Durham University LGBTA
The DSU LGBT Association is a group that aims to provide socials, representation, campaigns and welfare services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans students at Durham University.
We organise socials throughout the year, including our popular bar crawls, coffee hours and nights out in Newcastle. We have a regular social every Monday night at 8pm in the Riverside Café in the DSU.
We hold an annual Q Week, a collection of awareness events that take place over a week in Epiphany term. The events range from a launch social to an LGBT-related film night to discussion forums with guest speakers. Our other major event is our annual Q-Ball. This is our flagship Black Tie event and is the only LGBT Ball in the North East. It is usually attended by students and alumni from Durham, in addition to students from Newcastle, Northumbria and Teeside universities.
If you have any suggestions for anything you'd like to see, just drop us an email at lgbta@dur.ac.uk
Welcome
Welcome to the new website for 09/10! The LGBTA provide a wide and varied social calendar, the staple being our monday night social - every week in Riverside Cafe, DSU from 8pm!
Our socials are ever-changing, we had our first Bring-a-Straight-Mate bar crawl only last year and we aim to provide a wide range of socials so that there's something for everyone to get involved in! Attending LGBTA events is a great way to meet LGBT people from other colleges and get involved with the university. We have a strict confidentiality policy and no one is asked to disclose their sexuality or gender, nor is it assumed if they attend our events. We also provide welfare services including free condoms, dental dams and lube (in a variety of shapes and flavours) and the Welfare Officer along with the Presidents hold regular drop-in hours for anyone who has any questions or problems, or just wants a chat. Our safe sex supplies are available at Monday night socials, and you can also view contact details of other advice services here, including those specifically for LGBT people.
