Exploring LGBTQ+ Students' Awareness of Housing and Antidiscrimination Policies across Institutional Type

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, David J.; Linley, Jodi L.; Woodford, Michael R.; Renn, Kristen A.
Titel	Exploring LGBTQ+ Students' Awareness of Housing and Antidiscrimination Policies across Institutional Type
Quelle	In: Journal of College and University Student Housing, 46 (2020) 3, S.28-45 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-827X
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; College Housing; School Policy; Student Personnel Services; Social Bias; Social Justice; College Students; Sexual Orientation; Sexual Identity; College Environment; Student Needs; Knowledge Level; Access to Information; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenunterkunft; Schulpolitik; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Collegestudent; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Hochschulumwelt; Wissensbasis
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01