Once you’ve been admitted to GSB, please feel free to reach out to gsb_pride-leadership@stanford.edu to be added to our email list!

Current students, please click here to join GSB Pride on Cardinal Engage.

Depending on your comfort level, there are a variety of ways to hear about new events! By reaching out to the leadership team we can include you in our WhatsApp group (for more informal events) and/or include you on our email list (for more formal events). Joining us on CardinalEngage will give you updates on events scheduled at University-managed event spaces.

We’d love to include you in our events in any way we can. To facilitate this, we purposefully host a few events per year that are open to allies; this helps to provide a natural opportunity to attend Pride events and meet members without having to identify as queer or questioning. This can be a great option if you’re interested in learning more about Pride, but aren’t fully ready to identify yourself to the Pride community 🙂

These events are typically published in MyGSB or included in Blast and will be identified as being hosted by GSB Pride.

No! We have a variety of “levels of out” for our members to accommodate all students, regardless of where they are in their coming out journey.

Level 1: Member who is out to entire school; membership status in GSB Pride is known to all

Level 2: Member is out to GSB community, but not necessarily their family or employer

Level 3: Member is only out to members of GSB Pride

Level 4: Member who is only known to the GSB Pride mailing list administrators

Being out in your application will not impact your admission chances negatively. We do recommend presenting yourself authentically in your application, and if being LGBTQ+ has impacted you in a meaningful and relevant way (e.g., you have had a major LGBTQ+ leadership experience), then we encourage you to be open in your application. Your application is confidential and your information will not be shared outside the admissions office without your permission.

The student community is exceptionally welcoming to partners, and partners are welcome at nearly all social events at the GSB. Partners also have a strong community with other partners.

The number of members who join Pride varies from year to year, but on average our openly LGBTQ+ population is about ~10% of a given class, in line with peer school statistics. This means there are currently about 80 openly LGBTQ+ students.

Yes, there are LGBTQ+ faculty members at both the GSB and also at Stanford University. Faculty members frequently serve as advisors for events such as the annual Pride retreat.

The GSB LGBTQ+ community is a well integrated, respectful, and diverse group. We are leaders within the broader GSB and participate in a variety of groups on campus, yet we form a supportive community and gather periodically for social and professional events. We are fortunate to be located within Stanford, which has a very large LGBTQ+ community. We are only 40 minutes away from San Francisco, birthplace of the gay rights movement.

Feel free to reach out via the contact form.

(Note: Reaching out will not impact your admissions decision; we are unable to arrange in-person visits. Please contact the admissions office directly with any admissions questions.)