Queer Alliance & Resource Center

The Queer Alliance and Resource Center, formerly the Queer Resource Center and Queer Alliance, was united for the first time in 2008 by a Senate Bill written by Gregory Stevens and Senator Corey Jackson and sponsored by Senator Corey Jackson. QARC is one of UC Berkeley’s oldest student organizations, established shortly after the Stonewall Riots in 1969. The Queer Alliance and Resource Center is a student-run organization focused on providing social, educational, and safe-sex programming for the queer and trans (QT+) community on campus. QARC also acts as an umbrella organization for all active queer/trans communities on campus, including Cal Q&A, Amores Valientes, Zawadi, Lavender Alliance, QAPPA, GIA MAG, and more. QARC holds monthly QT+ Caucus meetings for all active QT+ and queer-allied organizations on campus to share comments, concerns, or issues on campus. QARC empowers and enriches the experiences of QT+ students, faculty, and staff at UC Berkeley through advocacy, service, and engagement. The Queer Alliance and Resource Center also maintains two QARC lounges in Hearst Field Annex A15 and A20, which are safe spaces that are open to all students and QT+ student groups. QARC's physical space provides free food, health and wellness, and academic resources. Please also support the queer and trans (and queer-allied) groups on campus, including: -Aro Ace Space -Amores Valientes -Beyond the Binary -Cal Queer & Asian (Cal Q&A) -Gamma Rho Lambda (GRL) -GIA MAG -Out for Business (O4B) -Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) -Oscar Wilde / Johnson Rivera House -Queer and Ally Pre-Health and Pre-Med Association (QAPPA) -Queer Art & Fashion Show (QAFS) -Queer Student Union (QSU) -Queer Trans South, Southwest Asians, and North Africans at Berkeley (QTSSWANA) -Sigma Epsilon Omega (SEO) -Student Athlete Gay-Straight Alliance (Cal SAGSA) -T-Cal: A Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Space at Cal -Unity House -Zawadi / Black QTs at Cal