LGBTQ+ Pride Month Events

To promote LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June, the Marketing Department teamed up with students, faculty, and staff to host three Pride events. These events, held entirely on Zoom, sparked thoughtful conversations on gender, biases, race and intersectionality, and relationships among members of the RVU community.

Jenifer Fisher, MLIS, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities, led two Pride Month Movie + Discussion events at the end of June for the films Moonlight (2016), which touched upon the intersectionality of being black and queer, and A Secret Love (2020), which focused on the perseverance of love through the decades, especially in the face of adversity.

In July, Jill Pitcher, DO, FACOFP, Professor of Family Medicine, and Zoe Roth, OMS II, President of the Student Government Association, were guest speakers at the LGBTQ+ Panel Discussion. The event was (virtually) packed with over 60 students, faculty, and staff who joined to hear insights about the challenges LGBTQ+ patients and physicians must contend with in the healthcare field. They also offered tips for how physicians can convey a culture of tolerance and ally-ship in their own practices.

Read more about the event, as well as additional follow-up questions and answers at RVUBlog.com.