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Restrooms on Campus

Gender Inclusive Restrooms provide safe and comfortable restroom facilities for trans and gender nonconforming people. The chart below lists the locations for all of the Gender Inclusive Restrooms at Ramapo.

Restrooms off Campus

is a web application that seeks to provide safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Users can search for restrooms by proximity to a search location, add new restroom listings, as well as comment and rate existing listings. Refuge Restrooms is trans led and seeks to create a community focused not only on finding existing safe restroom access, but also advocating for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people鈥檚 safety.

Campus Name Changes

In recognition of students who use names that differ from their legal names, 缅北重口鈥檚 Used Name Policy provides a pathway for students to be officially recognized, included, and given the opportunity to identify themselves as they wish (this should not be confused with the Change of Name form, which addresses legal name changes). After submitting the short Used Name Form, a member of the Name Committee will contact you to discuss how the process will work.

Used Name Form

New Jersey and New York Identity Document Changes

Visit to learn more about how to obtain a legal name change, update a name or gender on an ID, or amend birth certificates in and .

缅北重口 of New Jersey seeks to provide a living environment welcoming to people of all gender identities, not limited by gender binarism. Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH) allows residents of the same gender or different genders to live together in a multiple-occupancy space, in mutual agreement, regardless of their sex assigned at birth.

The primary goal of GIH is to center the needs and comfort of queer and trans+ students, who often experience marginalization, harassment, isolation, or exclusion in standard housing arrangements. With GIH, Ramapo seeks to provide a safe, supportive, and affirming housing environment.

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Local Services

Virtual Services

Drop-In Hours with Elena

Every Wednesday during the semester from 2-3 pm, Elena Yee, LPC, holds Drop-In Hours in C-217 (across from the Women’s Center).聽Elena is the LGBTQIA+ liaison for the campus. A Psychological Counselor with Ramapo’s Counseling Services, she is passionate about increasing access to counseling for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and other marginalized populations. Sessions are:

• free for 缅北重口 students
• offered first-come, first-served (no appointment necessary)
• typically about 20-25 minutes in length
• informal, and not a substitute for counseling
• not appropriate for urgent concerns or mental health emergencies.

Please email Elena at eyee@ramapo.edu with any questions.

Lifelines

Counselors trained to provide free, confidential, and secure crisis care for LGBTQ+ young people struggling with issues such as coming out, identity, depression, and suicide.

Hours: 24/7

• Call (866) 488-7386
• Text 678-678

Hours: Monday 鈥� Friday, 1 PM 鈥� 9 PM (Eastern)

Run by and for the trans community, Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the direct emotional and financial support necessary to survive and thrive.

• Call or Text (877) 565-8860

Trans college students have diverse experiences that impact their academic success and wellbeing. While many thrive, others face challenges such as mental health issues, harassment, and discrimination. Supportive faculty and inclusive classroom practices can help reduce these barriers and create a more positive learning environment for all students.

Below are tips to help foster inclusion and support trans students:

Set Classroom Expectations

Start the semester by establishing clear expectations for respect and inclusion. A simple statement like, 鈥淓veryone is expected to respect each other鈥檚 identities, names, and pronouns,鈥� sets a positive tone and creates a foundation for a respectful classroom culture.

Be a Role Model

Model inclusive behavior and language:

• Introduce yourself with your name and pronouns (e.g., 鈥淗i, I鈥檓 Professor Tyler. My pronouns are she/her.鈥�) and invite students to share theirs if they feel comfortable.
• Add your pronouns to your email signature and syllabus to show support for gender inclusivity.
• Use gender-neutral greetings like 鈥淗i everyone,鈥� 鈥渇olks,鈥� or 鈥渃lass,鈥� instead of 鈥済uys,鈥� or 鈥渓adies and gentlemen.鈥�
• Use inclusive terms like 鈥減artner鈥� instead of 鈥渂oyfriend/girlfriend,鈥� or 鈥減eople鈥� instead of 鈥渕en and women.鈥�

Respect Used Names and Pronouns

Not everyone identifies within the gender binary, and some people identify as transgender. To affirm a person鈥檚 identity, it is essential to respect their used name and pronouns, regardless of what was assigned to them at birth. This helps create a safer, inclusive learning environment.

• Always use the name and pronouns a person shares, regardless of what鈥檚 listed on the roster.
• Don鈥檛 assume gender based on appearance or name 鈥� this can lead to misgendering.
• Never use someone鈥檚 previous name or pronouns; this can be harmful and unsafe.
• Ask for names/pronouns if unsure; use a sign-in sheet instead of roll call.
• Encourage students, if comfortable, to share names and pronouns during introductions.
• using gender pronouns.
• Mistakes happen 鈥� briefly apologize (e.g., 鈥淚鈥檓 sorry, I meant to say鈥︹��), then move on with the conversation, making sure to use the correct name and pronouns in the future.
• Calmly correct others if they misgender someone or use exclusionary language.聽If the misgendered person isn鈥檛 present, still correct the mistake to model inclusivity.
• Only refer to someone鈥檚 identity if they鈥檝e made it public; never out someone without their consent, as it can put them at risk.

Update Your Syllabus

• Include Ramapo’s Non-Discrimination Policy and Campus Resources to emphasize your commitment to a safer, respectful learning space and to make support accessible to all students.
• Add your pronouns to your syllabus to normalize their use and support transgender and nonbinary students.