BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Networking & Social Event DESCRIPTION:Enjoy community connection\, refreshments\, photos\, & reflecti ons on LGBTQIA+ pride.\n\nWhile online attendance at this program will be f ree and open to the general public\, limited space for in-person participan ts will be by invitation.\n\nPromoting pride and inclusion\, Ohio Universit y's LGBT Center will be renamed the Pride Center effective March 20\, 2024. This reception will commemorate the Center's 25+ year history and serve as a rededication to the Center's mission of education\, connection\, celebra tion\, and support. Ohio University officially established its “GLBT Center ” in 1998 prior to changing the name to “LGBT Center” in 1999. Constituents and visitors regularly question the LGBT Center’s name because it does not include a “Q” for “queer” or a “+” representing other queer identities (as in the acronym\, “LGBTQ+”). Furthermore\, the term LGBTQIAA+\, which commo nly stands for “lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, queer\, intersex\, asexual\, and aromantic\,” is at times critiqued for highlighting some ide ntities and not others. Recognizing the limitations of acronyms\, Ohio Univ ersity's Student Senate unanimously passed a bill supporting a change in na me from “LGBT Center” to “Pride Center” in October 2023. DTEND:20240320T220000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T231503Z DTSTART:20240320T210000Z GEO:39.324863;-82.101742 LOCATION:Baker University Center\, Pride Center\, Room 348 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pride Center Rededication Reception UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45650167196731 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/pride_center_rededication_reception END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR