Policy & Practice RecommendationsThe Consortium, with all of its members, is continuously striving to create college and university environments where all 2SLGBTQIA+ people have equity in every respect. To do that, we have created various guidance documents with promising policies and practices to achieve this goal. Promising Policies and Practices for Supporting Trans and Nonbinary People in Postsecondary EducationRelease Date: June 28, 2024 This guidance document is designed to assist colleges and universities in their efforts to create more equitable and just campus environments for trans and nonbinary students, faculty, staff, and alumni. This document is intended to replace the following two historical documents:
Supporting Trans and Queer Students of ColorRelease Date: April 2016 Student affairs (SA) professionals have a unique opportunity to work directly with trans and queer students of color (TQSOC) on campuses across the United States. Most of this work is concentrated in cultural centers, which include race-specific resource centers, LGBTQ+ resource centers, and multicultural resource enters. Due to nationwide calls for accountability and the growing need to better serve TQSOC, we the committee have decided to combine our efforts and create guiding suggestions for campus partners to use when doing the work of supporting TQSOC. In this document we will discuss the historical context of cultural centers and LGBTQ+ centers on college campuses. Too few of us know these histories, which can prove a barrier to collaboration. The first section will also explore other barriers to collaboration including a lack of awareness around race/racism/whiteness in LGBTQ+ spaces, as well as a lack of awareness around sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) in multicultural center spaces. This document also contains suggestions for SA professionals to incorporate into their departments. We invite you to spend some time reflecting upon the questions for further consideration that are found in each section. Click here to download the full publication. LGBT2 Supervision TipsRelease Date: March 2016 The LGBT2 Supervision Tips document was created by the Consortium’s LGBT2 Constituency Committee to support LGBT2s and their supervisors in initiating, developing, and maintaining productive supervisory relationships. These tips were formed using information generated by the LGBT2 Supervision Tips Survey released in summer 2014. LGBT2s and their supervisors can use this document as a guide for conversations or as a reference tool in ways that best fit the unique supervisory relationship between these practitioners. Click here to download the full publication. |
