For Parents and Guardians

If you are supporting an LGBTQ or questioning student, you may have questions about how ensure that they feel safe, secure, and happy at the University of Rochester.

Here are some esources to help answer questions commonly asked about supporting LGBTQ+ or questioning students.

• Student groups
• Academics
• LGBTQ Advocacy Committee
• Bias-related incident reporting
• Trans at Rochester Hanbook

External Online Resources

• Family Equality Council
• PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
• COLAGE (Children, youth and adults with an LGBT parent)
• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (Adoption laws, policy, practices)
• National Center for Lesbian Rights' Family Protection Project
• Child Welfare League of America - LGBT Issues
• Asian & Pacific Islander Family Pride
• Straight Spouse Network
• Lambda Legal Transgender Parents Program