Involvement

LGBTQ+ students and allies are encouraged to take advantage of hundreds of student cohorts and organizations, including many that focus on LGBTQ+ advocacy, mentorship, leadership development and more. 

Center for Belonging and Social Change

The Center for Belonging and Social Change provides students of diverse cultural backgrounds and identities with a variety of opportunities for involvement, including leadership groups, cohorts, mentorship programs. The CBSC also offers a variety of signature events for our constituency groups. A number of these opportunities cater directly to the LGBTQ+ community and its allies.

• LGBTQ*mmunity: a weekly community group for LGBTQ+ students at Ohio State.

• LGBTQ Leaders Consortium: an opportunity for LGBTQ+ student organization leaders to connect and collaborate. 

LGBTQ+ Signature Events include:

• Welcome (Back) Mix and Mingle (August)

• LGBTQ History Month (October)

• National Coming Out Day (October)

• Trans Awareness and Empowerment Week (November)

• Queer HoliGay Dinner (December)

• Welcome Back to Spring Fling (January)

• Transgender Day of Visibility (March)

• Gaypril Gayla (April)

• Rainbow Graduation Celebration (May)

• One University, One Pride (June)

LGBTQ Student Organizations

The Ohio State University boasts a number of LGBTQ+ student organizations.

Undergraduate Student Organizations

• Buckeye Spectrum: aims to create a welcoming space for LGBTQIA+ Student Athletes and Allies of all racial and gender identities, while educating our Ohio State community. For more info, contact Victoria Carlson at carlson.554@osu.edu.

• Cultivating Change: an LGBTQ+ group for OSU students, staff, and faculty with an interest in food, agriculture, and environmental sciences. Meetings occur on Wednesdays at 7PM. For more info, contact specht.22@osu.edu or krage.6@osu.edu, or join the Cultivating Change groupme.

• NGPA at OSU: a chapter of the National Gay Pilots Association. For more info, contact buckeyes@ngpa.org.

• Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM): provides support for LGBTQ+ and ally students, faculty, and staff by educating peers, hosting social events, and connecting members with activism opportunities and professionals in industry. For more info, email ostem.at.osu@gmail.com.

• OUTdoors: provides access to nature and outdoor activities to underrepresented groups, with a focus on LGBTQ+ identities, people of color, women, people with disabilities, and allies. For more info, contact Justin Smith at smith.12935@osu.edu.

• Pride: an all-inclusive LGBTQ+ club focused on providing a safe and fun space for students. Pride meets every other Monday at 8 PM. For more info, contact prideosu@gmail.com.

• Queer Latinx Community Pride Association: celebrates the queer Latinx experience, providing a safe space for students who are out, in the process and/or questioning. For more info, contact queerlatinxosu@gmail.com.

• SHADES: engages people of color at various stages of coming out to understand their identity and make sense of the LGBTQ community. SHADES meets Wednesdays at 8 PM. For more info, contact shades.osu@gmail.com.
  

• Students for Diversity in Education Through Service (SDES):  provides service and networking opportunities for LGBTQ students and their allies. SDES meets every other Monday at 8 PM. For more info, contact osusdes@gmail.com.
  

• Trans*Mission – a social group providing a safe space for transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and questioning students and allies to meet. Trans*Mission meets on Thursdays at 7 PM. For more info, contact Julian robbins.391@osu.edu.

Graduate/Professional Student Organizations

• Dental Pride Alliance: an organization for LGBTQ students in the College of Dentistry. For more info, contact cardonasoto.1@osu.edu.

• LGBTQ+ and Allies in Medicine: a diverse organization of LGBTQ+ and allied medical students working to educate the medical school community. For more info, contact Kara Klinkebiel at kara.klinkebiel@osumc.edu.

• Out in Nursing: a social organization for LGBTQ student nurses and allies. For more info, contact Logan Sherman at sherman.1420@osu.edu.

• Out of Office: an organization of business professionals that openly accepts all. For more info, contact Sean McCormick at mccormick.487@osu.edu.

• OutLaws: an organization of Moritz College of Law students, faculty, and staff that promotes understanding of legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community. For more info, contact Kyle Johnson at johnson.9275@osu.edu.

• Pride Veterinary Medical Community: aims to foster acceptance and inclusivity for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities within the veterinary profession. For more info, contact Osucvmpride@gmail.com.

Alumni Involvement

LGBTQ+ alumni can get involved within the Ohio State community by joining the Scarlet and Gay LGBTQ Alumni Society, which sponsors a scholarship program, hosts events and collaborates with community organizations to promote education and awareness of LGBTQ issues.