Student Organizations

Studio Q

STUDIO Q Your resource to the BAC's GLBTQ community

Our Mission:

  • To provide supportive and safe forums for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people, as well as their heterosexual allies.
  • To organize activities at which GLBTQ people can meet, socialize, and network professionally.
  • To encourage lively discussions of current GLBTQ - related issues.
  • To educate the Boston Architectural College and surrounding communities and to create unity between GLBTQ and straight people.

Websites:

  • www.GayNewEngland.net
    A guide to accommodations, bars, clubs, resources, and news.
  • https://www.PinkWeb.com
    "The QLBTQ yellow pages for New England and Beyond."
  • https://www.OutInBoston.com
    Information about local news and events; also has personal ads, business ads, and chat.
  • Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders: www.glad.org
    New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation.
  • Greater Boston Business Council: www.gbbc.org
    Seeks to foster and promote the vitality and productivity of Boston's GLBT business and professional community.

 Publications:

  • Bay Windows
    New England's largest gay and lesbian newspaper is a weekly publication that has local, national, and international news as well as community events and guides. Also online at www.baywindows.com.
  • in newsweekly
    News and entertainment published weekly. Includes a calendar of events and a club guide. Also online at www.innewsweekly.com.

Health and Support

  • Greater Boston Pflag
    A support group for parents and friends of lesbians and gays. Phone: 866-GBP-FLAG. Website: www.gbpflag.org.
  • Boston Alliance of GLBTQ Youth A support group for people 22 and under.
    Website: www.bagly.org.
  • Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project
    Offers shelter, guidance and resources to allow gay, bisexual, and transgendered men in crisis to remove themselves from violent situations and relationships; also offers a 24-hour free-of-charge crisis center. 808-832-1901.
    Website: www.gmdvp.org.
  • The Network
    Provides information and resources for battered lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered women. 617-423-SAFE.
    Website: www.thenetworklared.org.
  • Dignity of Boston
    An inclusive community of GLBTQ Catholics. 617-262-1915.
    Website: www.dignityboston.com.

Contact Studio Q at studioq@the-bac.edu.