Students may use a Lived Name on campus

• Visit the Registrar's web site for more information on using a lived name on campus
• ITS also provides an online tutorial on how to change your lived name and how to send email with your lived name email alias
• This ITS online tutorial explains how to set your Zoom default display name, since a student's lived name recorded in R'Web does not show up in Zoom.
• LGBTRC pro staff are available to assist students with questions

Employees will be able to use a Lived Name on campus

• UCR is finalizing the implementation of lived names use for employees in 2024.

Learn more about the UC Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy

• This presidential policy ensures all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and Lived Name on university-issued documents and in UC’s information systems by providing guidance on the collecting and reporting of gender identity, lived name, and sexual orientation.
• Learn more on the Chancellor's GRLN Committee website 
• Full Policy & Appendix 

Info on gender affirming care for UCR students

• Student Health Services and CAPS provide information on their web site regarding Gender Identity Care & Support
• Also check out the Student Health Services and CAPS Gender Support Page.
• Updated info as of Fall 2024:
  2024-2025 UC SHIP Gender Affirming Benefits Overview
  Gender-Affirming Anthem-UC SHIP In-Network Therapists & Other Community Resources 

Info on gender affirming care and benefits for UC employees

UCOP has created a web page on Transgender and Nonbinary Health Benefits for employees. Please know you can contact UCR’s Health Care Facilitator with any questions or to address access to care. UCR’s facilitator is Ranada Palmer. Learn more about Ranada’s role, including confidential one-on-one assistance in resolving health plan issues. 

The UCR Trans Group

The Trans Group is a supportive discussion space for transgender and nonbinary UCR students, facilitated by Parker. The UCR Trans Group meets usually meets weekly, in-person or online. Visit our Events Calendar for dates and times. 

For more information and details, please email LGBTRC Director Nancy Jean Tubbs:  nancy.tubbs@ucr.edu.

T-Camp: InterCampus Retreat for Transgender, Nonbinary, & Gender-Questioning College Students

T-Camp is an intercampus retreat to explore gender identity and expression and to engage in dialogue with our peers. This event is specifically for students who are transgender, nonbinary, or gender questioning, and is held annually in the San Bernardino Mountains. Retreat facilitators include transgender and nonbinary community members, as well as campus LGBTQ+ resource professionals. All UCR students selected to attend will have their fee covered by the LGBT Resource Center. 

Learn more about T-Camp, including the application process, here.

In 2016, UCR converted 111 restrooms on campus into gender-inclusive facilities. Each single-occupancy restroom has new signage. In addition, all new construction and buildings under heavy renovation must include gender-inclusive facilities. Additional building signage directs people to the nearest gender-inclusive facility if there is not one available in the building.

The following buildings also include multi-stall gender-inclusive restrooms:

• Student Success Center
• North District
• Dundee-Glasgow

To find gender-inclusive restrooms, visit the UCR campus map and zoom in until you see the circle-triangle symbol. Click on the symbol and room number details will become visible on the left-hand side of the window. ADA-compliant facilities information is also available on the UCR campus map. The Student Recreation Center also offers a gender-inclusive locker room.

In 2005, UCR broke ground as the first public university in the nation to offer a gender-neutral housing option to all students. The option is now called gender-inclusive housing (GIH).

Any UCR student may request gender-inclusive housing on their housing application. However, priority is given to students who notify UCR Housing that they require the accommodation based on their gender identity/expression. 

The GIH option allows students to room with any other student, regardless of physical sex or gender identity.

If a student wishes to live in gender-inclusive housing but does not request a particular roommate, Housing will assign a roommate based on compatibility evaluations. 

Pentland Hills features private, single-occupancy restrooms and showers. Gender-inclusive housing is located in the same Pentland Hills building as Stonewall Hall, but you do not have to be a part of Stonewall Hall to live in gender-inclusive housing.

Gender Inclusive Housing is also available in Dundee.

UCR also allows GIH in campus apartments such as Bannockburn Village, Falkirk, Glen Mor, Oban, The Plaza and Stonehaven. However, you and a roommate must both request the living option.

If students need a staff advocate to answer questions or address issues regarding Gender Inclusive Housing, please contact:

Emily McCoy (she/her/hers)
Resident Accounts Supervisor
Housing Services
(951) 827-7440
emily.mccoy@ucr.edu

Nancy Tubbs (she/her/hers)
Director, LGBT Resource Center
(951) 827-2267 
nancy.tubbs@ucr.edu

The director of the LGBT Resource Center is available as a resource regarding gender identity issues on campus and navigating campus options.

Help with conflict or complaint regarding a student or student organization:
SCAIP (Student Conduct & Academic Integrity Programs) receives complaints of harassment and hazing about students or student organizations.

Other grievance/complaint options:
The Office of Title IX, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action at UCR receives reports and complaints of discrimination and harassment, including harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, transgender status or transition status, gender stereotypes, sexual orientation, and other forms of gender- or sex-based discrimination or harassment.

Not sure about which office or process to use?:
The help@ucr website is a good tool to help you explore options.    

Browse transgender/nonbinary books and films available in our library.

Browse intersex books and films available in our library.

Explore more transgender/nonbinary and intersex resources in our Resource Library section.