[Pride Club] A Brief History of LGBTQ+ Veterinarians, Students and Affinity Groups

NOTE: Student club and organization events are limited to current UC Davis Veterinary Medicine students who are registered SAVMA members. Additionally, many club and organization events are further restricted to club members who have paid their respective club dues.

1041 Valley Hall

This lecture will focus on the history of the various LGBTQ+ affinity groups, student chapters and individual leaders within the veterinary profession. We will review the Association of Gay Veterinarians (AG Vets) in 1977, the Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Medical Association (LGVMA) in 1992, and the current Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC). Using gender, discrimination, ally-ship, self-empowerment and the AIDS pandemic, we will see how we created networks and collaborations that helped guide veterinary medicine to be more inclusive and supportive of LGBTQ+ people and other identities.