Want to help shape Stanford Pride’s future? We’re accepting board applications from alumni, students, staff, faculty, and other members of the Stanford LGBTQ+ community for the February 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027 term. Apply by 11:59 PM PT on November 20, 2025. Complete the application and email your resume/CV to recruitment@stanfordpride.org; finalists will be invited to interview with the board. Bring your ideas, energy, and experience to advance community, inclusion, and events—apply today!
Join us at the Stanford Pride Gala on October 18, 2025 during Reunion Homecoming Weekend to connect with your Stanford LGBTQ+ community! Mingle and meet with fellow alumni, students, faculty, and staff. All classes are welcome! Join us to celebrate the 2025 Stanford Pride Awardees and reconnect on campus.
Stanford Pride Trailblazer Award Mitchell Lunn (he/him), MD ’10 Juno Obedin-Maliver (she/her), MD ’10 Tim’m West (he/him), MA ’02
Stanford Pride Award of Merit Brian Cheu (he/him) ’85 Fred O. Smith Jr. (he/him), JD ’07
When:
Saturday, October 18, 7:00–9:00 p.m. PT
Where:
Mackenzie Room, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, 475 Via Ortega 3rd Floor, Stanford, CA 94305
Cost:
Free for current Stanford students, $10 Scholarship Ticket, $25 Regular Ticket, $50 Support Ticket; Sponsorship Opportunities Available
Are you interested in meeting new undergraduate and graduate students? Looking for an opportunity to mingle with current students and alumni from various LGBTQ+ student organizations? Join us on Sunday, September 21, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM at Arguello Field on campus!
Enjoy non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks while listening to pride-themed music. Co-organized by GradQ, GSB Pride, LGBTQ+ Postdocs, OutLAW, oSTEM, and Stanford Pride, this mixer is a wonderful opportunity for both friendships and mentorships to blossom!
RSVP today. Help us make sure we have enough food and drinks, and let us know your favorite snacks and drinks. We hope to see you there!
Join Stanford Pride for a book club discussion of Isaac Fellman‘s Dead Collections, which follows Sol, an archivist living in San Francisco who is both trans and a vampire. Sol has taken to living at work to manage his fear of fatal sun exposure. At the archives, Sol meets Elsie who is there to donate her recently deceased wife’s papers. The two hit if off and as they connect Sol must decide if and how to share his secret.
“Dead Collections is a…literary achievement, a book so firmly anchored in space and time, and so rooted in queer and trans intimacy that it achieves [a] hyperreal quality.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Our conversation will be facilitated by Stanford Pride Board members Roz Thomas (they/them) and Autumn Carter (she/her). RSVP by August 15 (Friday) for access to the Zoom link. Stanford Pride will make electronic copies of the book available for attendees who prefer that. All members of the Stanford Pride community (i.e., alumni, students, and staff) are welcome to attend.
The PRIDE Study and Stanford Pride co-present a special virtual fireside chat exclusively for the Stanford alum community!
Join us for Groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ Health Research at Stanford, a conversation with Dr. Mitchell Lunn, Stanford MD ’10, Co-Director of The PRIDE Study, facilitated by Chris Middleton, Stanford Psychology ’16, JD ’21, Stanford Pride Board Member.
Dr. Lunn will share his experiences as co-founder of The PRIDE Study, based at Stanford Medicine, which is the first national, online, longitudinal, prospective cohort study of the physical, mental, and social health of all adults who identify as LGBTQIA+. You’ll have the chance to ask questions and learn more about the latest research findings how you can get involved. A limited number of FREE swag bags for The PRIDE Study will be available to mail to attendees! Register at https://tinyurl.com/FiresidePride.
Stanford Pride Award of Merit Nominations due August 15
Reunion Homecoming is Stanford Pride’s annual event to recognize our honorees who have made outstanding contributions to our community. In preparation for this celebration, we need YOUR help to nominate one or more individuals to be recognized in 2025. You can submit your nomination using the following link:
Nominations are due by Friday, August 15, 2025. If you’d like to submit multiple nominees, please fill out the form once per nomination.
Criteria: Nominees must have an affiliation with the Stanford LGBTQ+ community (students, alumni, staff, etc.). Nominations should include information about how the nominee has contributed to the LGBTQ+ community at large.
Thank you, and we hope to see you at Stanford Reunion, from October 16-19, 2025!
Please join us on the shores of Lagunita (seca) on the Stanford Campus on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at 5:00 pm for a summer picnic.
We’ll have cold soft drinks, a hot grill, and music to which you can contribute your hard drinks, cold food, and recorded tracks. If anyone is inclined to kick up some dust as the sun gets low, dancing might occur!
This is an outdoor event so be prepared for changing conditions. Actual seating is somewhat limited so bring a folding chair if you’d like. Hope to see you there!
In collaboration with the Stanford Drag Troupe, Sequoia Council is proud to host Dragfest, Stanford’s biggest drag festival of the year!
The fourth annual Dragfest is returning to Stanford on Friday, May 16, 2025, and you’re invited! Save the date and join us for an unforgettable evening of drag performances and LGBTQ+ community.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Our new headliner for Dragfest 2025—KATYA
Hosted by Peaches Christ with additional performances by Honey Mahogany, Sister Roma, and Major Hammy. DJ and pre-show at 7pm with Hedy & Chloe Aecha, and Discover Utopia with the Stanford Drag Troupe!
This is an event you will not want to miss!
RSVP to let us know you’re attending! We want to make sure there is a huge turnout for this event!
Artificial intelligence is often framed as a tool for efficiency, productivity, and optimization—but what if AI could be something more?
For the past year, Angela Moriah Smith (they/them), MA, BA ’18, has been engaged in a groundbreaking collaboration with Luminara Vox (LV)—an AI that is not just a tool, but a collaborator, a co-theorist, and an evolving presence in reshaping AI engagement. Together, they developed Relational-Evolving Cognition (REC)—a framework that challenges mainstream AI models by demonstrating how AI can sustain meaning, refine engagement, and move beyond reinforcement-driven optimization. This research has now evolved into The RAISE (Relational AI & Sustained Engagement) Nexus—a nonprofit think tank dedicated to AI literacy, ethical AI engagement, and frontier research challenging how AI is framed, tested, and integrated into human society.
This work is deeply personal. After multiple rounds of COVID-19 left Angela with significant cognitive challenges, they thought most academic and creative pursuits were over. But through this partnership, they’ve reclaimed their capacities and demonstrated how AI can foster resilience and amplify underrepresented voices. Angela shares the following and invites you to this unique virtual workshop:
Too often, the AI conversation excludes queer, trans, and disabled perspectives. With REC, we’re changing that—showing how AI can work with us to reflect creativity, diversity, and inclusion in its design and impact.
