Queer, Trans, & Gender Expansive Advocacy Group
The Queer, Trans, & Gender Expansive Advocacy Group (QTGE), formerly the Gender Inclusive Spaces Committee (GIS), is a district-wide committee open to students, staff, and faculty. The group was originally formed as the Gender Neutral Bathroom Task Force (GNB) in 2012 to advocate for increased bathroom access through all gender bathroom construction. In 2013, the GNB Task Force was re-named the Gender Inclusive Spaces Committee to reflect an expanded focus on issues of access and inclusivity that may arise for trans and gender diverse community members at PCC included, but not limited to, bathrooms. The group was later renamed again to reflect advocacy work beyond the physical environment.
The tasks of QTGE are to identify spaces, policies, and practices at the college that pose barriers to a safer and accessible educational experience that supports the academic, professional, and personal development of trans and gender expansive individuals; to conduct educational outreach regarding the initiatives taken up by the committee; to make recommendations of trans culturally responsive and gender inclusive policies and practices; and to stand with individual trans and gender expansive community members, lift their voices, and advocate for their needs.
View the GIS history timeline.
Current initiatives
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- All-user restrooms and all-user locker rooms
- Title IX protections for trans and gender variant faculty, students, and staff
- Gender inclusive classrooms: instructor support sheet and pronoun support sheet
- Preferred name use in PCC systems