{"id":2081,"date":"2025-07-04T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:00:01","slug":"pride-collaborations-3rd-annual-tea-dance-and-chasi-featured-in-the-cascade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2025\/07\/04\/pride-collaborations-3rd-annual-tea-dance-and-chasi-featured-in-the-cascade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride collaborations: 3rd annual Tea Dance and CHASI featured in The Cascade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2082 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On June 25, UFV celebrated Pride with the third annual Tea Dance \u2014 with this year featuring Drag Musical Bingo hosted by UFV&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colinaldamonsters\/\">Colin Alda Monsters!<\/a> The event was hosted and organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/sustainable-ufv\/\">Sustainable UFV<\/a> and CHASI, with support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv-fsa.ca\/\">UFV&#8217;s Faculty and Staff Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2088 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Media.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the same day, our friends at UFV&#8217;s autonomous student newspaper, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ufvcascade.ca\/\">The Cascade<\/a><\/em>, published a four-page collaboration with CHASI titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ufvcascade.ca\/queer-on-campus\/\">Queer on campus.<\/a>&#8221; The article features reflections from members of the CHASI team on their experiences of being queer, being allies, and how their time at CHASI has impacted those journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped make these collaborations happen! Maintaining a culture of visible, outspoken pride on campus is essential to the social well-being of our community, and as always, we plan to continue our advocacy year-round.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2086\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of attendees at the Tea Dance. They're sitting at a table with a large pride flag hanging behind them.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2085\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CHASI Director Dr. Martha Dow and UFV President Dr. James Mandigo speak at the Tea Dance, both wearing Pride shirts.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2084\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees at the Tea Dance stand around a table, holding bingo cards. One smiles at the camera, while others look off camera towards the stage.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2083\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Wide shot of the Tea Dance on the patio at UFV Abbotsford's K building. It is decorated with rainbow flags, hanging paper balloons, and rainbow plates and napkins. Each table has people around it, mingling and talking.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2087\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of CHASI lead researcher Chelsea Klassen at the Tea Dance, smiling and laughing surrounded by other people.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 25, UFV celebrated Pride with the third annual Tea Dance \u2014 with this year featuring Drag Musical Bingo hosted by UFV&#8217;s own Colin Alda Monsters! The event was hosted and organized by Sustainable UFV and CHASI, with support from UFV&#8217;s Faculty and Staff Association. On the same day, our friends at UFV&#8217;s autonomous &#8230; <a title=\"Pride collaborations: 3rd annual Tea Dance and CHASI featured in The Cascade\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2025\/07\/04\/pride-collaborations-3rd-annual-tea-dance-and-chasi-featured-in-the-cascade\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":2084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[335,137,282,336],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-observances","tag-colin-alda-monsters","tag-pride","tag-tea-dance","tag-the-cascade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}