1. Lance Poston Director of LGBTQ* Resources
Inclusion and Authenticity: Exploring LGBTQ* Identities and Institutional Markers in Kentucky
Lance Poston
Director of LGBTQ* Resources

2. Discussion Overview Basic Concepts and Language Realities/Challenges
Rosters, Transcripts, ID Cards
Applications for Admission
Housing Assignments
Q&A

3. Sex, Gender, Sexual Orientation
Sex ~ medical term designating a certain combination of gonads, chromosomes, secondary sex characteristics and hormonal balances
Gender ~ how a person understands themselves to be male, female, both, none, or another identity entirely.
Transgender/Cisgender
Gender Fluid/Agender
Sexual Orientation ~ romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction

5. Rethinking Coming Out
Coming Out is a life long process of developing and sharing a positive lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender identity
Transitioning and Limits of Surgical Language/Perceptions of Expression

7. Pronouns and Names Binary Choices: He/She
A Variety of Non-Traditional Options
Singular They/Them
Using Nouns vs. Pronouns
Gender Inclusive Pronouns (Zhe, Zher, Zhim)
What is a “preferred” name?

8. Don’t Make Assumptions Maximize Student Agency Defer to the Individual
Best Strategies
Don’t Make Assumptions Maximize Student Agency Defer to the Individual

9. Realities of LGBTQ* Campus Life
Coming out younger and younger
Family Acceptance Project found that adolescents self-identified as LGB between ages 7 and 12
Trans* and gender-nonconforming youth became aware of their gender at age 3
LGBTQ folks are at increased risk of homelessness, dropping out of school, being victims of abuse, mental health issues, substance abuse issues, and suicide.

10. Realities of LGBTQ* Campus Life
In addition to typical challenges faced by college students…
Being at a university segregated by sex/gender
Coming out for the first time … feeling isolated
Which residence hall? Which bathroom?
Professors not recognizing or respecting identity
Post-Obergefell: In most parts of the country, LGBT people do not have protections in terms of employment, public accommodation, or housing

11. Realities of LGBTQ* Campus Life
Current state/national political landscapes
State of Texas vs. US and current administration
May 2016 DOJ/DOE Dear Colleague
Trump Administration Shift
Gloucester County School Board vs. Gavin Grimm and USSC
Various State Bills in Process/Recently Passes
NC HB2 and parallel “bathroom bills”
“Religious Freedom” Bills (ex. KY SB 17)
Increased importance of continuing to work within our institutions for inclusion/belonging
Collaborating with Institutional Diversity Units
Building from internal documents
Strategic plans
Non-discrimination statements

12. UK Applications/Case Studies

16. 2017 UK Applications GENDER
[] Male
[] Female 
[] _________ (free-fill option that allows students to identify in any way they choose)
If you’d like to share a perspective you bring or experiences you’ve had to help us understand you better—perhaps related to a community you belong to, your sexual orientation or gender identity, or your family or cultural background—we encourage you to do so.
IPEDS and reporting (sex. vs. gender and consistency in collaboration)

17. Residence Halls and Assignments

18. Collaborative Approach
Central Partners
LGBTQ* Resources
Enrollment Management
Legal
Housing/SAL
Campus Police
Goals
Recruitment
Retention/Belonging

19. Cultural Competency Collective Importance Frontline Staff to Registrar
Admissions Officers & Recruiters
Focus on Safety and Inclusion

21. Campus Pride Index Benchmarks: State/Regional/National
Recruiting Tools
Ability to publish scores or use as internal assessment
5 Star Scale: SO/GI

22. Major Assessment Areas
Policy Inclusion
Institutional Support & Commitment
Academic Life
Student Life
Housing
Campus Safety
Counseling and Healthcare
Recruitment and Retention

23. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION