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Vanderbilt University is committed to maintaining a safe, supportive, and enriching environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and to responding to the needs of those members of our community with support, services, advocacy, and education.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Office serves the entire Vanderbilt community through education, research, programming, counseling and social events. Visitors are invited to use the office's resource library to research GLBT issues.
The Office of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns addresses homophobia and heterosexism in religious life, society, and academia. The office seeks to affirm the rights of lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons, assists the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion in fulfilling their commitments to confronting homophobia in our society, and provides educational opportunities for all members of the community.
The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center advances equity at Vanderbilt, and in the larger community, through advocacy, education, and empowerment. The Women’s Center, named in honor of Margaret Cuninggim, who was the last person to serve as Dean of Women at Vanderbilt and the first woman to serve as Dean of Students, promotes the creation of an equitable environment to enhance the personal and professional development of students, faculty, and staff.
Programs and services through the Women’s Center are open to students, faculty and staff, as well as interested members of the local community.
An articulate proponent of equality of the sexes, Dean Cuninggim encouraged undergraduate women to envision their futures as productive participants in every occupation.
Vanderbilt Lambda was created to serve the needs of gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff. Members participate in social, political, educational, and support activities throughout the school year.