Queer Student Cultural Center

Founding of QSCC

On May 18, 1969 Koreen Phelps and Stephen Ihrig established the group known as "Fight Repression of Erotic Expression" FREE. Over time a variety of distinctive organizations developed to serve the coming out, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, asexual, questioning, and allied communities.

Today the collective group is known as the Queer Student Cultural Center. Since 1998 the QSCC has been sustaining various social groups, support groups, and planning committees that offer various programming events throughout the entire year.

Mission

Celebrate the diversity and culture of the queer community
Educate the University of Minnesota community on issues pertinent to the lives of queer students
Advocate for inclusion and equality of all persons regardless of sexual or gender orientation
Provide a safe space for queer students to meet and form a sense of community
Empower queer individuals, groups, and organizations

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QSCC Mural