National Coming Out Day/CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center Open House

Come celebrate National Coming Out Day at CCNY with the LGBTQ+ Student Center! Join us at our Center to learn more about us while enjoying food, activities, painting, and crafts as we celebrate LGBTQ+ folks and identity.

This event is open to all CCNY and CUNY students, staff, faculty, and alumni.

We will also be unveiling new additions to our permanent Queering CCNY Mural (est. Fall 2022)!

When: Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 12:30PM - 2PM

Where: CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center (NAC 1/101B)

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Questions?: Please email lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu

The Queering CCNY Mural is a project to share community and storytelling among CCNY's LGBTQ+, questioning, and allied students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Created by the LGBTQ+ Student Center's Student Advisory Board and inspired by queeringthemap.com (you can also check out the website for inspiration on what to write)

How it Works:

CCNY's LGBTQ+, questioning, and allied folks share their stories or identities on the construction paper and marker provided. Choose your favorite color paper, write, and drop it in the lavender box. Feel free to be completely anonymous or sign your name.

Where can I share my story?:

Drop-off boxes are in

The CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center | NAC 1/101B
The Towers at CCNY
CCNY Health and Wellness Services | Marshak J-15
Colin Powell School Student Center | NAC 6/289
USG Hub Space | Wingate 112
You can also submit online via tinyurl.com/queeringccny

What can I write about?:

It can be a sentence, or two, a paragraph, or a drawing about:

Stories of coming out
Stories in the closet
Encounters with violence
Moments of rapturous love
Anything that tells your LGBTQ+ story

How do I see the mural?:

The Queering CCNY Mural is permanently on display in the LGBTQ+ Student Center (NAC 1/101B). Additions to this mural will be revealed on CCNY's National Coming Out Day (Thursday, Oct. 12th, 2023) and remain a permanent and growing display on our campus. After National Coming Out Day, submissions are welcome year-round online and within the LGBTQ+ Student Center drop-off box.

This event is made possible through the generous support of LaGuardia Community College and the New York City Council LGBT and Queer Caucus.

This event will be archived at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.

About the CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Student Center (est. Fall 2021) is a collaborative resource dedicated to celebrating, empowering, and supporting LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and faculty at CCNY. We are committed to leading with a social justice lens, offering and connecting LGBTQ+ communities at CCNY with accessible support services, relevant programming, engaging events, paid internship/job opportunities, and general guidance navigating college, home life, and futures outside of higher education for those who identify as LGBTQ+ or questioning. The LGBTQ+ Student Center is also dedicated to increasing awareness about LGBTQ+ issues, gender, and sexuality at City College. The LGBTQ+ Student Center is a safe space for all LGBTQIA+ students and allies to meet and build community. You all are welcome here!

Co-sponsors: CCNY LGBTQ+ Open Alliance Club, CCNY Office of Student Life and Leadership Development, the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, CCNY Health and Wellness Services, City College of New York Undergraduate Student Government, The Towers at CCNY, Delta Phi Omega Sorority Chapter at City College, CUNY Office of Student Inclusion Initiatives and the CUNY LGBTQI+ Council.

The City College of New York is a proud member of the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium.