GVSU Milt Ford Legacy Collective: Rainbow Resource Center

06/01/2026

June 1 is not only the start of Pride Month, but it is also LGBTQ Families Day! Today we are celebrating all the ways LGBTQ folks have created chosen family throughout time. We are so grateful for our people!

🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Join us in the many awesome events happening this month, and take some time to educate yourself on the history and importance of Pride Month this June.

We hope to see y'all out and about for Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

05/24/2026

Celebrating all our pan folks today! 🩷💛🩵

Pansexuality is a sexual orientation not limited by gender. Instead, it is the capacity to be attracted to all genders, including non-binary and gender-expansive people. Panromantic is the same, but for romantic attraction specifically.

We love you, pan people!!

05/22/2026

Today is Harvey Milk Day! Harvey was the first openly gay person elected to California public office in 1977, where he served as a San Francisco city supervisor. He was assassinated in 1978.

On Harvey Milk Day, we both remember and educate about Harvey's life and work as an activist for LGBTQIA+ people in California and beyond. The fight to end discrimination against our community continues.

05/19/2026

Great opportunity with Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOASH)! Register if you're interested and can attend, $50 gift card for participating!

Join us next Thursday, May 28th from 6:00–7:30 PM for an accessible, supportive conversation about sexual health.

Women ages 16–24 can attend Plan A, a 90-minute online sexual health education program AND earn a $50 gift card!

REGISTER: bit.ly/PlanA528

Questions? Email [email protected]

05/19/2026

May 19 is Agender Pride Day! This day was first recognized in 2017, soon after the state of Oregon legally offered the "X" option for gender when applying for driver's licenses or state ID cards.

On this day we celebrate our agender friends, family, and loved ones.

🖤🩶🤍💚

05/17/2026

Join us for IDAHOBIT 2026 today, with a theme of "At the heart of democracy."

LGBTQIA+ people have always been at the heart of movements for justice and freedom – organizing, resisting, caring for one another. When governments roll back rights and restrict civic space for LGBTQIA+ people, they weaken democracy for everyone.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

05/08/2026

Pizza and supporting Grand Rapids Trans Foundation?? What could be better?!

Who's in the mood for a PRE-PRIDE PIZZA PARTY?! ✨🍕✨

If you're around Grand Rapids on Memorial Day (Monday, 5/25), swing by The Mitten Brewing Co. to snag some delicious pizza! A whopping 50% of food sales (including take-out) will be donated to Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, supporting vital Trans services here in West MI.

Mark your calendars, and we hope to see you there! 🍕

FB Event Page: Pre-Pride Pizza Party! 🍕 Support GR Trans Foundation
And a big shout-out to Mitten Foundation, Inc. for the support!💖

[Image Description: set against bright neon pinks and blues, two slices of neon pizze and a neon teal heart, text reads "Fundraiser at Mitten Brewing Co. Monday, 5/25, 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM. 50% of Food Sales (including Take-Out) donated to Grand Rapids Trans Foundation."]

05/03/2026

Happy International Family Equity Day from the Rainbow Resource Center! 🌈

IFED is an LGBTQ awareness day that celebrates the diversity of q***r families, raises awareness about q***r issues, and fights homophobia and transphobia. The day is run by a Swiss non-profit organization of the same name and involves many community events.