The Pride Collective
A safe, supportive, and empowering home for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at UBC.The Pride Collective is a student-led organization that facilitates events, provides resources, and creates inclusive spaces. Join our Discord server, attend Discussion Groups or Committees, or come to a General Meeting to get involved in our vibrant community and to meet new people!You can also come hang out in the Pride Lounge, AMS NEST 2103 at any time to study, socialize, and decompress. There are games, plushies, free safer sex supplies, and more!
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About Us
What is the Pride Collective in more detail? What and when are General Meetings or Committees?
programs & services
What programs and services are open to the UBC community and beyond?
events
What kind of events does the Pride Collective host throughout the academic year?
Get involved
We're always welcoming in new volunteers to the Pride Collective!You can:
Become a discussion group facilitator
Help plan and run Pride events and create your own
Help run our programs and services like the Hungry Hamper
Join our committees or create new onesSend an email, message on Instagram or Discord, or come to a meeting to get started. See you soon!
About Us
The Pride Collective is an AMS resource group that offers educational and social services dealing with sexual and gender diversity to the UBC community, including but not limited to students, staff, and faculty. PCol provides support and information to those who self identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, two-spirit, asexual, queer, questioning, intersex, other identities, those who do not identify and allies; assists people who are coming out; supplies a forum for dialogue about sexuality and gender identity; holds social events, and educates the wider UBC community about the variation in human sexuality and gender identity. Members of the group come from diverse backgrounds and everyone is welcome regardless of sexuality or gender. Come find us in the AMS Nest, room 2103 in the Resource Groups Centre on the second floor.
General Meetings
Everyone is welcome to our weekly collective meetings. This is where votes happen to make important decisions on the course of the Pride Collective and is the best place to have your voice be heard.General Meetings are at 5PM on Fridays in LIFE2202 starting September 13th, 2024.
Comittees
Committees are how the Pride Collective operates! These are the distinct units that bring votes forward to General Meetings, spend budget allocations, and play a key role in the Pride Collective’s ability to provide for the community. Get involved at any time by attending and bringing forward suggestions, participating in votes, and more.Organizational
Umbrella coverage of all committees and the main hub to keep the Pride Collective running.Meetings: Thursday from 6-7PMComms & Media
Keeping up with social media, graphic design, photography, and emails.Spaces & Services
Decorating, cleaning, and stocking the Lounge, Office, and Hungry Hamper.Events
Putting on queer and inclusive events that engage the community.Activism & Social Justice
Working with the community’s needs for on- and off-campus visibility and rights.Queer Technicians
Managing the technical aspects of the website and Discord.
Programs & Services
Events
The Pride Collective hosts a variety of events! We encourage people to reach out and create their own events. To create your own events you can pitch your idea in person at our general meetings, organizational meetings, or events committee meetings. You can also email us: [email protected]. For smaller events like hangouts, share your ideas/plans on our Discord.The best places to get event updates are our Discord and Instagram.
Discussion Groups
The Pride Collective’s discussion groups revolve around fostering diverse discussions and queer community building. These weekly drop-in groups are informal, low-commitment, and easily accessible to all students, faculty, and community members. Each group meets in the Pride Lounge, NEST 2103.Groups run weekly but if a facilitator is unavailable, a group may be cancelled for that week, and it will be announced on Discord and Instagram.Our groups include:
Lovers of Ladies (LoL)
Attraction in all forms to women and fem-aligned people. Thursdays, 5-6pmGuy Lovers Weekly (GLoW)
Attraction in all forms to men and masc-aligned people. Mondays, 6-7pmPeople Lovers Weekly (PLoW)
Attraction to more than one gender, regardless of label. Wednesdays, 5-6pmTrans & Gender Identities
Identities & experiences of trans/nonbinary/gender-nonconforming folks. Fridays, 6:30-7:30pmAce & Aro Antics (AAAA)
Identities & experiences surrounding asexual/aromantic spectrums. Tuesdays, 7-8pmQueer/Trans Black, Indigenous, Mixed, People of Colour (QTBIMPOC)
Experiences of BIMPOC people from a queer lens. Mondays, 5-6pmSafe Educational Queer Sex and Intimacy (SEQSI)
Attractions & experiences from a lens of queer sex and intimacy. Seeking a facilitatorNon-Monogamy and Polyamory (NoMPA)
Identities & experiences surrounding any form of non-monogamous relationships. Seeking a facilitator2-Spirit and IndigiQueer (2SIQ)
Queer-Indigenous experiences & 2-Spirit identities. Seeking a facilitatorGayduate Students
2SLGBTQIA+ graduate student experiences. Seeking a facilitatorPlurality & Alterhuman Identities (PAI)
Identities & experiences beyond the term “human” or other societal norms. Tuesdays, 6-7pm
Hungry Hamper
The Hungry Hamper is a service provided by the UBC Pride Collective that is there to make sure people have enough to eat, which means having access to not just food, but nutritious food.According to Statistics Canada 40% of students don’t have secure access to food, a rate that’s even higher among marginalized groups.The Hungry Hamper aims to focus marginalized groups, specifically 2SLGBTQ+ so that they can access food in a safe, comfortable way. But like the rest of The Pride Collective, it is open to all!So how does The Hungry Hamper work?Located just outside the Pride Lounge (NEST 2103). You simply take what you need as you need it! And if you have any unopened non-perishable goods to donate, please feel free to drop them off!
Gender Empowerment Store
The GES provides free gender-affirming products that aren't safely or affordably accessible to people. Gender affirming gear include but are not limited to packers, binders, padding, gaffs and boxers.The GES takes requests and accepts donations!Orders are currently on hold; for more information, send an email to [email protected] or contact through Instagram: (@ges.prideubc).