The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center enriches the experience, fosters success, celebrates victories, and affirms the existence of Penn's LGBTQ+ undergraduates, professional and graduate students, staff, faculty, and alumni using the lenses of social justice and intersectionality.
Through education, support, and advocacy, the Center cultivates a campus climate where all students, regardless of their gender or sexual identity, can live authentically.
LGBT Center Fall 2023 Hours
Monday – Thursday: 10am-10pm
Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 12pm-6pm
Sunday: 12pm-8pm
LGBT Center Book Registry
The LGBT Center has served the Penn community for over four decades, providing a welcoming space and invaluable resources for LGBTQ students. However, our library has not kept up with the pace of progress. The median publication date of our books is 1998, meaning much of our collection is sadly out of date. With your generous donation, we can bring our library into the 21st century by stocking the shelves with contemporary works on queer and trans issues. This will enable emerging scholars to stay at the cutting edge of LGBTQ research and allow students their first introduction to queer literature and culture to access modern, relevant, and engaging materials. Your support will help the LGBT Center continue to foster a dynamic intellectual community on campus. Please give today!
LGBT Center Events
Fall Semester Room Reservations Now Open!
Room reservations at the LGBT Center are open! Starting today, reservations are open on a 90-day cycling basis so people can plan ahead. We’ve also updated our room reservation rates and done a slight overhaul to the reservation intake form so we can better serve you!
Drop-In Services
Want to reserve a space at the LGBT Center?
The LGBT Center welcomes folks to use our space, pending staff availability for off-hours requests. We continue to require masks indoors and strongly encourage individually boxed or wrapped food. Questions? Please write to our Building Coordinator, Loran Grishow-Schade (loran@upenn.edu).