ASUW Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender Commission: Campus Resources

Campus Resources

ASUW

The Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) is the student government at UW. ASUW is a great place to find volunteer opportunities as well as make great connections in the university.

Within ASUW there are Diversity commissions. There are eight total, each representing different groups of students that have been often under represented on the UW campus, and in society as a whole. Below are links to each of the commission's websites with the exception of the newest commission; the Student Disability Commission.

American Indian Student Commission - asuwaisc@u.washington.edu
Asian Student Commission - asuwasc@u.washington.edu
Black Student Commission - asuwbsc@u.washington.edu
La Raza - asuwraza@u.washington.edu
Pacific Islander Student Commission - asuwpisc@u.washington.edu
Student Disability Commission - asuwswdc@u.washington.edu
Women's Action Commission - asuwomn@u.washington.edu

University of Washington Q Center

The Q Center (located at 450 Schmitz Hall) is the resource center on campus for GBLTQA students faculty and staff. Their missions is to "facilitate and enhance an open, safe, inclusive, and celebratory environment for bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, Two-spirit, transgender, intersex, questioning, same-gender-loving, differently oriented, and allied students, faculty, and staff.

The Q Center is open every week day from 10:00am to 5:00pm. They have tons of resources and even a lending library!

The Q Center also provides safe zone training as a part of the Safe Zone Project. "The Safe Zone Project, through education, advocacy, visibility, and skill development, supports faculty and staff to become allies for glbtqtqi students and colleagues. The Project is designed to radically reduce prejudice and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression at the University of Washington campus and create a safe and affirming campus."

Contact Info:

email - qcenter@u.washington.edu

phone - 206.897.1430

website - http://depts.washington.edu/qcenter/index.html

GBLT Resources in the UW Libraries

Thanks to all the hard work of the great librarians at the UW libraries, and especially Alvin Fritz we have a great GBLT resources in our libraries. The easiest way to access these resources is through the library website for Gay and Lesbian Studies.

List Serves

List Serves are email mailing lists for members of the UW community. Some are moderated and some are open for anyone to post on without permission. List serves are amazing ways to find out what is going on in different communities on a day to day basis.

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