Approximately four times each semester, the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center hosts Open Door Discussions (ODDs). These student-led presentations cover an LGBTQ-related topic and then encourage dialogue with participants. All GVSU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend! ODDs are INT 100/201 approved, so students can attend and participate for class credit. Open Door Discussion are engaging, informative, and fun! We hope you can join us.

Academic year 2024-2025

• April 2025: Self-care Seminar
• April 2025: Kept in the Dark - On Queer Visibility (or lack thereof)
• April 2025: Rainbows & Rhymes: Queer Poetry and Poets
• March 2025: The Queer Burnout Breakdown
• March 2025: Rethinking Access: The Intersection of LGBTQ and Disabled Identities
• November 2024: The Global Impact of K-pop
• November 2024: Queer? Lit! - A Guide to LGBT+ Books
• November 2024: ID ≠ Identity: The Unexpected Politics of Legal Identification for Transgender People
• April 2024: The White Rainbow and the Intersection of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Identities
• April 2024: Spring into Self-Care, A Look into Self-Love for the LGBTQ Community in a Fast-Paced World
• February 2024: Why are Vampires so Yassified? Queries about Vampirism in Classical Literature and Adaptations 
• February 2024: We're Here! We're Queer? Challenging How We Define the World and Ourselves
• December 2023: Were They...You Know?: A Thoughtful Analysis of Retrospective Identity Labeling
• November 2023: Local LGBTQ+ History, focusing on GVSU and Grand Rapids
• November 2023: Queer Mental Health 
• October 2023: Gender Essentialism - You are more than biology
• October 2023: Disabilities and Chronic Conditions within the LGBTQ+ Community
• February 2023: The Pendulum Effect: How Hate Threatens LGBTQ+ Pride
• February 2023: Ace in Queer Space: The History of Asexuality in the LBGTQ+ Community
• March 2023: The Rainbow Infinity: Intersections of Queerness and Autism
• March 2023: Physical and Social Health in the LGBTQ+ Community
• November 2022: Roe v. Wade: An Attack on Bodily Autonomy and Trans Lives
• November 2022: More than Warhol: A Look into Queer Art History
• November 2022: Exclusion in the LGBTQ+ Community

Academic year 2023-2024

• April 2024: The White Rainbow and the Intersection of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Identities
• April 2024: Spring into Self-Care, A Look into Self-Love for the LGBTQ Community in a Fast-Paced World
• February 2024: Why are Vampires so Yassified? Queries about Vampirism in Classical Literature and Adaptations 
• February 2024: We're Here! We're Queer? Challenging How We Define the World and Ourselves
• December 2023: Were They...You Know?: A Thoughtful Analysis of Retrospective Identity Labeling
• November 2023: Local LGBTQ+ History, focusing on GVSU and Grand Rapids
• November 2023: Queer Mental Health 
• October 2023: Gender Essentialism - You are more than biology
• October 2023: Disabilities and Chronic Conditions within the LGBTQ+ Community

Winter 2023 Semester

• December 2023: Were They...You Know?: A Thoughtful Analysis of Retrospective Identity Labeling
• November 2023: Local LGBTQ+ History, focusing on GVSU and Grand Rapids
• November 2023: Queer Mental Health 
• October 2023: Gender Essentialism - You are more than biology
• October 2023: Disabilities and Chronic Conditions within the LGBTQ+ Community