What is Safe Zone?
The purpose of the Safe Zone program is to provide an avenue through which any member of the Vanderbilt Community can show their support for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex (GLBTQQI) communities and their allies. By placing the Safe Zone symbol on doors or showing the symbol to others, Safe Zone members signify a space is safe to discuss GLBTQQI issues. Safe Zone extends the physical safe space for GLBTQQI students and their allies throughout the campus.
This program also creates ongoing educational experiences between Safe Zone members and the Vanderbilt community that encourage student, faculty, and staff to explore cultural identity, values, and stereotypes in order to better understand how these issues impact the greater community.
Who runs the Safe Zone program?
Safe Zone is run through the Office of the Dean of Students as a partnership between the GLBT Resource Office and the Psychological and Counseling Center.