Through collaborative efforts between Student Organizations, Leadership, and Engagement (SOLE), LBGTQ+ Services, Women and Gender Services (WXGS) and Intercultural Engagement (i.e.), over 400 students have participated in the I Am a LEADer virtual conference for the last 3 years! Last year we had just about 100 students participate and gave out 15+ LEADer badges to...
Join WXGS and Jesse Freidin, a queer-identified photographer, author and educator for a conversation on elevating the experience of the trans and gender non-conforming community through portraiture and interviews in his current project “Are You OK?”. This event is open to all MIT students.
To celebrate Women’s Heritage Month, come learn from Catherine D’Ignazio (she/hers) on how to use data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial equity. D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology, data literacy and civic engagement. This event is open to all MIT students and dinner will...
Come help i.e. and WXGS assemble the care packages! These packages will be donated to Rosie’s Place, a shelter and home for women-identifying people in Boston. Insomnia Cookies will be provided!
Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility with us on a bit early! Join our fun gathering featuring delicious food, community.
Join WXGS, LBGTQ+ Services, and IMPACT Boston for a FREE full-impact, trauma-informed self-defense class taught by trained instructors from IMPACT Boston. You will gain verbal and physical tools to more safely and effectively advocate for yourself and others. This class will center on the experiences of all women and non-binary communities intersecting with LBGTQ+ identities,...
The RISE Awards - Recognizing Individuals Supporting Equity - is an opportunity to celebrate MIT faculty, staff and students on their work with diversity, inclusion and social justice on and off campus. MIT community members nominate their peers and colleagues for these awards. The RISE AWARDS is a collaboration sponsored by Intercultural Engagement (i.e.), Institute...
Come chat with MIT Libraries Staff to learn about the history of the Cheney room, see photos and archival material, and have your questions answered about the space past and present. Then stay afterwards for the WXGS Open House with food and music. All are welcome.
All are welcome to come to the Women and Gender Services (WXGS) open house in the Margaret Cheney Room. Food, fun, and snacks plus learn about the history of the Cheney Room.
The Student Advisory Board will provide a student voice/experience to the Assistant Director of LBGTQ+ Services on programming, events, workshop ideas that uplift the mission of LBGTQ+ Services. The Advisory Board will also help evaluate LBGTQ+ Services signature programs (National Coming Out Day, LBGTQ+ Leadership Retreat, Trans Day of Remembrance, and Lavender Graduation), share ideas...
Join Women and Gender Services (WXGS) to attend Dr. Joy Buolamwini '17, '22 at Harvard Book Store presenting Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines in conversation with Sarah Lewis. Students attending the event will receive a copy of the book and a WXGS food credit. You may...
Join LBGTQ+ Services and the Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life (ORSEL) on November 20th as we gather for a solemn and reflective Trans Day of Remembrance. This annual observance honors the lives and memories of transgender individuals who have tragically lost their lives to acts of violence. Through words, reflection, and community, we...