June marks National LGBTQ+ Pride Month and offers the nation the opportunity to reflect on the incredible contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. Our nation is at its best when it welcomes, represents and includes people of all backgrounds. This includes people with disabilities and the intersections shared with the LGBTQ+ community. According to a study published in 2012, fully 36 percent of women in the LGBTQ+ community and 30 percent of men in the community also self-identify as people with disabilities. Learn more about the intersection via RespectAbility here, especially with Leah Ilana's essay on the need for safe refuge. More Disabled LBGTQ+ Profiles, in their own voices, are profiled here.
UMBC Resources include:
LGBTQ Student Union - for all students (undergrad, grad, part-time, full-time) Join them for the DC Pride Parade on June 11
LGBTQ+ FSA - Faculty and Staff group
The Pride Center via i3b
Retriever Integrated Health has an LGBTQ Group, and additional mental health supports.
LGBTQIA+ Resource Page via the Office of Equity and Inclusion
We celebrate with you! You matter! For question about disability or accessibility at UMBC, undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities connect with Student Disability Services online (link) or via disability@umbc.edu.
Accessibility & Disability Services (link) administers employee (faculty, staff, graduate assistant and student worker) accommodations.