian queer and questioning folks to hang out. The space will be completely confidential and we have the utmost respect for your confidentiality.
From KhushTexas' website: --Khush according to Pratibha Parmar: "“Khush” means ecstatic pleasure in Urdu. For South Asian lesbians and gay men in Britain, North America, and India the term captures the blissful intricacies of being queer and of color. Inspiring testimonies bridge geographical differences to locate shared experiences of isolation and exoticization but also the unremitting joys and solidarity of being “khush”."
Please e-mail us at khush.berkeley@gmail.com if you are interested in attending our meetings, receiving more information, or have any questions, comments or suggestions! Khush is a sponsored group of GenEq.
Or, you can get involved by filling out this form here.
The Masculinities Collective is a collaborative space where men can engage each other on issues of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, power, and privilege while building a space in which subversive masculinities can be created and nurtured. At this time, it doesn't appear the Masculinities Collective will be active in the Fall 2011 semester. The Maculinities Collective is a Student-Directed Collaborative Project at GenEq.
T-Cal: A Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Space
T-Cal is a group that seeks to address the spectrum of gender and gender expression, especially for students, staff and faculty who may identify across the transgender spectrum at UCB. Join us for conversation, community, and resources!
Spring 2012 Meetings:
2nd and 4th Mondays
5-6:30pm
Email Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu for location.
We are having this slightly odd meeting schedule to make sure that everyone who responded to the availability poll can make at least one meeting a month. For meeting locations and questions, contact Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu. Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/125553233459/.
TBTN is A Night of Empowerment Against Sexual and Relationship Violence at UC Berkeley. Take Back the Night is a program of GenEq.
Vagina Monologues - V-Day at UC Berkeley
V-Day at UC Berkeley is not only a cohort of Program Assistants at the Gender Equity Resource Center that puts on playwright Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues every year to raise money to end violence against women, but we are a movement on campus and in our community. The Vagina Monologues is a program of GenEq.
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