In Spring 2026, The LGBTQ+ Resources Center, Graduate Student Life, Women and Gender Studies, and the School of Integrative Studies are sponsoring Mason’s third annual LGBTQ+ Student Showcase! This one-day showcase event will spotlight Mason’s graduate and undergraduate students’ outstanding scholarly, research, and creative works through posters, oral presentations, and creative, visual, and performing arts that highlights the work done by LGBTQ+ students at George Mason. It will also feature a Keynote Luncheon.
The call for proposals for the 2026 LGBTQ+ Student Showcase is now open. We invite all Mason graduate, professional, and undergraduate students to submit their abstracts (250 words maximum, including optional personal statement of 1-3 sentences) for consideration. We call for proposals from any discipline or area of study, which may be submitted by graduate, professional, and undergraduate students individually or in collaboration with their faculty. Proposals can be individual/group papers, documentaries, films, and visual presentations and performances. While the call for proposals is open only to current Mason graduate, professional, and undergraduate students, we allow students to submit works in which they collaborate with external researchers.
The final deadline for presenters to submit their abstracts electronically is 05 November 2025, at 5pm. More details and submission/registration link available here: https://lgbtq.gmu.edu/programs-services/events/lgbtq-student-showcase/
If prospective presenters have any questions about this program, please refer them to email the planning team at lgbtq@gmu.edu, including “LGBTQ+ Showcase” in the subject of their email.
October 14, 2025