Campus Q

Have you seen the Campus Q Resource Hub? We offer a free library of resources for LGBTQ+ students and their counselors to help you navigate the college process. https://lnkd.in/gMNZ5yDP We're going to update the Resource Hub regularly, so be sure to sign up for updates to learn when we add a new resource to the page.

Hello, friends and colleagues! The National Association for College Admission Counseling is hosting me today as I lead a seminar for their GWI Equity in Action virtual series about the higher education landscape for LGBTQ+ students. We'll cover things like anti-LGBTQ+ shenanigans at the federal, state, and local level, as well as the college search for LGBTQ+ students aiming to find their best, safe, most supportive colleges. The virtual workshop is today at 2PM ET / 11AM PT. It goes without saying that understanding this topic could change a young person's trajectory in an immediate way. Professionals who register will be able to attend live, but anyone can register before or after the session if they want to view the workshop on demand. NACAC has arranged this as a paid session, and NACAC members receive a discount on registration, with Title I school professionals receiving a further reduced rate. Check out the link below for more details about registration and participation. I always love to share my knowledge and resources with school counselors, college admission staff, and IECs. The work you do for your students will affect their entire lives, and I love you all for this. https://lnkd.in/gdJR-2-2

It's April 2024. Why not learn skills around advocacy and communicating with elected representatives? You can use these skills forever.

Make sure to attend this important session this Wednesday at 12PM PT. In partnership with Western Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC)... Higher ed landscape changes in California are happening right now, this month, in the California legislature. Make sure to attend this session to learn the new ways California will protect and support LGBTQ+ students on college campuses.

Want to hear three equity-oriented college counselors discuss what to do when students hit their bandwidth? It's tomorrow 3/3 at 1PM PT! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gBDxKGeH

In addition to helping students themselves, Campus Q equips college counselors to guide their LGBTQ+ students easily to supportive, best-fit colleges. Want to support our work? Name your favorite LGBTQ+ person in the comments. You didn't think I was going to ask you for money today, did you?

Whoa! There is a SERIOUSLY high-powered Zoom session coming to your screen this Wednesday at 2PM Pacific Time: Lucky us! This cool Community Conversations session this Wednesday 2/21 at 2PM PT, organized by WACAC's IDEA Committee, is open to the public. *What do LGBTQ+ students need today, and how can a college's LGBTQ+ resource center help them?* LGBTQ+ students need and want vastly different things when they arrive on campus. What are those potential needs, and what supports can a college be ready to offer them ahead of time? How can school counselors and IECs use this context to inform their guidance around the college search? Also, some deeper questions: What goes on behind the scenes at a university's LGBTQ+ resource center that can affect our students? What really happens for a student experiencing a crisis situation (e.g. if unsupportive parents stop contributing financially)? If an LGBTQ+ resource center director had a blank check and a time machine, what vision can they paint for LGBTQ+ resource centers nationally? In our first Community Conversations session of 2024, an expert panel of LGBTQ+ resource center directors and founders, along with college counselors with deep understandings of LGBTQ+ students and their unique college search, will talk out these topics and more. Come ready with questions! Panelists: Dr. Van Bailey, Ed.D. (he/him/his or they/them/theirs): Transgender Advocate & Policy Analyst, UCLA Nancy Jean Tubbs, M.S. (she/her/hers): Director, LGBT Resource Center, University of California, Riverside Brad Ward, M.A. (she/her/hers): College & Career Center Advisor, Saratoga High School Moderator: Robert Powers, M.A. (he/him/his): Founder, Campus Q / Co-Founder, IECs for Human Rights Dr. Bailey was the inaugural director of the resource centers at both Harvard and UMiami, and Nancy Jean Tubbs is the director of the excellent center at UC Riverside. Of course, Brad Ward is a leader in our organizations and knows LGBTQ+ students in a school counseling setting very well. What do you think? Does this sound like a good thing? Want in? To enhance the openness of this session, it will not be recorded. Register below. Yours, Robert Powers Founder, Campus Q https://lnkd.in/g9wb9RsB

The recently released 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey shows that 94% of trans adults living at least partly in their identity are more satisfied with their lives, and 98% of trans adults on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are more satisfied with their lives. From The Guardian: “Obtaining hormone therapy through the informed consent model and having access to surgery has definitely changed my life for the better,” one survey respondent, named Taylor, said. “It certainly didn’t fix all of my problems instantly, but it fixed a lot of problems that my dysphoria caused. Now that I’ve been on HRT and had surgery, I can live my day-to-day life without pain, dissociation, and misery.” The 2022 survey is the largest ever study of trans adults, with 92,000 participants. (As a point of reference, that's 2x the entire student population of UCLA, including the grad students.) https://lnkd.in/gx-4YAr5