Happy Holidays

On behalf of the UMass Pride Alliance we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please keep checking the blog for updates on some great events for next semester including Drag Ball, and Queerfest!

Dance in Red: Aids Benefit

On Dec 4th the Pride Alliance will be hosting a party in the Fine Arts Center lobby to help honor World Aids Day and Raise Money for Northampton Aids Care. The party starts at 9pm.

Admission is $4 and Aids Awareness Bracelets are $1

Understanding Trans: Exploring Identities & Creating Supportive Communities with Chase Catalano

On Nov. 16th at 7:00 P.M. the UMass Pride Alliance will be teaming up with the Amherst College Pride Group for a lecture on Trans identity. The lecture is entititled: Understanding Trans: Exploring Identities & Creating Supportive Communities with Chase Catalano

and it will be located in Pruyne Lecture Hall at Amherst College

Come join us for a great lecture! Refreshmants will be provided

SEX TOY PARTY!!

The Pride Alliance will be hosting its annual sex toy party on Oct. 29 2009 AT 7PM. You can find us in the campus center room 101. We will have a rep from "Oh My" in Northampton showing us the goods and some are available for sale!! Come and bring some friends along, it will be a great time.

Juvenile Diabetes Walk

On October 18th the Pride Alliance will be participating in the Juvenile Diabetes walk at Six Flags New England. The walk will be two miles and it begins at 10:00am. We will be leaving campus at 9:00. If you would like to walk with us or donate please go to this website http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=walk.home . The team name is UMass Pride Alliance and the captain is Sherrelle Fiddiman. Hope to see you there!

Stonewall Center Dance

The Stonewall Center will be hosting a Dance in the Fine Arts Center on Saturday Sept. 19th from 9:00pm -1:00am. Please come out for some great music and good times.

Welcome to our Page

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the UMass Pride Alliance blog. This blog was created to keep you posted about all of our events and meetings. In the past we have done Drag Balls, a breast cancer walk, Ally Training, and a week of events called Queerfest. We have also hosted meetings on Queer stereotypes in the media, coming out stories, and hate crimes on campus just to name a few. We will be bringing some of these events back as well as some new ones. Stay tuned, subscribe and we'll keep you posted.