LGBTQ+ Life on Campus

Temple University seeks to create a supportive environment for all students, faculty, and staff. Please stop in at the IDEAL Office to learn more about how you can get involved with LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) programs on campus.

A Student Guide to LGBTQIA Life at Temple University 

IDEAL 

Click here for information about Temple's Safe Zone

Preferred Name Information

Temple University supports the need or preference for members of the community to who identifty by a name other their legal name. The university will accommodate a preferred name, when possible, in the course of university business and education. 

For more information please use this link

https://www.temple.edu/life-temple/diversity-inclusion/preferred-name-use

All Gender Restrooms on Campus 

All Gender Restrooms, are single occupancy bathooms which do not segregate usage based on any one person's gender. 

For a map of all the All Gender Bathrooms on campus, please click here

Pronoun Use at Temple University

To foster diversity and create a sense of belonging for the Temple community, the university recognizes the importance of providing students, faculty, staff and alumni the option to indicate their pronouns in university systems. Pronouns enable community members to be reflected appropriately in university systems and help to ensure they are referred to appropriately by peers, instructors and administrators.

Beginning in the fall 2021 term, students, faculty, staff and alumni can update their pronouns in the Manage My Account section of TUportal. This function will allow students, faculty, staff and alumni to display pronouns in designated systems (see ‘Use in Administrative Systems’ section below for details).

Gender Identity at Temple University

Gender identity is defined as an individual's sense of self. The university recognizes that the gender of individuals may differ from their sex assigned at birth, and this can be indicated throughout university systems where appropriate. 

Beginning in the fall 2021 term, members of the Temple community can update their gender identity with the university in the Manage My Account section of TUportal. 

For More Information on Gender Identity, Pronoun Use, and More Click Here