Welcome to NUPAC (Northwestern University’s Pride Alumni Club)! We are Northwestern University’s LGBTQ+ alumni affinity club!
The club is free to join and open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our mission is to grow, strengthen, and advocate for the University’s LGBTQ+ community and our hope is that through NUPAC, all NU alumni can find an inclusive and beautifully diverse circle of peers regardless of where in the world their post-graduation journey takes them.
We have active NUPAC groups in Chicago, New York City, Palm Springs, and the D.C./Virginia-area. If you are in one of those areas, we’d love to meet you. And if you live in another city and are looking for a connection to some local, queer Wildcats, shoot us an email at nupac@alum.northwestern.edu. We’d be happy to make the connection.
A quick history of LGBTQ+ milestones at NU that led to the creation of NUPAC -
1970 - N.U. Gay Liberation is formed as a campus organization dedicated to securing civil rights for homosexuals.
1974 - The renamed Gay Peoples Union is invited to participate in human sexuality week programs.
1980 - N.U. issues report on Gay & Lesbian Life at the University.
1986 - "Gay American History" is first such course offered for credit.
1995 - Same-sex domestic partner benefits for NU students, faculty, and staff.
1995 - First gay & lesbian alumni homecoming reception
1999 - LGBT Support Network is created.
2004 - LGBT Resource Center opens in the student center.
2005 - NUGALA is chartered as an official alumni club.
2011 – NUGALA endows a LGBT scholarship and names its first award recipient.
2013 – Gender-open housing is offered in Foster-Walker Complex.
2019 – NUGALA is rebranded as Northwestern University Pride Alumni Club (NUPAC).
For more information on NU’s LGBTQ+ history, check out this presentation created by Vince McCoy ‘75.