{"id":305,"date":"2026-03-26T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:50:42","slug":"lavender-celebration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/diversity-at-umbc\/lavender-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavender Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of program\" class=\"wp-image-226\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6630859375;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-1200x1809.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-1980x2985.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBM9-003_1-scaled.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First Annual Lavender Celebration, UPUB M9-003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first annual Lavender Celebration, honoring LGBTQ graduates and campus allies, was held on May 1, 2014 and was coordinated by the Office of Student Life&#8217;s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity. The Mosaic works within the Office of Student Life to promote and foster a community of diversity and acceptance on campus. In addition to honoring graduating students, honors are also awarded to departments and faculty\/staff allies; the 2014 recipients were The Women\u2019s Center, the department of Gender &amp; Women\u2019s Studies, and GWST professor Dr. Kate Drabinski. The Queer Camping &amp; Leadership Retreat (Student Life) and the Spoken Word Comes Alive with Andrea Gibson (Freedom Alliance) were also recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to the next page, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/innovative-academics-research\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"307\">Innovative Academics &amp; Research<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Return to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/diversity-at-umbc\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"291\">Diversity at UMBC<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first annual Lavender Celebration, honoring LGBTQ graduates and campus allies, was held on May 1, 2014 and was coordinated by the Office of Student Life&#8217;s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity. The Mosaic works within the Office of Student Life to promote and foster a community of diversity and acceptance on campus. In addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":291,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305\/revisions\/905"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}