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Happy Pride Month from GAYY!

Pride Month holds significant importance for the LGBTQI+ community. In recent years, the Pride celebration has extended from just a week to a whole month in Finland too. In this post, GAYY shares four reasons why Pride Month is celebrated.

25 May 2023

New office, new opportunities

AVP recently moved into a new office in a building we're sharing with Aalto Design Factory, Startup Sauna and a bunch of research groups from the School of Engineering. We’ve only been there for a short while, but collaboration between the different entities has already increased, and we can only imagine the future potential.

It’s Zambian time

Four Aalto University students visited Zambia to work on a case for a local startup, together with students from Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda. They started their voyage with high expectations, but none of them could anticipate the most important lessons they'd learn.

We’re not done yet — LGBTQ+ culture in Otaniemi

The fear of not being accepted: we think it's a fear everyone faces when going to new places. LGBTQ+ people, however, need to face it every day. In every interaction, they must decide: do I feel comfortable showing who I really am? At GAYY, we would like to add a queer touch to Otaniemi and let the minorities also enjoy the community that we have.

28 Jun 2022