• Gender and Sexuality Center
  • The Gender & Sexuality Center aims to promote a campus environment that is inclusive of students’ gender identities and expressions and allows for the expression and exploration of gender. The center intends to create safer spaces for students by supporting students’ exploration of their identity and advocating for campus inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ community at Rowan. The staff of the Center works to fulfill its goals through advocacy for campus inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community at Rowan and by providing relevant training opportunities to students, faculty, and staff. Programs and initiatives of the Center will advance understanding and appreciation for all gender identities and expressions.

• Free Condom Friday
  • Wellness Center Info Desk, Winans Hall
  • Fridays 10 am - 12 pm
  • Students can stop by the Wellness Center every Friday to receive 5 latex condoms for free as well as dental dams and lubricant.
  • Here are instructions on how to use and make a dental dam.

• Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • The Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was launched in January 2019 and at that time was the first division of its kind at a higher education institution in New Jersey. The division is charged with facilitating systemic change that addresses the following strategic priorities: creating an inclusive and equitable campus, recruiting and retaining diverse students, faculty, and staff, and promoting and supporting inclusive scholarship, teaching, and professional development.

• Affirming Name at Rowan
  • From the Preferred Name Policy:
    • Rowan University recognizes that many individuals use and are known by a name other than their legal name due to their gender identity, cultural background, or other aspects of their social or personal identity.
    • To the maximum possible extent, faculty, staff, and students of Rowan University should be allowed to use, be known by, and be called by the name that affirms that person's gender, culture, and social identity. All University offices and personnel are expected to respect a person's request to be known by their preferred name and to use that name when interacting with individuals who have followed the process outlined in this policy. This expectation covers all areas of the University including academic instruction, advising, student life, and other University business.
    • Rowan University will make good faith efforts to display preferred names to the University community where feasible and appropriate, and to update the reports, documents, and systems designated to use preferred names. The University will not guarantee that the preferred name will appear in all locations or all circumstances.

• Office of Student Equity & Compliance (OSEC) information for reporting sexual misconduct under Title IX.
  • From the website:
    • All lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual students should know that they are protected by Rowan University's Title IX policies. In addition, New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination makes it unlawful to subject people to differential treatment based on their sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.  If you are a transgender student, regardless of the federal government's current position on transgender individuals, Rowan University policies and the laws of the state of New Jersey protect you. 
    • Reporting Sexual Misconduct: If you are an LBGTQIA+ student and you experience sexual assault, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, or harassment, please report the incident using the Student Misconduct/Title IX Reporting Form.
    • Likewise, if you report a crime to Rowan Police, a public safety officer will respectfully assist you. If you would like to speak directly with the LGBTQIA+ police liaison, Sgt. Rachel Baum, they should either call 856-256-4911 and ask to speak with Sgt. Baum or email. 
    • LGBTQIA+ students who would like to speak with a confidential resource should know that every counselor at the Wellness Center is a confidential resource and committed to supporting students of all gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

 To Report Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation

Rowan Resources

All Gender Restrooms on Campus

• https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/All-Gender-Restrooms/l2sY49PwNz

Preferred Name Policy

• The Rowan Preferred Name Policy enables members of the campus community to use and be known by a name that affirms and is reflective of their identity.
• https://sites.rowan.edu/sjicr/preferred_name_policy.html

Rowan Student Emergency Assistance Fund

• https://sites.rowan.edu/deanofstudents/forms/emergencyfunds.html

The SHOP

• https://sites.rowan.edu/theshop/

Local Resources

The Attic Youth Center

• Support for LGBTQ youth (up to age 23) including meals (dinner served Mon-Fri at 5:15pm), food pantry items and personal hygiene products, safer sex supplies, risk counseling services, and events/community building.
• https://atticyouthcenter.org/

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

• https://www.aclu-nj.org/

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Southern New Jersey Chapter

• https://www.glsen.org/chapter/southern-new-jersey

Haddonfield Primary & Speciality Care

• An LGBTQIA+ Affirming Practice for primary care, behavioral health, OBGYN, gender affirming care, PrEP, nutrition & diabetes education, and more
• https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/locations/haddonfield-primary-specialty-care

Mazzoni Center

• Health and wellness services focused on LGBTQ+ concerns including primary care, gender affirming care, STD testing and information, behavioral health, and more
• https://www.mazzonicenter.org/

Virtua Pride Primary Care (Marlton, NJ)

• Primary care for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, gender affirming care, sexual health, behavioral health, HIV prevention and management, and more
• https://go.virtua.org/pride-primary-care.html?utm_campaign=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=local

Philadelphia Gay News

• https://epgn.com/

Planned Parenthood

• Sexual health, birth control, gender affirming care (hormone therapy), pregnancy testing and services, and STD testing, treatment and vaccines
• https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

National Resources

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

The Trevor Project

• https://www.thetrevorproject.org/?_gl=1%2A1rtx0k3%2A_gcl_au%2AMTg2NDA4MzQ4LjE2ODU2NDUyMTY.
• Browse topics such as sexual orientation, mental health, gender identity, community, talking about suicide, and diversity

 Lambda Legal - Resources for LGBTQ Youth by State

 PFLAG

• “PFLAG is creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.”

Hotlines:

LGBT National Help Center

• LGBT National Hotline
  • 8880-843-4564
• LGBT National Youth Talkline
  • 800-246-7743
• LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline
  • 888-688-5428 (888-OUT-LGBT)
• Monday - Friday 4pm-midnight; Saturday noon-5pm
• “On the LGBT National Hotline, we provide a confidential safe space where callers of any age can speak about sexual orientation or gender identity/expression issues. This includes coming out issues, relationship concerns, bullying, workplace issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer sex information, suicide, and much more.”
• Free & confidential

The Trevor Project Lifeline

• 1-866-488-7386
• Text “START” to 678-678
  • “You’ll be connected to a Trevor counselor who is understanding of LGBTQ issues and won’t judge you. All of your messages are anonymous, and you can share as much or as little as you like”
• You can also chat online
• If you are thinking about harming yourself — get immediate support. Connect to a crisis counselor 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the U.S. It is 100% confidential, and 100% free.

Trans Lifeline

• 877-565-8860
• “Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the community support and resources we need to survive and thrive.”

News/Information/Advocacy

• American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey - (973) 642-2084. PO Box 32159, Newark, NJ 07102.
  • The ACLU-NJ works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people can live with dignity and free from discrimination, harassment, or violence including gender, sexuality, & reproductive freedom.
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
  • Mission is to “...ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation that rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and envisions a world with 100% LGBTQ acceptance.”