Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender Resource Center

Campus Information

We collect here information and links to information about aspects of learning, living and working on campus that are pertinent to the LBGTQQAI community.

• Unisex and accessible bathroom listing.
• Preliminary list of LBGTQ classes (Word document, PDF) compiled by Rowenn Kalman, a graduate student who works at the Center for Gender in Global Context.
• Tips for Internet and web safety.
• Domestic partner benefits are currently entwined in a court battle resulting from passage of 2004's Proposition 2. Information from Human Resources:
  • Union employees
  • Non-union employees
  • "Other Eligible Individual" designation (PDF)
  There is some lack of clarity as to just how the OEI language applies to people with graduate assistantships. You might want to check with the Graduate Employees Union. Undergraduate and graduate students who are not employed by MSU have no domestic partner benefits of any kind. That includes 'spouse' ID cards and access to facilities. Sorry!
• In April 2007 the MSU Board of Trustees voted unanimously to add gender identity as a protected category in the University's Anti-Discrimination Policy (ADP). The change followed the work done by the Second Ad Hoc Gender Identity Committee, which released its full report during spring term 2007.
• LBGT student scholarship opportunities.
• Our page of coming out resources includes links to MSU units and resources.
• Anti-LBGT bias incident reporting. Experiencing harassment? Contact us for confidential support and assistance: lbgtrc @ msu.edu or call 517-353-9520.
• President Lou Anna K. Simon's Statement on Dissent and Disruption.
• The little known, but very useful, Office of the Ombudsman.
• New to MSU or the Lansing area? Check this out!