Gender Bender
The annual Gender Bender is taking place on March 23rd at 8:30 pm in West Gate Social! This year’s theme is Queer Prom Night – dress up in your best prom attire for a night of gender-bending performances by local drag kings, …
Pride Month may be over, but the SAMRU Pride Centre remains!
Pride month is officially ending, but that doesn’t mean the celebration has to! SAMRU’s Pride Centre (PC) aims to celebrate and empower the LGBTQ2S+ community year. This blog post will look at the PC’s history within the Students’ Association and some exciting …
I am me: My experience living genderqueer as a person of colour
As children, we are taught the gender binary of male and female and what activities, clothing, and hobbies are prescribed to each. As a queer person who is growing up in this very heteronormative world, it tends to be a rough time …
Gender Bender
Join us on March 24th at 8:30 p.m. in West Gate Social for GENDER BENDER — in person! Calling all gender benders for this special Y2K edition of Gender Bender featuring drag artist Bitch Sassidy! Dress up in your hottest early 2000s …
Rainbow Post
In collaboration with a student-led project and Rainbow Seniors Calgary, SAMRU is happy to bring Rainbow Post to MRU. Rainbow Post works to create and foster a connection between LGBTQ+ seniors and MRU students. With the fatigue of screen time use, having …
Get ready for Live Music Thursday: Rainbow Edition!
Are you looking for a way to have some fun before buckling down to study for finals? Come check out Live Music Thursday: Rainbow Edition, featuring local LGBTQIA2S+ artists Mason Jenkins of the Corey Hotline and indie-favourites Krill Williams at West Gate …
Live Music Thursday: Rainbow Edition
Join us for an evening of connection and celebration by welcoming performers of the queer community back on the West Gate Social stage. Local LGTBQIA2S+ artist and performer Mason Jenkins of the Corey Hotline and indie-powerhouses Krill Williams are hitting the stage …
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
Every year the Pride Centre gathers to honour the lives of transgender and two-spirit individuals who lost their lives in the past year to transphobic violence. This event provides students with the opportunity to understand further transgender-based violence and its continual impact on …
Wellness Wind Down
Come wind down from the week in a queer-friendly space every Thursday from 2:30- 4:00 p.m held in the Gallery across from the Pride Centre. The Weekly Wellness Wind Down collaborates with a queer-friendly counsellor and social worker, Janet Miller, from Wellness …
Building the Love You Want Mini-Series: Managing Break-Ups and Rejection
Rejection is a daily struggle we have in our lives, and at some point, we all experience it. In this workshop, students will learn that while rejection is inevitable, we can learn to become empowered by the way we respond to rejection. …
