Q Center Resources
Q Center brings to you resources from many organizations and entities working for the well-being of the LGBTQIA community. Follow this space as we keep updating the resources often.
Identities
Social identity, refers those aspects of ourselves that are shaped by our group memberships (Ferber, Jimenez et al. 2009). Gender identity relates to our internal sense of masculinity, femininity, or a combination or absence thereof, while sexual orientation relates to our physical, emotional, and/or romantic attractions, or lack thereof, to others in relationship to how they express and identify their gender identity. Confused? Click here to explore different identities that hold the LGBTQIA community together.
Privilege Project
PRIVILEGE: Unearned access to social power based on membership in a dominant social group. Click here to learn more about the Privilege Project
Trans* specific resources
Name change - National Center for Transgender Equality has an ID Documents Center on their website. Click here to explore how to update your name and gender marker in any of the US states or territories and on federal ID documents.
Tips for working with transgender coworkers - Transgender Law Center has compiled an information and resource publication for employees for support on working with transgender professionals. Click here to view the publication.
Q Center on Tumblr
Q Center has a tumblr blog! Click here to check out some awesome stuff that we post.
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Coming Out Resources
Helpful resources for not only coming out but on how to support those who are or planing to.
Q Center Coming Out Booklet
This resource was created to aid the conversation of coming out. It is available at the Q center or Click here to get your own copy.
The Trevor Project
Sharing a big part of who you are with other people can be exciting and tough. That's why The Trevor Project created "Coming Out As You" - a guide to help you explore important parts of who you are. Inside you will find questions that many young people think about, and blank spaces to brainstorm how you might answer them. There are also two great worksheets that can help you organize your thoughts. After thinking it through you may decide not to come out – and that’s ok too. Many people choose not to for different reasons. Click here for the Coming Out As You Resource. Click Here for more on the Trevor Project.
Supporter Guide
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation - Coming Out as a Supporter The resource is intended to be a welcoming guide for supporters to build bridges of understanding when someone they know comes out to t them as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. The guide answers initial questions and shares facts, strategies, and ways to show your support as an ally in the fight for LGBTQ equality. Click here to get the guide
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Faculty and Staff Resources
Helpful resources for our Faculty and Staff.
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY
9 New York Code of Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) §466.13.
https://dhr.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/466_13.pdf
Our Diversity Statement
Our statement of diversity and inclusion. We strive to foster an environment where all students are welcomed, valued, and respected.
http://www.rit.edu/studentaffairs/qcenter/statement.html
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RIT Resources
RIT has a number of professional service departments available to students in case of emergencies. The RIT Q Center staff is not certified to do professional counseling or respond to emergencies. Please contact one of RIT's professional service departments below for counseling or emergencies.
Public Safety
Provides a wide variety of security services and prevention programs to the campus
community.
Phone: (585) 475-2853
AIM: RITPUBLICSAFETY
http://www.rit.edu/fa/publicsafety/
RIT Counseling Center
Provides treatment to facilitate adjustment, successful functioning, problem resolution, and
symptom relief.
Phone: (585) 475-2261
TTY: (585) 475-5515
Fax: (585) 475-7788
www.rit.edu/studentaffairs/counseling
RIT Center for Women and Gender
Promotes programs that address a climate at RIT which attracts and retains women and
supports their academic success, also Health and Wellness programming addressing
the physical, emotional, and social, academic and professional lives of women and men,
and Leadership Development opportunities.
Phone: (585) 475-7464
ritwom@rit.edu
www.rit.edu/studentaffairs/womenscenter
Student Health Center
Provides health care, support and education for students.
Phone: (585) 475-2255
www.rit.edu/studentaffairs/studenthealth
CARES
The Campus Advocacy, Response and Support Program
(CARES) is a comprehensive, 24-hours a day/7 days a week, crisis response program for
victims of sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking.
Phone: (585) 295-3533 voice / text message
AIM: RITCARES
RIT Office of Career Services & Co-op
Provides career services for RIT students who identify as LGBTQ and are transitioning to
co-op or full-time job.
Phone: (585) 475-6309
http://www.rit.edu/emcs/oce/student/lgbtq-career-resources
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RIT Policies
RIT has policies in place to protect the interests of students and staff from the LGBTQIA community. Explore these policies.
Commission for Pluralism
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Summary
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Letter from the the Affirmative Action Officer
Domestic Partnerships
Harassment Policies
RIT Non Discrimination Statements
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Rochester Area Resources
Open Arms MCC
Open Arms MCC is a place of worship for the RIT LGBTQ community openarmsmcc.org
Trillium Health
Trillium Health is the leading provider of HIV/AIDS services in Rochester and the Finger
Lakes and was formed by the January 2010 merger of AIDS Community Health Center and AIDS
Rochester. Trillium is also a unique health care clinic for the LGBT community, and they are
Rochester's leading provider of trans* specific healthcare.
www.trilliumhealth.org
Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley is dedicated to cultivating a healthy, inclusive
environment where individuals of all sexual orientations and gender expressions are safe,
thriving, and enjoy full civil rights.
Check out their Newsletter Empty Closet!
www.gayalliance.org
ImageOUT
The mission of ImageOut [the Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival, Inc] is to
inform, entertain, educate, and enrich the Greater Rochester and Western New York community
through the exhibition of multi-racial and multi-cultural films and videos, and through
various artistic and educational programs by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) people.
www.imageout.org
Rochester PFLAG
PFLAG represents the Rochester, NY, chapter of Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians
and Gays. On their facebook page you'll find support, education, and allies who
advocate for full inclusion of the LGBT people we love.
Rochester PFLAG
Dignity-Integrity/Rochester (GLBT Christian Group)
Rochester Victory Alliance
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New York Area Resources
New York Civil Liberties Union
Empire State Pride Agenda
National Resources
"Should You Come Out To Your Parents?"
National Center For Lesbian Rights
The Trevor Project
National Center for Transgender Equality
Lambda Legal
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Deaf Queer Resource Center
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
Gay American Smoke Out
GLBT National Help Center
Human Rights Campaign
Intersex Society of North America
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
Out & Equal
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf (RAD)
Transgender Law & Policy Institute
Transgender Workplace Rights: Career and Resource Guide
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Publications
Literature from the Q Center, as well as useful third-party publications, can be viewed online on the Publications page.
