Journal article
Exploring LGBTQ+ Students' Awareness of Housing and Antidiscrimination Policies across Institutional Type
The journal of college and university student housing, Vol.46(3), p.28
2020
Abstract
Institutional policies and student affairs services benefit lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer (LGBTQ+) students by offering affirming campus spaces and organizational markers that influence student success (Pitcher, Camacho, Renn, & Woodford, 2018). (See Tompkins, 2014 for explanation of the use of the term trans*.) Policies and student services provide necessary campus supports and buffers for students experiencing marginalization, including microaggressions such as hearing "that's so gay" or "no homo," that can negatively affect academic and social outcomes for LGBTQ+ students (Fine, 2012; Mathies, Coleman, McKie, Woodford, Courtice, Travers, & Renn, 2019; Winberg, Coleman, Woodford, McKie, Travers, & Renn, 2019; Woodford & Kulick, 2015). Previous research established that the availability of specialized services for LGBTQ+ students varies across institutional type (Nguyen, Brazelton, Renn, & Woodford, 2018); but studies have not considered how awareness and presence of antidiscrimination policies (e.g., sexual orientation and gender identity/expression) and LGBTQ+ specific housing policies vary across institutional type. In this study, we use over 900 survey responses from the 2013 National Study of LGBTQ+ Student Success to describe and explore students' awareness of institutional policies: LGBTQ+ housing/living spaces and antidiscrimination on the basis of gender identity/expression and sexual orientation. We compare students' awareness and their knowledge of the existence of these policies across institutional types and conclude with implications for practice, including the need for creating and enhancing awareness and future research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Exploring LGBTQ+ Students' Awareness of Housing and Antidiscrimination Policies across Institutional Type
- Creators
- David J NguyenJodi L LinleyMichael R WoodfordKristen A Renn
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of college and university student housing, Vol.46(3), p.28
- Publisher
- Association of College and University Housing Officers - International
- ISSN
- 0161-827X
- eISSN
- 2470-9220
- Number of pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2020
- Description audience
- Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984374218502771
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