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Supporting LGBTQIA2+ Communities 

LGBTQIA2+ campus life is ever-increasing! Student involvement at RCC began with the Gender & Sexualities Awareness (now Sexuality & Gender Acceptance (SAGA)) club, chartered in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, the LGBTQ+ Ally program started to train employees to be allies and create safe zones for LGBTQ+ students throughout RCCD. Today, the LGBTQ+ Association for Student Success and Equity (LASSE) works to provide support to, education about, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, classified professionals, and administrators on campus. In 2021, the first ever Lavender Graduation at RCC was hosted to celebrate graduates within the LASSE Mentor Program, also piloted during the 2020-2021 academic year. RCC continues to work to create more equitable campus environments for LGBTQ+ students. We hope you will get involved!

Student Engagement Center Hours

Location: Martin Luther King Room 304

Hours: 

Monday: 10am-2pm

Tuesday: 8am-3:30pm

Wednesday: 9:30am-2pm

Thursday: 9am-2pm

Friday: 10:30am-Noon

Email: LGBTQIA@rcc.edu

Campus Out and Ally List

We list our names here as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2+) and ally students, staff, faculty, and administrators at Riverside City College. We know that coming out is a personal decision that is made continually over one's lifetime. We understand that it can be an empowering and rewarding process, but that it also comes with varying levels of risk to one's emotional and physical safety, as well as financial and basic needs security. We acknowledge that all of our experiences are real and valid, whether or not we can or choose to be "out and proud" at this time.

No matter where you are on your journey, we will welcome you, listen to you, work with you, support you, advocate for you, and connect you with any resources you may need. We are committed to dismantling the homophobia, transphobia, and other systemic oppressions that marginalize LGBTQIA2+ people, and actively working towards a more inclusive and equitable campus environment.

Chosen Name

Students - If you would like your chosen name to appear on class rosters, student photo ID, and communications from the District, please email this Chosen Name or Gender Identity Changes form to Admissions and Records (admissionsriverside@rcc.edu)​. Your legal name will appear on transcripts, degrees/certificates, or financial aid disbursements. Your original RCCD student email address and Canvas login will not change. Please allow 3-5 business days for your RCCD student email display name to change.

Student ID Card

If you would like a student ID card that reflects a current photo and your chosen name, fill out the following form and provide a picture and a copy of a current photo ID. Your new student ID card will then be mailed to you. 

Canvas Display Name and Pronouns

If enrolled in a Canvas class, update your display name and include your pronouns if you'd like! Login to Canvas and go to Account > Profile.​

Gender Inclusive Restrooms

• Kane - First Floor 1 (men's) Toilet/1 Urinal (public/students)
• Digital Library Breezeway - 1 Toilet (public/students)
• Digital Library Fourth Floor - 1 Toilet (staff)
• Tech A - 1 Toilet (men's) (public/students)
• Tech B - 1 Toilet (public/students)
• Auto Tech - 1 Toilet (men's) (public/students)
• Auto Tech ( 1 Toilet (women's) (public/students)
• Lovekin - 1 Toilet (public/students)
• Huntley Gym - 1 Toilet (women's) (staff)
• Huntley Gym - 1 Toilet (men's) (staff)
• Warehouse - two 1 Toilet Restrooms (public/students)
• Music - 1 Toilet (men's) (public/staff)
• BE - 1 Toilet (men's) and 1 Toilet (women's) (public/students)
• Quad - 1 Toilet (staff)
• Cosmo - 1 Toilet (public/students)
• Aquatics Center - 2 Toilets (public/students)
• Art - 1 Toilet (men's) (public/students)
• Wheelock Stadium - 4 Toilets (public/students)
• Early Childhood Education -  Toilets (public/staff)
• Math and Science - 6 Toilets (staff)

LGBTQ+ Ally Trainings

Ally Trainings are offered at least once a semester at Riverside City College, as well as at Moreno Valley College and Norco College. In this training, participants learn about issues faced in LGBTQIA2+ communities, as well as resources and tools needed to become better allies to people with marginalized genders and sexualities.

Sexuality and Gender Acceptance (SAGA)

Together we create a loving and supportive family for the Queer/LGBTQIA+ community and supporters. We are dedicated to club members and student achievement in the academic, social, political and personal aspects of their lives. Join our club and learn about yourself, others and the world. 

Meetings are held Thursday 12:00-1:00pm via Zoom

Advisor: Robert Hyers (robert.hyers@rcc.edu)