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OUR MISSION

SafeZones@SDSU works to ensure a campus atmosphere that is welcoming,
informative, educational, and safe for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer, questioning, intersex, and ally (LGBTQ+) students, faculty, staff,
administrators and members of the campus community. 

SafeZones events include: National Coming Out Day, a bi-annual Resource Fair, an
annual Lavender Graduation, film nights, discussion panels, continuing education
events for trained allies, and much more. New constituencies were brought in:
Public Safety, The College of Arts and Letters, the Faculty Senate Committee on
Diversity, Equity, and Outreach, Student Health Services, Student Life and
Leadership, and countless individual faculty and students.

To date SafeZones@SDSU has trained nearly 800 allies,  brought to campus over 40
community-based LGBTQ+ groups and their resources, and served as a model for
other programs in California as well as nationally and internationally. We are
part of a nationwide community of campuses that have instituted Safe Space
and/or Safe Zones programs dating back to 1990. Given our student population, we
believe we are one of the largest programs in the western United States.

SafeZones@SDSU is but one reason why SDSU has earned a 5-Star LGBTQ+
Friendly-Rating from a national ranking team.


LGBTQ+ NEWS @ SDSU



Please contact us for assistance at cayleff@sdsu.edu



A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAFEZONES@SDSU

In the fall of 2007 several homophobic incidents occurred on the SDSU campus:
verbal and physical harassment and assault, interference with LGBTQ+ students
and their allies picketing in favor of same-sex marriage, and
homophobic/inappropriate comments made in classrooms. Many felt a generally
unsafe atmosphere. After an empowering Stop the Hate campus rally, an all-call
was sent out to the campus community asking people to attend a meeting to
address these issues. People representing diverse offices, services, student
organizations and individual faculty and administrators gathered who were
committed to creating a permanent program to make SDSU safe, welcoming and
proactive for all LGBTQ+ students, faculty, staff, administrators and their
allies. This was not the first effort of this sort on campus: there was a rich
history of LGBTQ+ student organizations, diversity programming, a faculty/staff
lesbian and gay group, LGBTQ+ course work (which evolved into the LGBTQ+
Major/Minor and a Graduate Certificate) and events and services aimed at
addressing the issues and needs of the LGBTQ+ community.

What the new SafeZones@SDSU program provided was two-fold: an Ally Training
Program (run by Counseling and Psychological Services) that schools individuals
to become effective listeners able to offer referrals, support, and foster a
proactive campus climate. The other branch of SafeZones offers LGBTQ+ social
justice programming that complements ongoing efforts across our campus.





CONTACT INFORMATION:



Organization Chair: Jess Whatcott, Ph.D. jwhatcott@sdsu.edu | Training
Coordinator: Wesley Palau wpalau@sdsu.edu


 

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