
Rainbow SIG Open Meeting @ NAFSA Bi-Regional VIII & X Conference
Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region VIII/X Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region VIII/X Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for an evening of drag, karaoke, and community during NAFSA's Region II Conference!

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region II Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region IV Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for a special event at the NAFSA XII Regional Conference!

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region XII Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region V Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region VI Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for queer community at the NAFSA Region VI Conference. We'll meet in the hotel lobby around 6:40 and walk to the 16 Bit Bar and Arcade in downtown Indianapolis. If you can't join us to walk over, feel free to come at any time during the event hours!

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region III Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

In her book, Teaching Queer: Radical Possibilities for Writing and Knowing, Stacey Waite writes that learning is akin to grieving as learners discover that the world is not what they thought it to be. In this process, they lose their sense of certainty (p. 46). International education is not exempt from melancholic experiences. In fact, …

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region XI Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Region VII Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates

Join Rainbow SIG for our Annual Business Meeting, featuring membership, financial, and general updates, as well as elections. Location: Room W109A, Orange County Convention Center

Join Rainbow SIG for a low-key hour of networking and socializing, immediately following our Annual Business Meeting. This is a great opportunity to learn about Rainbow SIG and connect with the Co-Chairs and other leadership members. Location: Celebration 10, Hyatt Regency

This presentation will examine Michigan State University's Office for Education Abroad housing policy and subsequent iterations to provide education abroad practitioners with an case study surrounding both the nuances and challenges of implementing an on-campus housing policy in a global context.

This session explores best practices for advising LGBTQ+ students in education abroad, informed by recent research on the diverse experiences of LGBTQ+ students and effective advising approaches. Participants will gain insight into how LGBTQ+ students navigate identity while abroad and how advisors can foster more inclusive, affirming, and equity-minded advising environments. Drawing on themes from …

$10 suggested donation · 8 PM–Late · 21+ 📍 Anthem Orlando · 100 N Orange Ave, Downtown Orlando 📅 Wednesday, May 27, 2026 The Rainbow Special Interest Group takes over Anthem Orlando for a Wednesday-night reception headlined by RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars alum Roxxxy Andrews, with cast Kitana Gemini, Axel Andrews, and Mala Mía. Drag, community, and cocktails in the heart of Downtown Orlando — …

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Conversations about queerness in global education often stop at risk. This session does not. Instead, it examines what global education gains when queerness is treated as knowledge rather than something to manage. Using Respectful Disruption Leadership, presenters explore how queer realities surface hard truths about power, mobility, belonging, and decision-making across borders. This session centers …