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In October, it felt a lot like June on the University of New Mexico campus.  The UNM LGBTQ Resource Center hosted its first ever Lobo Pride event as part of National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11. Since Gay Pride Month is normally celebrated in June,...

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month and to highlight the celebration, UNM Anthropology department administrator Jennifer George has compiled a website page full of events, research, news, organizations, and other resources and information. According to the...

The University of New Mexico has held ranks of being an LGBTQ-Friendly University, however, those rankings did not appear overnight. Much of the inclusivity and progress the University has made is the result of a decade of hard work by the LGBTQ Resource...

Now a national celebration full of rainbow colors and vibrant expressions of humanity, the history of Pride Month is rooted in the weight of the Stonewall riots of June 28, 1969. The following year, on the anniversary of the riots, marked the first Gay...

A recent survey of students at The University of New Mexico shows a majority of students believe UNM is doing a good job of educating, preventing and responding to sexual misconduct and assault. However, some students are still at a higher risk of being...

Students at The University of New Mexico were encouraged to take their learning outside the classroom as part of a new, weeklong initiative to teach self-awareness, the mitigation of danger as well as overall safety support. Safety Week, sponsored by...

In an effort to provide support to the community as they work through their emotions surrounding the recent events in Orlando, The University of New Mexico’s LGBTQ Resource Center, the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC), UNM-Hospitals and other UNM student...

The University of New Mexico mourns the unspeakable loss of so many lives in Orlando.  The LGBTQ community — long oppressed and subject to violence — is marked by exemplary love, strength and resiliency. Our hearts go out to the victims and their...

At the seventh annual Q’s OUTstanding Awards sponsored by Albuquerque Pride, UNM’s LGBTQ Resource Director Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos was given top honor by being named the recipient of the Stonewall Achievement Award. The award ceremony also marked the...