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Job Board
Pride VMC has compiled a comprehensive list of many of the currently available jobs in the Veterinary Community in the United States & Canada. Let’s go find you a job. Fetch!
PrideVMC Mission & Vision
The mission and purpose of PrideVMC is to create a better world for the LGBTQ+ veterinary community.
Our vision is an empowered LGBTQ+ veterinary community that embraces wellbeing by being their authentic selves.
Strategic Priorities
- Education and advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion and diversity.
- Student empowerment through leadership development and mentorship.
- Member recruitment, engagement and outreach.
Our foundational priority is strategic partnership because we know we can accomplish more together.
The mission of PrideVMC is to create a better world for the LGBTQ+ veterinary community..
Calendar
PRIDE VMC will list an entire range of events happening around the country. Please check our calendar page often for the latest events and happenings.
PRIDE VMC will list an entire range of events happening around the country. Please check our calendar page often for the latest events and happenings.
Membership
Membership in Pride VMC is open to anyone regardless of occupation, education, sex or sexual orientation. For the full voting rights and privileges assigned to various types of members, see our By-laws.
Your membership dues support our many programs for LGBT veterinarians, technicians, veterinary practices and students. Among other things, membership ALSO entitles you to:
- Access to the Members Only section of this website
- Access to our new Job site
- Inclusion in our online Membership Directory, which is confidential and available only to members in good standing
- Pride VMC’s Newsletter
- Placement of ad in the newsletter and/or on website
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Merchandise
Coming Soon! Check back in for merchandise featuring our new logo as well as a special edition SF Pride edition t-shirt!
News
PrideVMC COVID-19 Member Message
Dear PrideVMC members, I wanted to reach out to you all regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic. I know that many of our in- boxes have been inundated with emails offering support, advice and encouragement during this difficult time. Times of crisis can have...
Physical, Not Social Distancing: Staying Connected In The Coronavirus Age
Human beings are social beings. This article was originally published on March 17, 2020 by Jonathan Kanter and Adam Kuczynski on https://nationalinterest.org/. To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a hard pill: Stay...
2020 PrideVMC Student Diversity Award
powered by Merck Animal Health APPLY NOW Scott E. Page is a professor at Michigan State University and author of many articles and books including "The Diversity Bonus". According to Page’s research, 1 + 1 can actually equal 3, but only when the two 1s are different....
2020 PrideVMC Student Intersectionality Award
APPLY NOW Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the term intersectionality to help us acknowledge and understand the compounding effects of oppression. Intersectionality is a lens through which we view the world, it is “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as...
Two New $4000 PrideVMC Student Awards Announced
The Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC) is excited to announce the following two new veterinary and veterinary technician student awards. The PrideVMC Student Diversity Bonus Award powered by Merck Animal Health Scott E. Page is a professor at Michigan State...
No more homecoming queen? Schools advised to consider nonconforming gender identities
Should time-honored school traditions dubbing students as kings and queens for homecomings and proms be changed in favor of more gender spectrum-inclusive titles? This article was originally published on March 2, 2020 by Madhu Krishnamurthy on...
PrideVMC COVID-19 Member MessageDear PrideVMC members, I wanted to reach out to you […]
Physical, Not Social Distancing: Staying Connected In The Coronavirus AgeHuman beings are social beings. This article was […]
2020 PrideVMC Student Diversity Awardpowered by Merck Animal Health APPLY NOW Scott E. Page […]
2020 PrideVMC Student Intersectionality AwardAPPLY NOW Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the term […]- Two New $4000 PrideVMC Student Awards AnnouncedThe Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC) is […]
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About Us
Pride VMC, formerly the Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Medical Association (LGVMA), fosters acceptance & inclusivity for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities within the veterinary medical profession.
New Strategic Focus:
- Fight discrimination against LGBTQ people in the veterinary medical profession;
- Build collaborative networks for the LGBTQ veterinary medical community;
- Support LGBTQ students in veterinary medicine through mentorship, program development, and scholarships.
Vision
Our vision is a veterinary profession in which we all live to our full potential, both personally and professionally, conduct our lives openly and with integrity, and freely share our experience and wisdom for the betterment of and care for ourselves, our profession, our clients and all animals.
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