An Intercultural Campus Resource for Diverse Gender, Romantic, and Sexual Identities

Programs

Heat South Asia Photo Exhibition a public lecture by Bhumika Saraswati

Bhumika Saraswati is an award-winning Indian journalist, filmmaker, and educator documenting overlooked narratives on gender, caste, climate, and health. Raised in a Dalit household, her work is deeply personal and globally resonant. She has earned international recognition, including the UN-Laadli Media Award and Human Rights Press Award. Bhumika founded Kranti Collective, a community space in New Delhi, and leads Unequal Heat, a project exploring the disproportionate impact of rising temperatures on marginalized communities. Sponsored by CMSW, DUSP MIT, History at MIT, MIT Anthropology, MIT Climate Project, MIT India, MIT Philosophy, Program in Media and Arts & Sciences, Women and Gender Services, and Women and Gender Studie

• Date: February 10th, 2025
• Time: 5:00 p.m. 
• Location: MIT Media Lab E14 3rd Floor
• RSVP: tinyurl.com/bhumikaatmit

Gender, Caste, and Climate Crisis focusing on the Global South (Lecture) with Professor Michel Degraff

Bhumika Saraswati is an award-winning Indian journalist, filmmaker, and educator documenting overlooked narratives on gender, caste, climate, and health. Raised in a Dalit household, her work is deeply personal and globally resonant. She has earned international recognition, including the UN-Laadli Media Award and Human Rights Press Award. Bhumika founded Kranti Collective, a community space in New Delhi, and leads Unequal Heat, a project exploring the disproportionate impact of rising temperatures on marginalized communities. Sponsored by CMSW, DUSP MIT, History at MIT, MIT Anthropology, MIT Climate Project, MIT India, MIT Philosophy, Program in Media and Arts & Sciences, Women and Gender Services, and Women and Gender Studie

• Date: February 12th, 2025
• Time: 6:00 p.m.
• Location: MIT Media Lab E15-070
• RSVP: tinyurl.com/bhumikaatmit

WXGS Galentine's/Palentine's Craft Party

Celebrate Galentine’s/Palentine’s Day with Women & Gender Services (WXGS)! We’ll be crafting tissue paper flowers and making customized chocolates (you’ll melt your choice of chocolate type into a mold and add toppings like M&Ms, sprinkles, or pretzels). We will have gluten-free, vegan, and nut-free options available. Open to all! 

• Date: February 13th, 2025
• Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m. 
• Location: Margaret Cheney Room, 3-308

It's a Vibe Workshop Series: Building Resilient Communities: How LBGTQ+ Students Thrive Together at MIT

Discover how LBGTQ+ students at MIT build resilience and thrive through strong, supportive communities. Join LBGTQ+ Services in this interactive workshop centering storytelling, discussions, and actionable strategies to foster belonging and strengthen networks in personal, academic, and professional spaces.

• Date: February 15th, 2025
• Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 p.m
• Location: Rainbow Lounge 50-250 

Ogemdi Ude Artist in Residence

Join Gus Solomons Jr. Visiting Artist Ogemdi Ude for an hour-long, hands-on workshop introducing participants to the creative practices behind Major, her current project exploring the history and physicality of majorette dance. In this dance theater piece, Ude and her collaborators uplift Black femmes - inclusive of queer and trans folks - in a practice that explores community, sexuality, and our relationships to home. OPEN TO ALL

• Date: February 18th, 2025
• Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 p.m
• Location: Margaret Cheney Room, 3-308

POSE FX Watch Party

Join the MIT Black Students’ Union and LBGTQ+ Services for a cozy watch party! Celebrate queer people of color and community while enjoying the first two episodes of the iconic series, POSE, along with delicious popcorn and hot chocolate!OPEN TO ALL

• Date: February 26th, 2025
• Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 p.m
• Location: Rainbow Lounge 50-250

Contact Us

MIT Rainbow Lounge | Walker Memorial Second Floor (50-250) 

Hours: All current MIT student can use their MIT ID to tap into the Rainbow Lounge every day of the week 6am - 1am the following day.

Campus Address: Walker Memorial (50-250), 142 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139

Email Address: lbgt@mit.edu

Making contributions to the LBGT Resources and Programming Fund help ensure a safe and supportive campus-wide community where lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning individuals, and their allies are all welcomed as equals. Find out how you can Give and MORE + by clicking on the links provided. 

DIRECTIONS:

ACCESSIBILITY: A wheelchair-accessible lift can be found on the western side of Building 50. A swinging door on the opposite eastern end of the large room will lead to an elevator. Upon exiting the elevator on the second floor, make a left and the Rainbow Lounge is in front of you.

FRONT ENTRANCE: If you take the staircase that faces the Charles River you may walk up the staircase to the third floor, walk across the gym/testing center, and then down the second floor to the Rainbow Lounge.  Or once you enter Walker you can take the staircase down to the basement, take the hallway all the way to the back of Walker, then go up the staircase to the first floor and then the staircase to the second floor. The Rainbow Lounge doors will be in front of you.

BACK ENTRANCE LEFT: If you’re facing the back of Walker, the left staircase is the one that faces East Campus (building 62) and closest to Ames Street. To the staircase into Walker then walk up the staircase to the second floor.  The Rainbow Lounge doors will be in front of you.

BACK ENTRANCE RIGHT: If you’re facing the back of Walker, the right staircase is the one that is closest to Building 14, and the black structural sculpture that’s in the courtyard. Take the staircase into Walker, then enter into Morss Hall,  take a left to the pink swing door in the corner which you will enter into a kitchen. There is an elevator you can take to the second floor, or you can take the metal spiral staircase to the second floor and around the corner to the left is the Rainbow Lounge.