Student Organizations

To reserve the RCSGD lounge for your QT related event/meeting please fill out the RCSGD Lounge Reservation Request.
Reservations request are for after center hours.

A group of students who share a common interest in cultivating, nurturing, and enriching the queer experience at UCSB. We are advocates for queer perspectives and we work to ensure that the presence and voices of queer students are recognized and respected by college administration, the student body, and the larger Santa Barbara/Goleta community.Through our active presence and involvement on campus, the QSU hopes to confront phobias and heteronormativity while seeking to strengthen the bonds within our community.
Meets: Tuesdays 7pm in the UCen State Street Room
Contact: ucsbqtc@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QTCUCSB/

oSTEM (out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is an organization at UCSB and a chapter of oSTEM Incorporated, the national non-profit organization. We aim to promote and support LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) individuals and their allies in their pursuit of STEM fields.
Meetings: Every other Monday, study hours on Wednesday. See Facebook for times and locations
Contact: ostemucsb@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/577202512311419/
Website: https://ostem-ucsb.weebly.com/

The QT GSU aims to provide community, mentorship, advocacy, and professional development to LGTBQIA+ graduate students at UCSB.
Website: https://qtgsuucsb.wordpress.com/
Contact: qtgsu.ucsb@gmail.com

Meetings Mondays at 8pm in the QCOMM office (second floor, AS Building, up the stairs and to the left)
Queer Commission is our campus financier of other student organizations. As an AS entity, they vote on funding requests and also speak for the campus queer community on current events.
Contact: qcomm@as.ucsb.edu
Website: https://qcomm.as.ucsb.edu/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/ucsbqcomm/

Black Quare provides a safe space for folks who identify with the intersection of being both black (of the African diaspora) and of the LGBT community. The mission is to create visibility and promote information/cultural concerns for this underrepresented group. Black Quare is open to student staff, faculty, and community members.
Meeting time: Every Monday 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the RCSGD
Contact: blackquare@gmail.com

Our mission is to support students who may identify within the intersections of being undocumented and LGBTQ+ here at UCSB and the greater community. This support group was created as a response to the historical and systematic lack of support, resources, and advocacy on campus that satisfied the needs of undocumented, queer and trans people of color.
Meeting time: Thursday 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM at the Monarch Lounge Building 101
Contact: undocuqt@gmail.com

We seek to provide a welcoming place for UCSB queers and allies to socialize and form strong community bonds. Our weekly meetings rotate between crafts, games, and outside activities complete with refreshments. Come out and hang out with FUQIT!
Meeting Time: Thursdays at 8PM in the RCSGD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UCSBFUQIT/

La Familia de Colores is a LGBTQ organization that actively seeks to create a safe space and gain awareness in the Latin@/Chican@ community at UCSB. Our objective is to fill the gap and intersect the two communities.
Meetings time: Wednesdays at 8PM in El Centro
Contact: lafamiliadecolores@gmail.com

Keshet is a safe space that works for the equality of all LGBTQ+ Jews in Jewish life! At UCSB, our Keshet will be a safe place for LGBTQ+ Jews to hang out and have a fun time! We will also plan and host events that celebrate our identities! Anyone is welcome to come to our meetings and events and we look forward to meeting everyone!
Facebook: @ucsbkeshet
Contact: ucsbkeshet@gmail.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/eXyEAzf

Society for Accessible and Safe Spaces is a transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming support group as well as an advocacy organization aimed at addressing access and safety on campus-owned property. We strive to institute change and incite a discourse that treats economic, racial, and gender issues as inseperable.
This student organization is currently inactive. If you would like to restart this organization, please contact the RCSGD staff for assistance.

A social group open to undergraduates, graduate students, staff, alumni, and community members to talk and play games!
This student organization is currently inactive. If you would like to restart this organization, please contact the RCSGD staff for assistance.

QAPI is a safe space for queer identified API and their allies, dedicated to highlighting intersectionality, empowering identity, building community, and fostering friendship.
This student organization is currently inactive. If you would like to restart this organization, please contact the RCSGD staff for assistance.
Contact: ucsbqapi@gmail.com