Atlas Center
Gender & Sexuality Resource Center
Location: Shults Center 116
Instagram: Atlas_Nazareth
Get Connected
The Atlas Center is part of the Office for Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Education (ODIEE). We offer space and programs welcoming to and inclusive of students, faculty, and staff across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
Clubs and Organizations
- Lambda Association: Celebrates diversity and aims to provide resource information about and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Lambda welcomes the participation and support of all, including our straight allies. Follow Lambda on Insta!
- Intersectional Feminist Alliance: Studies gender’s organizing factor in culture, informed by feminism, and promotes diversity & inclusion. Follow IFA on Insta!
Get Engaged
In collaboration with ODIEE and Lambda, the Atlas Center offers professional learning opportunities and programs that create as well as cultivate a sense of belonging at Nazareth.
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Fall: Open House, LGBTQ+ History Month, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, International Pronoun Day, LGBTQ+ Educational Workshops), and more.
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Spring: Campus Pride, Rochester Pride, Transgender Day of Visibility, Celebrate Diversity Month, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia, Loving Day, Coming Out Spiritually, Pride Yoga, and more.
Get Inspired
The Atlas Center has books and other resources that students and faculty can access and check out. We welcome suggestions for new books or movies – just let us know what you’d be interested in. If you have literature or related materials you would like to donate, please stop by the center.
Feel Empowered
The Atlas Center, in collaboration with student organizations and campus departments, strives to provide resources that aid in the success of our faculty, staff, and students. We can point you in the right direction, when it comes to:
- Gender inclusive housing questions
- Chosen name and/or gender identity change forms
- Locations of all-use/gender neutral restrooms
- Off-campus LGBTQ+ services
- LGBTQ+ social resources
Contact us: atlascenter@naz.edu
Gender-inclusive bathrooms
Single-occupancy bathrooms are available for people of any gender identity (including those who do not identify with any gender): Gender-inclusive bathroom locations
Trans@Naz Resources
Gender Inclusive Housing: Gender-inclusive housing seeks to provide an environment that is welcoming to all gender identities and is not limited to the traditional gender binary (female and male). There is information here for incoming first year students and returning students.
Gender Inclusive Bathrooms: Any single use bathroom can be used by all, regardless of gender identity.
Current Students Gender/Name Change: This guide will show you how to identify your pronouns and change your name in Gmail and NazNet Self Service.
Alumni Gender/Name Change: Instructions on how to change name on transcripts and diplomas.
For Faculty and Staff
Diversity in Higher Education resources gathered by the Nazareth instruction and reference library >
Safe Zone Training
Scheduled Safe Zone trainings for students, faculty, and staff will be listed here.
To request a training for your group or area, send inquiry to atlascenter@naz.edu