Kirkwood Pride is Kirkwood’s student group for LGBTQIA+ people and allies. We’re all about providing a positive environment and a place to share concerns. This safe, welcoming environment promotes awareness, equality, and acceptance and educates the campus community about LGBTQIA+ issues.
For more information, to get added to the mailing list, or to get the invite to the Discord group, contact us at pride@kirkwood.edu.
Group Meetings:
Main Campus - Join us on Tuesdays at 11:15 a.m. (activity hour) in 3055 Cedar Hall.
Iowa City Campus (Pride/Unity Club) - Join us Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. in Iowa City Campus Room 353 or contact us for the Zoom link.
Cedar Rapids Pride Parade, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 4, 2022
National Gay Pilots Association Convention
June 3 – 5, 2022
Iowa City Pride Picnic, Iowa City, Iowa
June 17, 2022
Iowa City Pride Festival, Iowa City, Iowa
June 18, 2022
Cedar Rapids Pride Festival, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 9, 2022
Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Columbus, Ohio
Oct. 21 – 23, 2022
To update your name and pronoun, log into MyHub and click on the Name and Gender options in the My Profile section. Records will updated within 5 to 7 business days.
If you change your preferred name and encounter your dead name elsewhere in the system, it may be a glitch. For example, some students have found that their dead name is still presented when logging on to campus computers. If this happens to you, please contact Pride and we will get in touch with the people who can fix it.
There are some places where Kirkwood has to use the legal name because of legal requirements. You can read about those here.
If your legal name changes, you'll need to complete a Name Change form. You can access them here under the Forms tab.
You can learn more about Kirkwood’s legal name policy in this video. Please note: the name/prounoun change is now done through MyHub, not EagleNet.
You can have your EagleCard reissued (without the usual $10 charge) to update your name or to retake your picture to reflect your current gender presentation.
Kirkwood has seven single-occupancy spaces you can use. Here’s where to find them:
Explore the resources in our own backyard or check out national initiatives aimed at spreading awareness and equality.
Green Bandana Project Training at Kirkwood (program to spread awareness of mental health resources)
How The Law Protects LGBTQ Youth (Lambda Legal)
Linn County Mental Health Access Center
Local Human & Civil Rights Organizations in Iowa (Iowa Civil Rights Commission)
National Center for Transgender Equality
The Quire of Eastern Iowa (LGBTQ+ choral group)
The Real Mainstream (LGBTQ affirming, BIPOC and women’s news, culture, commentary and events)
Tanager Place LGBTQ Youth Center, Cedar Rapids
Transformative Healing, a safe space for LGBTQIA survivors of sexual violence
Transgender in Iowa: Know Your Rights
Trans Lifeline (a peer support service run by trans people for trans and questioning callers. Call 877-565-8860 to talk to someone.)
The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention for LGBTQ people under age 25. It’s an important resource for young people in the LGBTQIA+ community. Here’s how to get help from the Trevor Project.
Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386 (crisis intervention 24/7)
TrevorSpace (online community for LGBTQ young people ages 13 – 24)
Need help paying for your education? These scholarships can help defray the costs.
ACLU Iowa - the Robert Mannheimer Youth Advocacy Award
First Friday Breakfast Club Scholarships
PFLAG Cedar Rapids Scholarship
Contact Eliot Blake with questions: pride@kirkwood.edu or 319-398-5899 ext. 5762.
Kirkwood Student Life
Temporarily Located at the Rec Center
Please note, the doors to the Rec Center may be locked during normal business hours to allow for frequent cleaning. You can see their hours here. If you arrive and the doors are locked, please call the number below or email us at student.life@kirkwood.edu.
Phone: 319-398-5578