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Your donation helps Pride VMC offer services and resources to our Veterinarian community. Please consider a donation, however small or large.
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
Boehringer Ingelheim: Our Commitment to the LGBTQ+ Community
PrideVMC is proud to spotlight Diamond Partner Boehringer Ingelheim. Boehringer Ingelheim has been a long-time advocate and supporter for the LGBTQ+ community, which includes our patients, our employees and their loved ones. We proudly stand up tall with our LGBTQ+...
“Health and Wellbeing among LGBTQ+ Veterinary Professionals and Students: The Impact of Institutional Climate” with Dr. Witte -Webinar Recap
Last night PrideVMC was honored to present “Health and Wellbeing among LGBTQ+ Veterinary Professionals and Students: The Impact of Institutional Climate” with Dr. Tracy Witte. This virtual event was hosted by PrideVMC President Dr. Dane Whitaker was open to...
PrideVMC Presents: LGBTQ+ Webinar on September 9
PrideVMC is honored to present “Health and Wellbeing among LGBTQ+ Veterinary Professionals and Students: The Impact of Institutional Climate” with Dr. Tracy Witte on Wednesday, September 9 @ 7:00-8:00pm CT. This virtual event hosted by PrideVMC President Dr....
#wakeupvetmed
PrideVMC meets monthly with ten veterinary profession affinity groups to collaborate, share resources, and identify ways to amplify each other’s voices. Together we are launching a "Vote!" campaign in late August so stay tuned for that. Our current focus,...
Hill’s Pride Tribe – What Does Pet Food Have To Do With LGBTQIA+?
by Joann Fuller, Hill's Pride Tribe Member Hill’s Pet Nutrition has a history of being a company devoted to radical thinking. After all, there weren’t many people thinking about the role nutrition had to play in the health of our beloved dogs and cats back in...
Chicago Pride Sunday as a Black Trans Lives Matter: BLM Pride Protest
ACTIVATE:CHI, a grassroots activist organization, will be collaborating with Chicago Pride organizations, Northalsted Business Alliance, and the businesses of Boystown to reinstate the Pride march as “Black Trans Lives Matter: A BLM Pride Protest.” The protest will...
Boehringer Ingelheim: Our Commitment to the LGBTQ+ CommunityPrideVMC is proud to spotlight Diamond Partner […]
“Health and Wellbeing among LGBTQ+ Veterinary Professionals and Students: The Impact of Institutional Climate” with Dr. Witte -Webinar RecapLast night PrideVMC was honored to present “Health and […]- PrideVMC Presents: LGBTQ+ Webinar on September 9PrideVMC is honored to present “Health and Wellbeing […]
#wakeupvetmedPrideVMC meets monthly with ten veterinary profession […]
Hill’s Pride Tribe – What Does Pet Food Have To Do With LGBTQIA+?by Joann Fuller, Hill’s Pride Tribe Member […]
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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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