LGBTQ Services
SFSU fosters community and belonging for all, offering a wide range of services and support to ensure LGBTQ students feel welcomed, valued and empowered on campus.
Located in one of the world’s most popular LGBTQ cities, San Francisco State University is a key part of the community through student services, student-run organizations, ground-breaking research, activism and more.
Throughout our campus, you’ll find a supportive community of peers and mentors shaped by SFSU’s rich and diverse history of LGBTQ people, politics and programs. Students can also connect with LGBTQ-focused support services, health and wellness resources, student organizations, educational programs and offices dedicated to equity, inclusion and advocacy.
Queer and Trans Resource Center
This student-run center organizes events and provides services, also serving as an umbrella organization to student groups creating safe space
Visit the Queer and Trans Resource Center
Division of Equity/Community Inclusion
Offering safe spaces and facilitating dialogue, this is your hub for LGBTQ+ student life, also serving as a unifying force with centers for diversity, equity and interfaith programs.
Visit the Division of Equity/Community Inclusion
Title IX
SFSU’s Office of Equity Programs and Compliance enforces Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as well as certain other federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in employment, education programs and activities.
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Gator Health and Well-being
Gator Health and Well-being provides medical and mental health services tailored to members of the SFSU LGBTQ community.
Learn more about Gator Health
Safe Zone Program
This program trains SFSU students and employees who volunteer to serve as active, visible and supportive allies to members of the LGBTQ community on campus. =
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Equity and Community Inclusion
We lead programs, events and initiatives that facilitate dialogue, promote inclusion, advance social justice and strengthen campus climate—ensuring every student feels valued, heard and supported at SFSU.
What Our Alumni Say
San Francisco State had resources that were quite unusual and made it inviting for somebody like me. Today queer studies or gender studies are a given on campuses. But that wasn’t always the case, and SF State was a pioneer.