Mission Statement
We support and affirm the diverse identities and lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning (LGBTQ), Two-Spirit, and same gender loving people as individuals and as groups, especially as students, staff, and faculty of CSU and their families, friends, and allies, by the cultivation of safe space, educational outreach, advocacy, visibility of LGBTQ issues, information and referral, and academic and leadership opportunities.
The GLBT Resource Center seeks to foster a campus free of prejudice, bigotry, harassment, and violence by providing a space for all members of CSU communities to explore and increase their understanding of aspects related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in an open and nonjudgmental environment.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource Center is part of the Student Diversity Programs and Services Cluster.
Our office was renamed the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource Center during the summer of 2009 to better reflect the work we do, and the populations we serve. Students were asked to provide input via Facebook and other informal avenues, and the Director submitted various names for consideration. This was the name that was approved.
We launched our new mission statement in the fall of 2009.
We recognize, from the onset, that language has been and remains one of the places we share our resiliency as communities. In fact, even as various communities sought to demonize, dehumanize, and pathologize us with labels, we rose to the occasion, and created names for our identities that made sense to us, words that embodied the courage, love and fierce strength we have long possessed, even at the risk of losing our very lives.
As an office, we recognize that not everyone will find home in the words and/or identities of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. We also recognize that these identities have long been rooted in primarily white communities, and communities of color have been excluded historically in the language and acronyms we use. One of the collective struggles of our communities continues to be inclusive language and inclusive action. For those who identify as same gender loving, Two Spirit, multisexual, pansexual, gender fluid, queer, omnisexual, or something else entirely, know you are welcome here. We encourage your input, voice, and presence in our office.