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Transgender Awareness Week Nov. 13 thru 19, 2024

Transgender Awareness Week is November 13 -- 19, and the Health Sciences Library has some campus resources for fellow staff and students.

 

Preferred Names FAQ - UW Office of the University Registrar

How-to guides for updating your preferred name and other information within the UW system.

 

Transgender resources for UW employees - UW Human Resources

Curated guides and policies on a range of topics, including updating your legal name, gender affirming health insurance benefits, workplace transitioning plans, and resources for managers and colleagues.

 

Transgender & Gender Non-Binary Health Program - UW Medicine 

UW and Washington State resources for LGBTQ+ services and providers.

 

Gender-affirming care - Husky Health & Well-being

List of available campus resource providing gender-affirming medical and mental health care, including through Hall Health and the UW Counseling Center.

 

The Q Center

The Q Center is a resource, advocacy, and mentoring center that connects queer students at UW to programs, services, media, and learning and training resources.

The Q Center also hosts Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Library, a community library with close to 1500 books, zines, and films. The library was undergoing reservations but will reopen to the public on Tuesday, November 19th with a student open house in the HUB, room 315 from 11am to 1pm and a week of scheduled events.

List of QCenter reopening events.

 

 

Transgender Awareness Week - GLAAD

Links to news articles, blogs, and other resources on Transgender Awareness Week from this year and years past. GLAAD also provides curated resources in its GLAAD Transgender Media Program.

 

 

Image Credit: Transgender Awareness Week. (2024). GLAAD. Retrieved November 18, 2024 from https://glaad.org/transweek.

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