LGBTQ+ students / : Policy paper, LGBTQ+ students

The paper addresses topics of oppression that cannot fully be understood without a much greater examination of intersectionality and the role of racism, ableism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination in the oppression of LGBTQ+ individuals. [...] In the Fall of 2014, OUSA conducted a small series of focus groups, interviews, and an online LGBTQ+ student experience survey designed to gain insight into some of the campus experiences of LGBTQ+ students, and to learn what changes are felt to be most necessary. [...] The nature of the improvements sought, and the goal of the funding assistance, will vary from campus to campus, and can be used to develop new initiatives or enhance those currently offered. [...] In addition to the construction of the facilities themselves, maps and lists of their positions should be available online and posted on maps around campus so that students are aware of their locations. [...] Students should be able to indicate their interest in these kinds of residences on their residence application forms, with the understanding that they are provided for the safety and comfort of students who identify as LGBTQ+; which is to say, a student will not have to explicitly identify themselves as LGBTQ+ to live there, but rather, will indicate at least their commitment to upholding the valu