LGBTQ+ Socials  and  Events

Our term card is non exhaustive, and more events will be added as they're planned! To hear about upcoming events, sign up to our mailing list and follow the OULGBTQ+ Society Facebook page or Instagram.

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University Organisations

• LGBTQ+ Reps at each college put on events for the queer community in their college - if you're a college rep and would like to be added to the college reps groupchat you can message our College Reps Officer. 
• The Student Union has an LGBTQ+ Campaigning Officer to campaign and lobby the university on behalf of queer students in Oxford, replacing the previous LGBTQ+ Campaign.
• The LGBT+ Staff Network represents and runs events for queer staff across the university, hosting a social on the first Thursday of every month.
• Likewise, Oxford Brookes University has the Brookes LGBTQ+ Students' Network and Brookes LGBTQ+ Staff Forum.
• The Oxford Pride Alumni Network (OxPAN) runs events for queer Oxford alumni in several locations, including Oxford itself.
• Queer Week (Michaelmas): In 6th Week of Michaelmas, Wadham puts together a week long festival of speakers, workshops, and events which culminates in Queerfest, a night of partying in Wadham’s gardens.
• Kolour Theory, a new society for QPOC in the University of Oxford (the QPOC Project is currently defunct).
• The Green Carnations, an intersectional queer zine/initiative showcasing the gorgeous, chaotic creativity of LGBT students & alumni.
• The LGBTQ+ History Network is part of the History Faculty and puts on events related to queer history.
• LGBTQIA+ Research Group - You can join the mailing list by sending a blank email to [email protected].
• Trans Studies Working Group
• Glitterball (currently on hiatus) is the LGBTQ+ ball, first held in 2017. 
• Additionally, many colleges put on special events for LGBTQ+ History Month in February and Pride Month in June.

Local Organisations

• The Jolly Farmers is Oxford's oldest LGBTQ+ pub, hosting several groups and regular events including games, quizzes, and open mic nights.
• Oxford for Trans Rights is a group for folks organising around trans rights and liberation - they also have a list of even more queer events in Oxford.
• Oxford Proud Voices Choir is a queer community choir in Oxford which meets once a week at the Friends Meeting House on St Giles.
• T(ART) Productions is an Oxford-based arts company that also hosts events for the queer community, including yoga, life drawing, and a trans, non-binary, and intersex meetup called Fruit Salad.
• YWMP provides an inclusive, supportive space for young women, trans and non-binary people to get together to make music, learn new skills, express themselves, and grow in confidence.
• Abingdon Queer Action, a queer- and trans-led collective with radical roots, focusing on community care, support and defence across Oxfordshire
• Cowley Community Closet

Other Events

• Oxford Pride (Trinity): A collection of events from the end of May to start of June, ending with the Parade, starting from Radcliffe Square, and a festival, with a variety of stalls and performances.
• Oxford DIY Pride, an event for the community, by the community, to uplift each other and honour the true spirit of Pride.

• Oxford Trans Social hosts events including a social at 1pm in Common Ground on the second Saturday of each month.
• T-Time, a monthly Oxford Queer and Trans+ Social at Cosy Club featuring boardgames, drinks, makeup and more.
• Molly: Party for Queers is a monthly social frequented by many members of the LGBTQ+ community.
• Whiplash is a queer punk live music night.

The LGBTQ+ Society operates a strict Zero Tolerance Policy to ensure our events are as inclusive and safe as possible.Our policy extends to but is not limited to: homophobia, racism, transphobia, queerphobia, biphobia, misogyny, harassment, xenophobia, classism, antisemitism, islamophobia and ableism. We reserve the right to ask any individual to leave an event. For more information, click here.