For LGBTQ+ students, particularly trans students, finding appropriate housing on-campus that fits both university requirements and their own needs can be a challenge.
Milo Vreeland, a third-year studying English and a trans man said that per policy, he has not been assigned to live with other students that match his gender identity. Instead, he chose to seek out other trans students to live with.
Through the LGBTQ+ Pride Center’s Pride Symposium, Vreeland was able to connect with other students and request to live with them as University Housing allows students’ to choose their roommates.
G Baudhuin, a third-year nonbinary student studying crop and soil science says they have been more at ease sharing a suite with another trans person than worry about the politics of a cisgender suitemate, which they currently have.
The Pride Center offers assistance as to how best to navigate housing as a trans person, including departmental-specific resources such as housing and student health....
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