Every Thursday during term time we hold a social. This could be a meeting to discuss various topics or a social with films, boardgames etc. The room, time and topic is listed in our weekly email so make sure you get your membership.
The meetings are up to an hour long and cover a huge variety of topics such as coming out, sexual health, being out in the workplace and being out in sport. They are a fantastic introduction to the group and a great way to meet other LGBT+ students in a relaxed environment.
You can be completely out, questioning or anything in between - we welcome all LGBT+ students! Your contribution in meetings is completely up to you, and we won't ever pressure you to share your views. Many students feel extremely nervous before attending their first meeting - if you'd like to meet committee one on one beforehand so you know someone before we totally understand - drop us an email at lgbt@bath.ac.uk.
Meetings are either hosted by committee or a guest speaker and we’ll release a list of meetings for semester one closer to the start of term.
Feel free to let us know any ideas you have for meetings by emailing lgbt@bath.ac.uk.
We also host four student-led support group meetings: T-Time, Mature & Postgraduate, POC and Us@Home. If there's not enough demand these might not run.
T-Time
T-Time is a weekly meeting for transgender students or students questioning their gender identity. There are no expectations for attending but more than welcome to participate and ask questions or talk about your experiences. This is a good opportunity to get in touch with your community and make new friends. For more information and details email our transgender representating at su-transgender@bath.ac.uk.
Us@Home
Us@Home is a monthly meeting for members who do not have supportive family life and would like a safe space to ask for advice and talk openly. Confidentiality is the upmost concern for us and we will aim to work round any adaptations that you need. For more information and details email us and we will admit you into the group at lgbt@bath.ac.uk
Other Groups
The Mature & Postgraduate and POC groups are run to relate to LGBTQIA+ people with those respective additional identities, by the Mature & Postgraduate and POC reps of our society respectively. The Mature & Postgraduate group is run once each fortnight.