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Many studies have documented that LGBTQ+ students have not always
found residence halls to be welcoming or safe environments and
that they encounter lack of support, negative attitudes, microaggressions,
discrimination, hostility, and bullying from roommates, peers,
and even resident assistants in the residence halls.
implementation of gender-inclusive housing has been published since Taub and colleagues
(2016). The purpose of the present study was to examine GIH in ACUHO-I
member institutions. Specifically, we explored the following research questions:
1. What is the current state of implementation of gender-inclusive housing at ACUHO-I
member institutions?
2. At those institutions where GIH has been considered,
a. What obstacles were encountered?
b. What type(s) of housing facilities are used to offer this option?
c. What policies and procedures have been implemented?
3. What do responding institutions identify as lessons learned related to offering GIH?
METHODS
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to capture the current status of considering
and implementing college and university housing policies related to gender-inclusive
housing.
Participants and Data Collection
This study was endorsed by ACUHO-I's Research Committee. ACUHO-I emailed the
invitation to participate in the research study (including a link to the survey instrument)
to its listserv of senior housing officers (SHOs) or their designated contacts at
member institutions (N = 931). Overall, 184 institutions completed the survey, for a
response rate of 19.76 %. Table 1 (see page 14) provides a more detailed look at state and
territory representation; in the table we have grouped states that have identical numbers
of participating institutions (for example, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Oregon
each have three institutions that participated in the study).
Instrument
The Gender-Inclusive Housing Survey instrument used in this study was a modification
of the survey instrument utilized in Taub and colleagues' (2016) study of genderneutral
housing. The present researchers added questions asking for information
about who initiated the discussion of GIH, the term used to refer to this type of housing,
the year GIH was introduced, the percentage of residents living in this type of
housing, and lessons learned from implementing GIH. Additionally, descriptions of
residential facilities used by Taub and colleagues were updated to avoid confusion
and better reflect the various types of housing inventory present on campuses today.
Finally, the term gender-inclusive housing replaced gender-neutral housing to better reflect
the term in current use.
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