Colby-Sawyer offers a welcoming and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender expansive community members.

• PRIDE, a student-run organization working to create a welcoming environment for lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender community members, holds weekly meetings and hosts campus events.
• The college's LGBTQ Safe Zone sticker program helps to create safe and affirming environments for all members of the community.
• Colby-Sawyer has supportive faculty and staff who openly identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.
• The college has gender-neutral bathrooms in the main academic and administrative building, as well as in several residence halls.
• Colby-Sawyer regularly hosts campus-wide events that address LGBTQ issues or that may be of interest to LGBTQ community members.
• The college has established a director of retention and student success to ensure that the needs of varied populations are served.
• Colby-Sawyer offers domestic partner benefits for same-sex faculty and staff members.

Questions

Questions about our LGBTQ policies or processes should be directed to our campus LGBTQ Liaison:

Kathleen Farrell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
kfarrell@colby-sawyer.edu
603-526-3660