A Welcoming Environment

The official UMKC LGBTQIA+ resource space, this welcoming spot for students — regardless of sexual or gender diversity and expression — to reflect or relax is affectionately referred to as our LGBTQIA+ living room. Here you can discover literature and resources about and by the UMKC LGBTQIA+ student community.

As part of our Summer 2024 work, we are excited to unveil the brand-new space Rainbow Lounge in Fall 2024!

We ask that all guests help maintain the Rainbow Lounge as a space of inclusion.

• Student Union, Room 325
• Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Drop into our virtual Rainbow Lounge

Lounge Amenities

• Opportunities and information to get involved with student organizations
• Monthly programming calendars
• Pronoun Buttons
• LGBTQIA Programs & Services Staff
• Student Workspaces
• Community-building activities
• Lounge area
• Safer sex products (provided by KC Care)
• Free menstrual products (provided by student donations)
• Free At-Home Rapid HIV testing kits (provided by Kansas City Health Department)
• Free lending library
• Magazines and academic articles for use in-lounge
• Information about emergency financial assistance, emergency housing assistance, and community programs

Rainbow Lounge Library

We are thrilled to offer an ever-changing and refined Rainbow Lounge Library that offers new and up-to-date resources, novels, poetry, non-fiction books, theoretical texts, historical accounts, and biographies which represent and speak to a variety of LGBTQIA identities. Most of our books are available to check out, take home with you to read, and bring back.