A student organization on the University of Texas campus supporting same-sex relationships is hosting a week of activities in honor of Pride Week.
On Monday, they kicked off the week with a Pride Rally to show pride for their sexuality.
The Student Government's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Allies Affairs Agency (GLBTAA) is holding different events all week to discuss issues facing their community and introducing others to campus organizations.
"One of the biggest issues the community faces is simply having a safe place to gather and to have our voices heard. You know, from everything social, to educational to political whereas, other people take it for granted that they have a safe place to do that where there are people similar to them," GLBTAAA co-director Ryan Miller said.
The organization has planned around 15 events in celebration of Pride Week, ranging from the Pride Rally to Dynamics of Lesbian Relationships to a drag show.
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Pride week
Students at the University of Texas are holding events all week to show pride for their sexuality.
 
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In January, The Gender and Sexuality Center opened to help provide students with the resources they need when questions and issues surrounding sexuality arise.
"Throughout the first year and over the summer I think about four or five new programs have been implemented. The Living with Pride series focuses on healthy relationships and safe sex and everything between queer couples," GLBTAAA co-director Alexis Pucheck said.
The community is also using this time to encourage students to register to vote, especially given the fact that Proposition 2 is coming up. The Texas constitutional amendment, if passed, would ban same sex marriage.
Stand Out calls their group the only political queer organization on campus. Members say the bill is too broad.
"We're afraid it's going to invalidate Texas common law marriage, the Travis County domestic partnership registry, and domestic violence laws in Texas," Stand Out assistant director Jason Orne said.
No matter what side of the issue you stand on this community wants you to know, "We are a part of the UT community and that even though our state has a somewhat conservative slant it's like we are still here and we are still fighting for basic rights that other Texans already enjoy," Miller said.
A message they'll be repeating all week long.
The events are centered around National Coming Out Day which commemorates the first March in Washington on this issue in 1987.
