Meeting the Needs of Transgender Students: On Campus Students Perception of Gender-Neutral Housing and Restrooms

• Main Author: Gintoli, Jennie Kipp
• Format: Others
• Published: OpenSIUC 2010
• Subjects: gender-neutral; gender-variant; transgender
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/295; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=theses

Students come to college for a change and for most this is their first time away from home. Some students come looking for acceptance and a chance to freely be themselves. Individuals that identify as transgender or gender-variant have a difficult time finding a way to be themselves in this setting when they do not have a safe place to live. This research examines students who live in campus housing at a large, Midwestern institution. Past research on transgender issues is presented in its limited availability along with the results of an electronic survey of student opinions of gender-neutral housing and restrooms. The possibility of instituting such changes at this specific institution is examined.