You are cordially invited to The City College of New York's 4th Annual Lavender Ceremony!

The Lavender Ceremony is a celebration of the academic and personal achievements of City College of New York’s LGBTQIA+ undergraduate students, graduate students, alum, and their allies. This event is open to all CCNY students, staff, faculty and alum.

Free food and refreshments will be available.

NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR GRADUATES AND ALUM TO REGISTER FOR THE LAVENDER CEREMONY IS MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025 by 11:59PM

For Graduates, Alum, and Staff & Faculty: This event is open to all CCNY undergraduate and graduate students that are graduating this Spring 2025, have graduated in Summer 2024 or Fall 2024, are planning to graduate this Summer 2025, or are CCNY alum or CCNY staff/faculty that did not have a Lavender Ceremony of their own. All graduates and alum must RSVP with a "Graduating Student/Alum Ticket" to secure their spot in our program and runway, their lavender cord, rainbow tassel, lavender certificate, and more!

All graduates at our Lavender Ceremony will get a:

• Lavender certificate
• Lavender graduation cord
• Rainbow CCNY graduation tassel
• and some more surprises!

For CCNY/CUNY Guests: Our entire CCNY/CUNY community is welcome to celebrate with our graduates at our Lavender Ceremony! All CCNY/CUNY guests must RSVP with a "Guest Ticket".

For non-CUNY Guests: All graduates at our Lavender Ceremony are permitted to invite any amount of their loved ones to celebrate! All non-CUNY guests must RSVP with a "Guest Ticket".

Interested in Volunteering?: We are looking for CCNY community members and alum to volunteer for our ceremony. This includes various times the day before our Ceremony (5/20) and the day of our Ceremony (5/21). All volunteers must RSVP with a "Volunteer Ticket" and select their availability.

Unable to attend but want your lavender certificate, lavender graduation cord, rainbow CCNY graduation tassel, and more?:

No worries! Still RSVP with a "Graduating Student/Alum Ticket" and email lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu so we can arrange a pick-up!

Attending another CUNY school and looking for your college's Lavender Ceremony or a similar celebration?:

Please reach out to your college's staff and faculty representatives on the CUNY LGBTQI+ Council!

To learn more about Lavender Ceremony and its history at City College and beyond, please visit our website. See last year's Lavender Ceremony photo highlights here and our runway highlights here.

For more information contact lgbtq@ccny.cuny.edu

Meet your 2025 Lavender Ceremony Speakers!

• 2025 Lavender Ceremony Keynote Speaker TBA
• 2025 Lavender Ceremony Student Speaker TBA
• 2025 Lavender Ceremony Alum Speaker TBA

If you are someone looking to change your name or omit your name from the main commencement book, please see the directions posted on our website. NOTE: The deadline to submit this form for the 2024-2025 Academic Year is Monday, April 21st, 2025.

Participation in this Pride event is made possible due to generous funding from the New York City Council Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Caucus and the Office of the Mayor, and supported by The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.

Co-Sponsors: CCNY Gender Resources, the CCNY Alumni Association, the CCNY Center for the Arts, the CCNY Division of Student Affairs, the CUNY LGBTQI+ Council, the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium, and the CUNY Office of Student Inclusion Initatives.

The City College of New York and the CCNY LGBTQ+ Student Center are proud members of the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium.