Q Collective presenting back-to-back events
The Queer Research and Advocacy Center, or Q Collective, will host author/scholar E. Patrick Johnson and convene the first Q Symposium with workshops, talks, presentations, and a film screening from March 28 to April 1 There is going to be a lot of conversation about Black queer love at VCU during the last week of […]
The Causes, Risks, and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness
Maurice Gattis, Ph.D., the Senior Advisor to the Queer Research and Advocacy Center (Q Collective) and an associate professor in the School of Social Work, recently detailed how LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented in the rising population of people experiencing homelessness. His article on the news website SWHELPER goes beyond recounting the risks these youth face, […]
Queer in the Time of COVID
When we made the rapid transition to remote instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were resolute in our efforts to reconfigure our administrative and academic infrastructure and operations in a manner that was as inclusive as possible. We provided emergency housing and food to students in need, organized a fund to support our […]
VCU will open Queer Research and Advocacy Center this fall
In a project that advocates say is decades in the making, Virginia Commonwealth University will establish the Queer Research and Advocacy Center, which will be known as the Q Collective, to serve as a creative and intellectual hub in support of LGBTQIA+ artistic and scholarly activities among faculty, staff, students and the Greater Richmond community. […]