Full Description
This book will guide institutions of higher learning in making practical and effective changes at many levels to better support LGBTQ+ students and, ultimately, improve the campus climate for all. For college students with marginalized gender identities and sexual orientations, simply getting through a day of study-not to mention work, exercise, and social life-can be taxing in the extreme, due to the additional weight of minority stress. However, there are many steps higher education leaders can take, both to boost students amp rsquo resilience and to dismantle the very structures that create minority stress. These steps may involve changes to facilities, student health and resource centers, housing, administrative policy, faculty training, curriculum, and other areas.
This book presents research-based needs assessment frameworks and best practices for integrating a broad array of institutional changes to improve LGBTQ+ students amp rsquo higher education experience. Chapters describe student populations with multiple intersecting identities: transgender students, students of color, students with disabilities, student athletes, international students, and first-generation college students. The authors also address issues unique to different settings, including community colleges, religious institutions, and historically Black colleges and universities.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: A Call to Action for Affirming All LGBTQ+ Students in Higher Education
Kirsten A. Gonzalez, Saumya Arora, Roberto L. Abreu, amp amp David P. Rivera
Part I. ContextsChapter . Institutionalizing LGBTQ+ Student SupportAnneliese Singh
Chapter 2. Exploring the Complexities of Black Sexual and Gender Minorities in Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesAngela Ferguson
Chapter 3. Planning and Building New Foundations: Developing Proposals for Creating LGBTQI+ Resources at Community CollegesEmalinda L. McSpadden, Leilani Massey, amp amp Ines I. Almarante
Chapter 4. LGBTQ Students in Nonaffirming Religious InstitutionsTheresa Stueland Kay amp amp Joshua R. Wolff
Chapter 5. One Model, Multiple Locations: The Salisbury University Safe Spaces ProgramDiane S. Illig, Michele M. Schlehofer, amp amp Tara Taylor
Part II. Student Populations
Chapter . Recommendations and Advocacy Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Transgender and Nonbinary StudentsLuke R. Allen amp amp lore m. dickey
Chapter 7. Supporting LGBTQ+ College Students Living With DisabilitiesFranco Dispenza, Merideth Ray, amp amp Jamian S. Coleman
Chapter 8. Creating Safe Spaces for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Student-AthletesTaylor M. McCavanagh amp amp Michael C. Cadaret
Chapter 9. Navigating New Terrain: Sexual and Gender Diverse College Students Who Are the First in Their Families to Attend CollegeAlison Cerezo amp amp Amaranta Ramirez
Chapter . Supporting Rural LGBTQ+ Communities in Higher EducationJoel D. Goodrich amp amp Michael James McClellan
Chapter . Supporting LGBTQ International Students in Higher EducationNadine Nakamura, Jan E. Estrellado, amp amp Saeromi Kim
Chapter 2. Resisting Colonization in Higher Education and Empowering LGBTQ+ Students: Mobilizing Toward LiberationRoberto L. Abreu, Saumya Arora, Kirsten A. Gonzalez, amp amp David P. Rivera
Index
About the Editors
