Lavender Extravaganza
Lavender Extravaganza is an annual celebration that recognizes Bruins for their leadership, achievements, and contributions in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and aromantic community at UCLA.
Join us in celebrating 27 years of Lavender Extravaganza on-campus at Korn Convocation Hall on Saturday, June 14th from 12:30-2:30pm PT! Registration is now open for all undergraduates, graduate, and professional students who would like to participate. As is tradition, Lavender Extravaganza will continue to highlight and honor the success and talent that exists within our campus community.
In the spirit of celebration, we encourage all who plan to attend to nominate students, student organizations, staff, and faculty who have left a lasting impact on the UCLA LGBTQ community for our traditional Lavender Extravaganza awards. Graduates can submit nominations as part of their registration, and other campus community members may do so via our awards nomination form.
Please reach out via DM on Instagram @uclalgbtq or email uclalavgrad@gmail.com with any questions.
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
In community,
UCLA Lavender Extravaganza Committee
Registration
Graduating students (undergraduate, graduate, professional) may register to participate in Lavender Extravaganza through May 23, 2025 at 11:59pm PT. If you have any questions, please reach out to uclalavgrad@gmail.com.
Program
Date and Time: Saturday, June 14th from 12:30-2:30 PM PT
*Sequence of Events:
- Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
- Opening Remarks
- Keynote Address
- Awards Ceremony
- LGBTQ Studies Presentation of Minors
- Graduating Student Speaker
- Recognition of Graduates
- Closing Remarks
*Order of events is subject to change.
Tag the Center on Instagram!
Lavender Extravaganza will also offer participants and award recipients the opportunity to be featured on our social media. We would love for our audience of students, alumni, and community members to celebrate along with you. If you tag the LGBTQ CRC at @UCLALGBTQ on an Instagram post featuring yourself, we will repost the image to our Instagram story. Please note that the tag to the Center's Instagram account will count as consent to repost on our story and may be reshared by the official UCLA Instagram account @UCLA. We will not share the images on any other platforms. In addition, your account setting needs to be made public, so we can see the post and have access to reshare. We look forward to seeing what highlights you share with us!
Keynote Speaker
To be announced!
Awards
Has a friend, student organization, staff, or faculty member made a large impact in support of the LGBTQ+ community at UCLA? Have you been involved on-campus in supporting the LGBTQ+ community? Nominate yourself, a friend, staff, or faculty for an award! Submit an award nomination for a UCLA community member by May 23rd! See the Lavender Extravaganza Awards page below to read about each award.
In addition to the awards above, the LGBTQ CRC would like to highlight the Matthew B. Palazzolo Memorial Award for Excellence in Leadership and Public Service. Established in 2021 to honor the life and legacy of LGBTQ activist, actor, and Bruin Matthew B. Palazzolo ‘05, this award is open to any full-time UCLA undergraduate or graduate student (graduating or continuing) who has provided leadership and service to the UCLA LGBTQ+ community during the years of their current degree and who meets the following criteria:
- has demonstrated excellence in leadership abilities
- has worked to address LGBTQ issues through community and public service
Sponsor Today
Is your department or organization interested in supporting the LGBTQ CRC with Lavender Extravaganza? Consider submitting an ad for our program booklet via our Lavender Extravaganza sponsorship form! If you have questions about supporting Lavender Extravaganza, please email us at lgbt@lgbtq.ucla.edu.