Gender Inclusive Initiatives

Northwestern’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion acknowledges the important work in which many of our campus partners have been engaged to increase access, resources, and support for our gender expansive students, faculty and staff. Our commitment to this work builds upon decades of advocacy and leadership for, and research related to the experiences of, trans, non-binary, and genderqueer members of our University community. The recommendations put forth in the 2018-2019 Gender Queer, Non-Binary and Trans (GQNBT) Task Force have guided our efforts. More information about the task force and links to the full report along with recent updates can be found at the GQNBT Task Force site.

Fully supporting our gender expansive community necessitates continuous improvement and commitment. We celebrate our successes while remaining aware that more needs to be done. The GQNBT Task Force recommendations give Northwestern a foundation upon which we will continue to build. OIDI and the Women’s Center are partnering to develop a Gender Inclusive Initiatives (GII) Action Plan that will track the institution’s progress and outline action steps for realizing the Task Force recommendations. The System Updates project is embedded within this overall effort.