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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’s Mission & Vision
The PRIDE Veterinary Medical Community (formerly known as LGVMA) strives to foster acceptance & inclusivity for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender presentations within the veterinary medical profession. Our vision is a veterinary profession in which we all live to our full potential, have the ability to conduct our lives openly and with integrity, and are free to share our experience and wisdom for the betterment of ourselves, our profession, our clients and all animals
Our goals are as follows:
- 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.
PrideVMC strives to foster acceptance & inclusivity for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender presentations within the veterinary medical profession.
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
Veterinarians Are Killing Themselves. An Online Group Is There To Listen And Help
A recent story appeared on NPR describing the alarming uptick in suicides among Veterinarians due to the stress and strain of the job. Here's an excerpt: Dr. Carrie Jurney is on the board of an online organization that works to prevent suicides. It's called Not One...
Diversity and Inclusion on Air: Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion & Veterinary Medicine
In fall of 2015, AAVMC launched Diversity & Inclusion on Air: Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion & Veterinary Medicine. Although there has been in an increase in the amount of diversity programming hosted by AAVMC, its...
“A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions”
Vicki Hutton captures the healing power of the human-animal bond through personal stories of survivors of the AIDS pandemic. During a time of stigma and self-hatred, and before effective therapies, animal companionship was the most powerful medicine available and is...
Join OVC at Toronto Pride
The Ontario Veterinary College’s Pride Veterinary Medical Community (VMC) Club invites you to march with us on June 23rd, 2019 at the Toronto Pride Parade! EVERYONE is welcomed to this event, as we will be representing OVC and the veterinary profession. This is a...
NYC WorldPride 2019 March
The Impact of Visibility: A LGBTQ+ Veterinary Student, Faculty, Staff, Clinician and Client Wellness Initiative
Congratulations to Dr. K. Paige Carmichael for a successful poster session of The Impact of Visibility: A LGBTQ+ Veterinary Student, Faculty, Staff, Clinician and Client Wellness Initiative (Tracy K. Witte, Sharon Kramper, Ken Gorczyca, Mike Chaddock, Lisa Greenhill,...
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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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