Adelphi Recognized For Supporting LGBTQ Students

GARDEN CITY, NY — Adelphi University earned a five-star rating in the 2022 Campus Pride Index, which measures how committed learning institutions are to LGBTQ-inclusive policies. The index is curated by Campus Pride, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating safe environments for LGBTQ students on college campuses.

As part of it's overall five-star rating, Adelphi also scored five stars for supporting LGBTQ students, LGBTQ student campus safety, and LGBTQ support. You can read the school's full report here.

"In less than five years, Adelphi has gone from three to five stars on the Campus Pride rating," said Sentwali Bakari, PhD, vice president for student affairs at Adelphi. "This achievement is a primary example of our commitment to incremental change year over year to create a truly inclusive and welcoming environment for our LGBTQIA+ community."

Since its creation in 2009, the Adelphi Pride committee has addressed challenges, influenced university policies and changed student procedures to promote the acceptance, respect and inclusion of the LGBTQ community. In conjunction with university partners, some of the group's achievements include gender-inclusive campus housing and bathrooms, rainbow pride and transgender banners on campus, transgender awareness events, specialized training for students and staff and counseling, and support groups for the community and its allies.

Primary initiatives that increased Adelphi's status this year include the university's new Multicultural Center, the shift of the Gender Studies minor to the Gender & Sexuality Studies minor, establishment of a scholarship and funding opportunity for students to attend an LGBTQ conference, and the formation of a new student organization "Beyond the Binary."