This book describes practical changes that universities and colleges can undertake to support LGBTQ+ students and create more affirming and inclusive campus climates. Integrating examples of structural and administrative changes guided by a minority stress model, the book addresses an array of LGBTQ+ student populations including transgender students, students with disabilities, student athletes, international students, and first-generation college students. The authors also cover issues unique to community colleges, religious institutions, and historically Black colleges and universities.
David P. Rivera, PhD, is an associate professor of counselor education at Queens College-City University of New York. His professional experience includes college counseling, higher education administration, and also includes consultations and training on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. His research is guided by critical theories and social justice frameworks, and explores cultural competency development and issues impacting the marginalization and wellbeing of people of color and oppressed sexual orientation and gender identity groups, with a focus on microaggressions. Learn more about Dr. Rivera's work on Twitter @DavidPRivera or Instagram at riveradavidp. Roberto L. Abreu, PhD, is an assistant professor of Counseling Psychology and the director of the Collective Healing and Empowering VoicEs through Research and Engagement (!ChEvere!) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida (UF). Dr. Abreu's research explores ways in which marginalized communities resist systemic oppression and promote bienestar colectivo (collective well-being), with a particular focus on Latinx communities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and the intersection of Latinx and LGBTQ people and communities. Follow Dr. Abreu's work on Twitter at @RLuisAbreu & @ChevereLab, Instagram at cheverelab, Facebook at Cheverelab. Kirsten A. Gonzalez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, specializing in counseling psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). She is also a core faculty member in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies and Latin American & Caribbean studies at UTK. Dr. Gonzalez's research and clinical interests include the psychological well-being of LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color (BIPOC), migration experiences of Latinx community members, and allyship and social justice advocacy interventions. Follow Dr. Gonzalez on Twitter @DrKAGonzalez or Instagram @theresistlab. Learn more about Dr. Gonzalez's work at https://resistlab.squarespace.com/
Contributors Introduction. Affirming All LGBTQ+ Students in Higher Education: A Call to Action Kirsten Gonzalez, Saumya Arora, Roberto Abreu & David Rivera Part I. Contexts Chapter 1. Institutionalizing LGBTQ+ Student Support Anneliese Singh Chapter 2. Exploring the Complexities of Black Sexual and Gender Minorities in Historically Black Colleges and Universities Angela Ferguson Chapter 3. Planning and Building New Foundations: Developing Proposals for Creating LGBTQI+ Resources at Community Colleges Emalinda McSpadden, Leilani Masse, & Ines I. Almarante Chapter 4. LGBTQ Students in Non-Affirming Religious Institutions Theresa Stueland Kay & Joshua R. Wolff Chapter 5. One Model, Multiple Locations: The Salisbury University Safe Spaces Program Diane S. Illig, Michele M. Schlehofer & Tara Taylor Part II. Student Populations Chapter 6. Recommendations and Advocacy Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Transgender College Students Luke Allen & lore dickey Chapter 7. Supporting LGBTQ+ College Students with Disabilities Franco Dispenza, Merideth Ray & Jamian S. Coleman Chapter 8. Creating Safe Spaces for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Student-Athletes Taylor McCavanagh & Michael C. Cadaret Chapter 9. Navigating New Terrain: Sexual and Gender Diverse College Students Who Are the First in Their Families to Attend College Alison Cerezo & Amaranta Ramirez Chapter 10. Supporting Rural LGBTQ+ Students in Higher Education Settings Joel Goodrich & Michael James McClellan Chapter 11. Supporting LGBTQ+ International Students in Higher Education Nadine Nakamura, Jan Estrellado & Saeromi Kim Chapter 12. Resisting Colonization in Higher Education and Empowering LGBTQ+ Students: Mobilizing Toward Liberation Roberto Abreu, Saumya Arora, Kirsten Gonzalez & David Rivera Index About the Editors
