Queer Student Association (QSA), UA

Spectrum is the LGBTQ+ student organisation at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, founded in 1982. It runs social events, peer support and advocacy for students, and works alongside the university's Safe Zone training programme. Membership and meetings are aimed at enrolled students rather than visitors. Tuscaloosa has a small LGBTQ+ scene, and much of it centres on campus. Meeting times and locations change each semester, so check the group's current social media or the university's student organisations directory. Birmingham, about an hour away by car, has the nearest choice of gay bars.