Campus Policies & Info
for Gender-Variant, Transgender, and Transsexual Students
If you’re looking for general information about transgender and transsexual
identities and issues, please see Alexander John Goodrum’s excellent
Gender Identity
101: A Transgender Primer (go here
for the "Primer" as a downloadable PDF file) and LGBTQA Services'
General Information page and Links
page.
If you’re a gender-variant, transgender, and/or transsexual student at
UVM, the following policies and information may be of help. If you have trouble
with any of these policies, procedures, or resources, you can get help at LGBTQA
Services, the Dean of Students Office (656-3380), or the Office of Affirmative
Action (656-3368).
Preferred Name and Pronoun Information - Gender Neutral Restrooms - Campus
Housing Options - Patrick Gym
Preferred Name and Pronoun Information
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Beginning in January of 2009 any student at the University of Vermont can indicate their preferred first name and pronoun to the university community regardless of whether or not they have legally changed their name. Utilizing this process will result in changes in the following areas:
Gender Neutral Restrooms
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LGBTQA Services has identified 40 single-user, gender-neutral, lockable restrooms
on-campus, not including bathrooms in residential halls. Most of them are simply
marked “Restroom.” These facilities are available and benefit
everyone. Gender-neutral restrooms mean that women no longer have to wait in
line when the women’s room is full and the men’s room is empty.
They mean that disabled people who have attendants of a different gender than
them don’t have to face awkwardness in gender-segregated bathrooms. They
mean gender-variant and trans people, who often experience harassment, and even
violence, in gender-segregated restrooms, can pee in peace.
For a listing of these gender-neutral bathrooms, click here.
For a downloadable map of the gender-neutral bathrooms on central campus, click
here (Coming Soon).
For more information about trans people and restrooms, see the video "Toilet
Training," available from the Bailey/Howe
Library or the Sylvia Rivera Law Project.
Campus Housing Options
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If you are a transgender or transsexual student who has specific access needs
to live in a residence hall, please contact Stacey Miller, the Director of Residential
Life, at stacey.miller@uvm.edu
or 656-3434. Residential Life has identified several trans-friendly housing
options that include single-user, gender neutral restroom and shower facilities.
Patrick Gym
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If you are a transgender or transsexual student who has specific access needs
to use Patrick Gym, contact Associate Direcector of Athletics Jeff Schulman
at 656-7417 or Jeffrey.Schulman@uvm.edu
or LGBTQA Services.
Athletics staff have identified a single-user, gender neutral restroom, changing
room, and shower facility that trans people can use.
Last modified January 08 2009 01:17 PM
