Open Door Discussions

Approximately four times each semester, the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center hosts Open Door Discussions (ODDs). These student-led presentations cover an LGBTQ-related topic and then encourage dialogue with participants. All GVSU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend! ODDs are INT 100/201 approved, so students can attend and participate for class credit. Open Door Discussion are engaging, informative, and fun! We hope you can join us.

Winter 2025 Open Door Discussions:

Events

Open Door Discussion: Rethinking Access - What does accessibility mean for Disabled and LGBT communities?

March 11, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us for this student-led, Open Door Discussion about the intersection of disability and queer identities! What does accessibility mean? This event will be INT 100/201 approved. Zoom option...

Open Door Discussion: The Queer Burnout Breakdown

March 19, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Join us for this student-led open door discussion about coping with stress in a society that isn't built to support LGBTQ+ people. This event will be INT 100/201 approved. Zoom option available,...

Open Door Discussion: Bearing the Weight

March 26, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Join us for this student-led open door discussion about crisis pregnancy centers and the ways they undermine reproductive autonomy.  This event will be INT 100/201 approved.   

Open Door Discussion: Rainbows and Rhymes

April 4, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for this student-led open door discussion about poetry as a form of expression and connection within the queer community. This event will be INT 100/201 approved.  

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Past Open Door Discussions:

  • November 2024: The Global Impact of K-pop
  • November 2024: Queer? Lit! - A Guide to LGBT+ Books
  • November 2024: ID ≠ Identity: The Unexpected Politics of Legal Identification for Transgender People
  • April 2024: The White Rainbow and the Intersection of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Identities
  • April 2024: Spring into Self-Care, A Look into Self-Love for the LGBTQ Community in a Fast-Paced World
  • February 2024: Why are Vampires so Yassified? Queries about Vampirism in Classical Literature and Adaptations 
  • February 2024: We're Here! We're Queer? Challenging How We Define the World and Ourselves
  • December 2023: Were They...You Know?: A Thoughtful Analysis of Retrospective Identity Labeling
  • November 2023: Local LGBTQ+ History, focusing on GVSU and Grand Rapids
  • November 2023: Queer Mental Health 
  • October 2023: Gender Essentialism - You are more than biology
  • October 2023: Disabilities and Chronic Conditions within the LGBTQ+ Community
  • February 2023: The Pendulum Effect: How Hate Threatens LGBTQ+ Pride
  • February 2023: Ace in Queer Space: The History of Asexuality in the LBGTQ+ Community
  • March 2023: The Rainbow Infinity: Intersections of Queerness and Autism
  • March 2023: Physical and Social Health in the LGBTQ+ Community
  • November 2022: Roe v. Wade: An Attack on Bodily Autonomy and Trans Lives
  • November 2022: More than Warhol: A Look into Queer Art History
  • November 2022: Exclusion in the LGBTQ+ Community
Two student workers presenting an open door discussion on the overturning of row vs. wade. The Center is bright and colorful, with attendees facing away from the camera and toward the presenters.


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