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Fortunately, a growing number of institutions provide gender-inclusive housing
(Campus Pride, 2018; Garvey, Chang, Nicolazzo, & Jackson, 2018). While some institutions may provide accommodations for trans*
students upon request, experts maintain that
a published policy should guide institutional
practice to ensure more consistent and fair application (Beemyn et al., 2005). The existence
of such policies and questions about students'
awareness of them formed part of the rationale
for undertaking this study. We could find no
research that demonstrated the effectiveness of
gender-inclusive housing as a practice, particularly from the point of view of trans* and nonbinary students. Even the most recent book on
trans* housing policies, edited by Garvey et al.
(2018), was not intended to center the voices of
trans* students; therefore, this study works to
fill a gap in the literature.
We conducted this study because we were
curious about how trans* students experienced gender-inclusive housing. Was the experience working for them? What challenges
did they encounter? In essence, how might
this housing option contribute to the quality of
trans* students' lives on college and university
campuses?
SHOULD TRANS* STUDENTS
LIVE ON CAMPUS?
Living on campus is associated with a host of
positive outcomes for student engagement,
learning and academics, and student development (Blimling, 2014; Wilson & Rygg, 2013).
In particular, campus housing has a positive
impact on institutional-level outcomes such
as persistence, retention, and graduation;
process outcomes such as student involve28
. . . gender-segregated facilities are
potential sites of harassment and
violence for individuals whose
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ment, engagement, and transition; and individual growth and development outcomes
like cognitive development, critical thinking,
and self-esteem (Mayhew et al., 2016). There
is even some evidence that living on campus
supports groups that are historically and structurally minoritized. For instance, Flowers
(2004) noted social and personal gains for
African American students, including gains in
personal and ethical standards, understanding
self and others, learning how to get along with
others, and personal health outcomes. Herbst
and Malaney (1999) found that reactions of
residents to a GLBT thematic community were
largely positive and that students were appreciative of a supportive space to be themselves.
Though not extensive, the majority of
scholarship on the experiences of LGBT students in residence halls has been less positive.
Evans and Broido (2002) noted that lesbian
and bisexual female students experienced a
hostile environment in residence halls from
both homophobic interactions and a general
feeling of lack of support. Perceptions of homonegativity as described above were associated
with perceptions of poor climate in residence
halls (Fanucce & Taub, 2009). Interestingly,
they noted that non-LGBT students also see
a relationship between homonegativity and
overall residence hall climate, though the association was not as pronounced as for LGBT
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