LGBT-Related Resources at UCSF

UCSF Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources (LGBTIR)
In addition to this website, LGBTR presents a wealth of other programs and services. To get direct word of upcoming events and newsy tidbits, subscribe to the LGBTSA listserv, as described in the next paragraph. Or email LGBTIR directly.

UCSF LGBT Listserv
UCSF students, faculty, staff, residents, postdocs, and fellows ar elinked via a listserv that publicizes events and news--yet, magically, does not have annoying traffic! To join, address an e-mail to listserv@listserv.ucsf.edu and send the message: subscribe lgbt yourfirstname yourlastname. (Be sure those four words, without the period, are the only text in your message; also, if you're subscribing from a non-UCSF address, you'll be asked for your UCSF affiliation.)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Students Association (LGBTSA)
This registered student organization does advocacy, promotes networking (via regular social and community-building events), and presents educational programs. For more info, contact Thomas Yi or Mats Christiansen.

UCSF LGBT Residents Group
This registered organization of residents and interns does informal networking and advocacy. For more information, contact Patrick Unemori (Internal Medicine).

UCSF LGBT Staff Group
This registered organization of staff and faculty does advocacy and presents networking and educational programs. For more information, contact Staff Group Coordinator Lisa Gerick or LGBTIR.

UCSF Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues
Created in the early 1990s, this Committee is charged with reducing homophobia on campus, implementing the University's policies barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and improving the quality of life for LGBT students, staff, and faculty. For more information about the Committee, contact Committee Co-Chairs James Dilley, MD, or Tonya Chaffee, MD, the Chancellor's Office, or LGBTIR.

UCSF AIDS Research Institute
ARI offers a wealth of information, services, and programs related to HIV/AIDS, including the AIDS Health Project, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), HIV InSite, and the Positive Health Program.

UCSF Lesbian Health & Research Center
The Center provides support to researchers and offers periodic educational events.

UCSF Office of Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Diversity
UC's non-discrimination policy forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender. At UCSF, the Office of AA/EO/D carries out this policy by processing internal complaints of discrimination and facilitating campus response to external complaints. Its website notes: "Any employee, applicant for employment, student, applicant for admission, campus visitor, union, patient, organization, contractor, vendor, or bidder can utilize our services in addressing any problems related to discrimination. A confidential setting is provided to explore questions or concerns. . . . Many issues are resolved informally through consultation."

UC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex Association (UCLGBTIA)
This systemwide group is open to all UC-affiliated students, staff, and faculty, and has branches on each campus and at the labs. It does advocacy (it was instrumental in securing domestic partner benefits, and is now focusing on adding "gender identity" to UC's non-discrimination policy), and it holds a three-day assembly each year, alternating between northern and southern campuses. Its website offers detailed information about domestic partner benefits, plus links to each UC campus's LGBT resource office/center.