• To make it possible for LGBT students, staff, and faculty to enjoy a positive personal and professional experience while they are members of the UCR community.
• To provide a visible presence and educate the UCR community regarding discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
• To encourage full implementation of the university hiring policy which bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
• To recommend plans and policies that will reduce homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia at UCR and address the needs of our LGBT communities.
• To expand curriculum to include LGBT studies scholarly research, instruction and intellectual activities.

Any student, staff or faculty member interested in joining the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of LGBT’s, including those nominated by ASUCR and GSA, should contact the co-chairs directly for more information.

• Responding to UC reports as they relate to the needs of LGBT people (e.g., mental health, campus climate, staff diversity, undergraduate experience survey, etc.)
• Creating trans-inclusive campus resources and policies, including:
  • Increasing access to trans health care at the Campus Health Center and Counseling Center (benefits secured in 2009)
  • Creating gender inclusive restrooms access
  • Developing a "preferred name and gender" system on campus
  • Developing policies and practices for employees "transitioning" at UCR
• Building an LGBT-Inclusive UCR Medical School
• Developing resources for graduate and post-doctoral students

• University of California Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Association (UCLGBTIA)
• University of California Diversity Website
• UCR LGBT Campus Climate: 2001 vs. 2004
• UCR Committee on HIV/AIDS
• UCR Hate Bias Response Team