Campus Policies & Info for Gender-Variant, Transgender, and Transsexual Students, Faculty & Staff

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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 theLGBTQA Center's 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 the LGBTQA Center, the Dean of Students Office (656-3380), or the Office of Affirmative Action (656-3368).

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.

If you're a transsexual, transgender, or gender-variant student looking for trans-accessible housing on-campus, read more here.

Gender Neutral Restrooms
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The LGBTQA Center@UVM 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.

Health Care for UVM Employees
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Vermont Diversity Health Project

The VDHP helps patients identify friendly, supportive and effective healthcare providers, and offers training and support to enhance providers’ skill in working with LGBTQ people.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Transgender Health Benefits (PDF File)

The UVM insurance plan now includes services for Gender Reassignment Surgery and Gender Reassignment Therapy from a Network or non-Network Provider up to $75,000 per lifetime, subject to Coinsurance, Deductibles, Co-payments with certain requirements and limitations. Detail are outlined in the link above.

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 the LGBTQA Center. Athletics staff have identified a single-user, gender neutral restroom, changing room, and shower facility that trans people can use.

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:

• CATcard
• Degree Audit Reporting System
• Grade Reports
• Advisee Lists
• Unofficial Transcripts
• Library sign-out process
• Directory Listing (unless you have chosen FERPA Exclusion)

Information on how to change your preferred name and pronoun are housed on the Registrar's Preferred Name and Pronoun Website. Also available are instructions for how to change your email address to use your preferred name.

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