Campus Resources
LGBTQ+ Specific
LGBTQ+ Initiatives
The purpose of LGBTQ+ Initiatives, within the Office of Student Life, is to affirm the unique lives, identities and intersectionalities of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Two-Spirit, Queer, Questioning, Asexual, Intersex, Pansexual, Omnisexual, same gender loving people and ally students, and faculty and staff members. We encourage a supportive and inclusive environment by providing education, outreach and advocacy opportunities that assist our LGBTQ+ and ally students and faculty and staff members to achieve personal and academic excellence.
Email: lgbtq@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.2250
Office: KL 167A
Lambda Alliance
Lambda Alliance is a safe space for queer and trans individuals to be themselves and utilize it as needed. As a registered club and organization, we celebrate the intersectionality of queer and trans identity. In doing so, we advocate against oppressions to build towards queer and trans liberation. We also provide the tools for straight and cisgender allies to advocate alongside the queer and trans community. We strengthen community partly by hosting social events and promoting learning opportunities. We recognize that individuals are at different moments in coming out to themselves and hope to support them in their journey.
Email: LambdaAlliance@ucmerced.edu
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Queer Issues, CACQI
LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion (CCCI), works to identify institutional, structural, and cultural initiatives that advances the UC Merced campus climate for the LGBTQ2IA2 and expanding community. The advisory committee advocates on campus on behalf of the LGBTQ2IA2 community for participation, success, and visibility across multiple dimensions of inequality including but not limited to gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, ability, veteran, marital and familial status. The Committee will operate under a shared governance model, intentionally including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, senate and non-senate faculty and staff members.
Email: cacqi@ucmerced.edu
Queer Ally Program
The Queer All Program is a program which identifies students, faculty and staff members who will provide empathy, acceptance, support and resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex students and all forms of gender expression. Individuals have a right to their opinion; however, if someone is stating myths or misinformation about gender and sexual diversity, Queer Ally Program members will provide more accurate information in a respectful manner.
Email: queerally@ucmerced.edu
General
The CARE Office
The CARE Office (formerly called the Violence Prevention Program) provides response to and education about gender-based violence, including sexual violence, domestic/dating violence, and stalking. The CARE Office serves all individuals affiliated with UC Merced including students, staff, and faculty members.
Email: Program Director, ycuriel2@ucmerced.edu
Phone: Program Director Yessenia Curiel: 209.233.1746
Campus Advocate Valara Villanueva: 209.386.2051
Program Coordinator Taylor Fugere: 209.228.4147 (tfugere@ucmerced.edu)
Office: KL 107
Cat Cops (UC Merced Police Department)
The UC Merced Police Department serves the UC Merced community and associated university property 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The department is a full-service agency.
Police Services
Emergency Management
Our police officers, public safety dispatchers, community service officers, student volunteers, support staff and managers provide innovative and caring professional service to the community. Services include but are not limited to notifying first responders to reports violence on campus, RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) training for students, faculty and staff, and Safety Escorts.
Email: police@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.CAT.COPS (228.2677)
Counseling and Psychological Services
Counseling and Psychological Services exists to support each student’s academic pursuit by providing professional services that care for the emotional, personal and social wellbeing of students.
Email: counseling@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.4266
Office: Recreation and Wellness Building, First Floor
Disability Services
The mission of Disability Services (DS) is to promote equal educational access and full participation by and for students with disabilities in the rich academic and campus life environment at UC Merced. DS staff are available to answer questions and provide useful information to facilitate equal academic access to students with disabilities.
Email: disabilityservices@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.6996
Office: SSB 230
Office of Campus Climate
The Office of Campus Climate was created to coordinate and support strategic initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion at UC Merced for all campus constituents. Director De Acker works with others throughout the campus on accountability, infrastructure and resources that support inclusive excellence, where equal opportunity, mutual respect and cross-cultural collaboration are fostered. The office also develops an integrated conflict management system for faculty, staff and students to voice their concerns, work to resolve issues and contribute to a conflict competent organization.
Email: dacker@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.2598
Office: KL 107
Social Justice Initiatives
With a focus on social justice, personal and community development, cultural awareness and advocacy, Social Justice Programs seeks to cultivate and develop an inclusive environment where students are aware of local, national and global issues and are equipped and prepared to thrive in a diverse global society.
Email: oprimitivo@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.5323
Office: KL 167B
Student Health Services
The mission of the Student Health Services is to help each student strive for maximum physical and emotional health while pursuing their academic and personal goals at UC Merced. Student Health Services is committed to providing the highest quality primary health care, in combination with health education and wellness promotion through caring, accessible and affordable services.
Email: health@ucmerced.edu
Phone: 209.228.2273
Office: Recreation and Wellness Building, Second Floor
Local Resources
Merced LGBTQ Alliance
The mission of the Merced LGBTQ Alliance is to advocate for the interests of the LGBTQ+ and Ally community within Merced County. We celebrate our diversity and advocate for justice and opportunities for members.
Email: mercedinfo@gaycentralvalley.org
Valley Crisis Center of Merced County
We exist to contribute to and enrich the cultural life and expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, their families, friends, and supporters through awareness and education of the diversity and history of the LGBT community in California’s Central Valley.
Phone: 209.725.7900; 24 hour crisis line: 209.722.4357
Valley Resources
Gay Central Valley
We exist to contribute to and enrich the cultural life and expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, their families, friends, and supporters through awareness and education of the diversity and history of the LGBT community in California’s Central Valley.
Email: info@gaycentralvalley.org
Phone: 559.325.4429
Address: 1067 N Fulton Ave, Fresno, CA
My LGBT Plus
MY LGBT PLUS is dedicated to connecting, interacting with and supporting the LGBT+ community of Central California. Our vision is to create an interconnected community that thrives!
Email: info@mylgbtplus.org
Phone: 559.797.1722
Address: 2915 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Central Valley Pride Center
“CVPC is a judgment free zone, providing support and promoting acceptance and diversity in the Central Valley’s LGBTQ+ community.” We are determined to provide a safe haven, promote leadership and community awareness for our community. More programming is ahead for the Pride Center: further lesbian and gay support groups, a group for same sex parents, support for parents and family members within the LGBTQ+ community, collaboration with Gay Straight Alliances at local high schools.
Email: info@mopride.org
Phone: 209.372.3056
Address: 400 12th Street Suite 2, Modesto, CA 95354
Gay & Lesbian Center of Bakersfield
Above all, the Center strives to provide a safe, comfortable and inviting place for the LGBT community to meet, socialize and network. In addition to providing an inviting place and positive environment, the Center seeks to improve the wellbeing of LGBT people in the Bakersfield area by providing social, cultural, and educational programs and activities, plus an extensive referral network. Furthermore, the Center seeks to strengthen the connection between the LGBT community and the entire Bakersfield area community by fostering diversity, tolerance, and greater understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
Email: info@glcenterbak.org
Phone: 661.843.7995
Address: 902 18th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301
PFLAG Fresno
PFLAG Fresno is a volunteer group of parents, family and friends of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT). We welcome all caring persons, including the GLBT community to our meetings and membership. We meet on the second Sunday of each month.
Email: pflagfresno@gmail.com
Phone: 559.434.6540
Address: Wesley United Methodist Church at the Winterberg Education Conference Building
1343 E. Barstow Ave (Between First & Cedar) Fresno, CA 93710.6309
PFLAG Sacramento
Founded in 1982, the Sacramento Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) promotes the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, their families and friends through:
Support, to cope with an adverse society;
Education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and
Advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure civil rights.
PFLAG Sacramento meets jointly with Trans Families Sacramento, a group of transgender families in the Sacramento area, including trans parents (transgender parents), parents with transgender children, spouses and families.
Email: contact@pflagsacramento.org
Phone: 916.978.0410
Address: PO Box 661855, Sacramento CA 95866.1855
Sacramento LGBT Community Center
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center works to create a region where LGBTQ people thrive. We support the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocate for equality and justice, and work to build a culturally rich LGBTQ community.
Email: info@saccenter.org
Phone: 916.442.0185
Address: 1927 L St, Sacramento, CA 95811
San Joaquin Pride Center
The mission of the San Joaquin Pride Center is to serve the diverse LGBTQQIA community in San Joaquin County and the surrounding areas by creating a safe and welcoming space, by providing resources that enrich body, mind and spirit, and by educating the public in tolerance and respect for all people within the LGBTQQIA community.
Email: sjpridecenter@gmail.com
Phone: 209.466.7572
Address: 115 N Sutter St, Stockton, CA 95202
The SOURCE LGBT+ Center
Our MISSION is to provide spaces within our communities for the LGBT+ population to Learn, Grow, Belong, Transform, Question + Support. Our VISION is to cultivate new resources through advocacy, partnerships and fundraising to unite and advance the LGBT+ community in Tulare & Kings Counties.
Email: thesourcelgbt@gmail.com
Phone: 559.429.4277
Address: 208 West Main Street B, Visalia, CA 93291
State Resources
API Equality
API Equality is committed to working in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in California and nationally for equal marriage rights, fair treatment and overall acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Email: info@apiequalitync.org
Phone: 415.274.6750 ex. 317
Address: 17 Walter U. Lum Place San Francisco, CA 94108
Brown Boi Project
Brown Boi Project works to build leadership, economic self-sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men, and queer/straight men of color―pipelining them into the social justice movement.
Email: info@brownboiproject.org
Phone: 510.962.6999
Address: 436 14th Street, 5th floor, Oakland, CA 94612
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) is a nonprofit legal service program created to help California's low income individuals and communities. We represent all types of individuals and communities. We have offices from the Mexican border to Northern California. CRLA’s LGBT program is dedicated to advocating on behalf of low income lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and their families in rural California. The LGBT program works to improve access to justice and expand civic engagement opportunities for LGBT communities.
Phone: multiple numbers based on location
Address: multiple locations
El/La Para TransLatinas
El/La is an organization for transgender Latinas (TransLatinas) that works to build collective vision and action to promote our survival and improve our quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Because we exist in a world that fears and hates transgender people, women and immigrants, we fight for justice. We respond to those who see us as shameful, disposable or less than human. We are here to reflect the style and grace of our survival, and to make new paths for ourselves.
Email: multiple emails, check website
Phone: 415.864.7278
Address: 2940 16th Street, Rm 319. San Francisco, CA 94103
Hispanics in Philanthropy
HIP works to strengthen movement building and leadership at the intersection of LGBT rights and racial justice in Latino communities and Latin America.
Phone: 415.837.0427
Address: 414 13th St #200, Oakland, CA 94612
National Resources
Advocated for Informed Choice (AIC)
Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC) uses innovative strategies to advocate for the legal and human rights of children born with intersex traits. Their work is grounded in a sense of respect and compassion for the children, parents, doctors, and intersex adults involved.
Email: info@aiclegal.org
Phone: 707.793.1190
Address: P.O. Box 676 Cotati, CA 94931
American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER)
American Veterans for Equal Rights is the oldest and largest chapter based, all volunteer national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Veterans Service Organization in the United States, and the nation’s only LGBT VSO recognized by the Veterans Administration. It is a Veterans Service Organization of active, reserve, and veteran service members dedicated to full and equal rights and equitable treatment for all present and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Email: info@aver.us
Phone: 718.849.5665
Address: P.O. Box 94376 Atlanta, GA 30377.0376
Family Equality Council
Family Equality Council connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer in this country and their six million children. They work to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families.
Phone: 646.880.3005
Address: 475 Park Ave South, Suite 2100 New York, NY 10016
Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons (GLARP)
The purpose Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons is to develop and operate retirement communities that are openly LGB friendly and to promote, provide and support education on aging.
Phone: 310.722.1806
Address: 10940 Wilshire Blvd, #1600, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Educators Network is the largest national organization of parents, educators, students and other concerned citizens working to end homophobia in K.12 schools, and to ensure all students are valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation. Their site details their conference calendar, provides a regional chapter locator, and offers a “tool-kit” or resources to use in schools.
Email: info@glsen.org
Phone: 212.727.0135
Address: 110 William Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Gender & Sexualities Alliance Network
GSA Network is a next generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
Email: info@gsanetwork.org
Phone: 415.552.4229
Address: 1714 Franklin St #100, Oakland, CA 94612
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization, envisions an America where GLBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. HRC has close to 600,000 members—all committed to making this vision of equality a reality. Founded in 1980, HRC effectively lobbies in Congress, provides campaign support to fair minded candidates, and works to educate the public on a wide array of topics affecting GLBT Americans, including relationship recognition, workplace, family, and health issues. The HRC Foundation engages in research and provides public education and programming.
Email: feedback@hrc.org
Phone: 202.628.4160 or 1.800.777.4723, TTY 202.216.1572
Address: 1640 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20036.3278
LGBT National Help Center
The LGBT National Help Center is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and those questioning their sexual orientation and gender identity. Their Gay & Lesbian National Hotline, which began in 1996, is a primary program of the GLBT National Help Center. They have 15,000 local resources for cities and towns across the country.
Email: help@LGBThotline.org
Phone: 1.888.843.4564, Youth Talkline 1.800.246.7743
Address: 2261 Market Street, #296 San Francisco, CA 94114
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) has been advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education since it was founded in 1977.
Email: info@NCLRights.org
Phone: 415.392.6257
Address: 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco CA 94102
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning lifesaving change for transgender people.
Email: ncte@transequality.org
Phone: 202.642.4542
Address: 1400 16th ST N.W., Suite 510, Washington D.C. 20036
National LGBTQ Task Force
The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. We’re building a future where everyone is free to be themselves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. That’s why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation to deliver a world where you can be you.
Email: ncte@transequality.org
Phone: 202.393.5177
Address: 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
National organization dedicated to providing support, community and education for the Queer Asian Pacific Islander community.
Email: info@nqapia.org
Phone: multiple based on location, see website
Address: 233 Fifth Avenue Suite 4A New York, NY 10016
National Queer Trans Therapists of Color Network
The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a space for queer, gender nonconforming and trans therapists of color to build, resource, and support one another as clinicians and healers. NQTTCN provides a network of support for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC) seeking transformative mental health resources rooted in social justice and liberation.
Email: nqttcn@gmail.com
Address: P.O. Box 7793 Oakland, CA 94601
Out and Equal Workplace Advocates
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates champions safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The organization advocates building and strengthening successful companies that value all employees, customers and communities.
Email: hello@outandequal.org
Phone: 415.694.6500
OutServe.SLDN
OutServe.SLDN represents the U.S. LGBT military community worldwide. The mission is to educate the community, provide legal services, advocate for authentic transgender service, provide developmental opportunities, support members and local chapters, communicate effectively, and work towards equality for all.
Email: admin@outserve-sldn.org
Phone: 800.538.7418
Address: PO Box 65301 Washington DC 20035-5301
Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a national nonprofit grassroots organization which promotes the well being of lesbian and gay people, their families, and friends through education and advocacy. Online information on Project Open Mind offers hate crime and teen suicide statistics. The site also offers a directory of chapters across the country. PFLAG is a particularly useful resource for parents of students who are coming out in college or for faculty and staff when one of their children comes out to them. There are more than 250,000 members and supporters in over 500 chapters throughout the United States.
Email: info@pflag.org
Phone: 202.467.8180
Address: 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 660 Washington, DC 20036
Pride at Work
Pride at Work is a nonprofit organization and an officially recognized constituency group of the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations. The association organizes mutual support between the organized labor movement and the LGBT community for social and economic justice. In addition to national Pride at Work, more than 20 chapters organize at the state and local level around the country.
Email: info@prideatwork.org
Phone: 202.637.5014
Address: 815 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20006
Trans People of Color Coalition
Trans People of Color Coalition exists to advance justice for all trans people of color. We amplify our stories, support our leadership, and challenge issues of racism, transphobia, and transmisogyny.
Email: info@tpocc.org
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. They envision a future where gender self-determination and authentic expression are seen as basic rights and matters of common human dignity.
Email: info@transgenderlawcenter.org
Phone: 510.587.9696
Address: PO Box 70976 Oakland, CA 94612.0976
