{"id":487862,"date":"2026-10-07T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/487862\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:30:27","slug":"university-celebrates-lgbtq-history-month-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/487862\/","title":{"rendered":"University celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CSUF-LGBTQ-History-Month.jpg\" class=\"post-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"LGBTQIA+ Flags\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00a0LGBTQ+ History Month 2026\u00a0begins at Cal State Fullerton, the university takes a moment to reflect on the important milestones and individuals that have shaped the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October holds great historical significance for the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. On Oct. 14, 1979, Steve Ault and Joyce Hunter organized the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The second national march was held on Oct. 11, 1987, and to commemorate this event, activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O\u2019Leary established Oct. 11 as the first National Coming Out Day in 1989.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSUF encourages all Titans to engage with the lived experiences and history of the LGBTQ+ community by visiting the Losquadro Keller LGBTQ+ Resource Center\u2019s curated book display in the Pollak Library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded on National Coming Out Day in 2012, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fullerton.edu\/lgbtq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LKQRC<\/a>\u00a0provides a space to connect, access resources, gain support with coming out, and educational opportunities to further explore identities and issues that currently impact the LGBTQIA+ community. Today, the LKQRC looks forward to hosting its annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScOYEgjpvXXtdzwf26b9WZ_JeJRdZUcLx0x1E8VkaPAkOOxUw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Titan Pride Gala<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 22, a signature evening of celebration, connection and community pride, honoring LGBTQIA+ student achievement, resilience and cultural legacy at Cal State Fullerton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Titan community honors this history and continues working toward an inclusive and supportive campus, CSUF invites all members of the Titan community to engage with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fullerton.edu\/lgbtqmonth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LGBTQ+ History Month<\/a>\u00a0programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; As\u00a0LGBTQ+ History Month 2026\u00a0begins at Cal State Fullerton, the university takes a moment to reflect on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-487862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}