LGBTQ+ Community Events

Current Events

LGBTQ+ Open Discussion

April 2, 2025, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Peconic 122H

Sponsored by Braver Spaces Ally Network at SUNYSuffolk

Past Events

Braver Spaces LGBTQ+ Ally Training

December 6, 2024, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Join the Gender & Sexuality Alliance on the Eastern campus to celebrate National Coming Out Day. Oct 9, 2024. 11am to 12:30pm, Peconic Cafe.

Banned Books Read Out

September 25, 2024, 12:30pm

Censorship/Banned Books Panel Discussion

October 25 from 11am to 12:15pm, zoom.

Nationwide, censorship of children's and young adult books is at all-time high.

Celebrate National Coming Out Day

October 12, 11am - 2:30 pm
Peconic Cafe, Eastern Campus

LGBTQ+ Ally Welcome Back Event

Wednesday, September 7, 3-4 p.m., Grant Campus

Captree Commons Room 113

LGBTQ+ Banned Book Read Out

April 20, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Ammerman Quad

Join us to learn about the recent, nationwide, of K-12 book bans.

Journalist Sasha Issenberg discusses his book The Engagement: America's Quarter Century Struggle Over Same Sex Marriage.

December 2, 2021

Open Hour for the LGBTQ+ Community
In Person: Thursday, October 28, Eastern Campus, MLRC 108
Virtually: Friday, October 29, 5 p.m.

Share your concerns, make some friends, and connect with allies.

Career Advising & Workplace Issues for Transgender & Nonbinary Students
October 29, 2021. 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Sandra Buatti-Ramos, Associate Director of Career Services at Columbia University, will present a virtual talk on career advising and workplace issues for TNB students. Open to the SUNYSuffolk community.

An opportunity for students to learn about LGBTQ+ allyship
October 11, 2021. 5:00 p.m.
October 13, 2021. 3:00 p.m.

Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community
October 8, 2021. 12:30 p.m.

Join us for a virtual presentation about mental health and the LGBTQ+ community. SCCC alum Nicole Alvarez, LMHC, will share information about challenges experienced by the college LGBTQ+ community and how allies can help.

Welcome Back! Join the Grant Campus GSA for a get-together.
September 15, 2021. 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Talk Saves Lives
May 7, 2021. 2:00 p.m.

An Introduction to LGBT Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide. Registration is required.

Book Discussion
April 23, 2021. 11:00 a.m.

A virtual book discussion of award-winning Jacob Tobia's memoir, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story.

Virtual Book Discussion
December 2, 2020

A poetic coming of age story as author Saeed Jones shares excerpts of his life growing up a gay, black man from the South: his perception of the world as he learns the world's perception of him.