The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center aims to provide various campus, local and national resources to connect the LGBTQ+ communities at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg community and beyond. Check out how to get additional support from the links below.
On this page:
LGBTQ+ Resources
Educational Resources
Sexuality
- Asexual Awareness Week
- Bisexual Resource Center
- What is Asexuality?
- Answers to Your Questions for a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation
Being An Ally
Coming Out
- Resource Guide to Coming Out
- 8 Things Your LGBTQIA Friend Wants You To Know When They Come Out to You
Creating Safe Spaces in the Classroom
- LGBTQIA Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom Climate
- Ask Me: What LGBTQIA Students Want Their Professors to Know
- Best Practices For Serving LGBTQIA Students: A Teaching Tolerance Guide
Privilege
Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault
- Forge
- Let’s Talk About It! A Transgender Survivor’s Guide to Accessing Therapy
- Helping Transgender Survivors
- PCAR-About Sexual Violence: LGBTQIA
- National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
- Sexual Assault and the LGBTQIA Community
Transgender
- 10 Things You’re Actually Saying When You Ignore Someone’s Gender Pronouns
- Pronouns Matter
- Transgender 101
Local Resources
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Resource Manual (PDF)
- Alder Health Services
- American Civil Liberties Union PA Chapter
- Central PA Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Equality PA
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBTQIA) Center of Central PA
- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
- Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
- TransCentralPA
- Free Mom Hugs
- Point of Pride
National Resources
- Campus Pride Index
- Center Link
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- GLBT National Help Center
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
- National Black Justice Coalition
- National LGBTQIA Task Force
- Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Transgender Law Center
Campus Partners
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Musselman Library
- Center for Career Engagement
- Health & Counseling Services
- Office of Multicultural Engagement
- Violence Prevention & Title IX
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Campus Policies
Campus Resources
Women’s Resources
Emergencies
For emergencies, crisis situations, or immediate/24 hour assistance, call the Department of Public Safety at 717-337-6911. To report an incident of sexual assault, physical assault, or any misconduct (non-emergency), use the College’s online electronic reporting tool: Community Concern Form. The following offices and departments are also available to assist you with any questions or concerns:
- College Life
- Health & Counseling Services
- Department of Public Safety
- Student Rights & Responsibilities
- Office of Multicultural Engagement
Health & Wellness
A variety of free health care products are available on campus:
- Free menstrual care products and sexual health products are available in the Women's & LGBTQIA+ Resource Center during open hours.
- As of September 2019, machines with free menstrual care products are available in many campus restroom locations.
- Menstrual Care Machine Campus Map 2019 (PDF)
- "Machines with Free Menstrual Care Products Installed on Campus" - The Gettysburgian, September 18, 2019
A map of gender neutral restrooms on campus is available on the Campus Mobile App.
The Health & Counseling Center offers a variety of services at affordable costs for students on campus, including:
- Assessment and Treatment of Acute Illness
- Management of Stable and Chronic Illness
- STD Diagnosis & Treatment
- Allergy Injections
- Contraceptive Services (including emergency contraception)
- Health Education
- Nutrition Guidance
- Weight Management
- Stress Management
- Immunizations
- Women’s/Men’s Well Care
- In-House Laboratory
- Pregnancy Testing
Women’s Leadership
Garthwait Leadership Center’s Leadership Certificate program
The Leadership Certificate program is a one year self-developmental process that helps you to connect your co-curricular experiences and reflect upon them through a leadership lens.The Women’s Leadership Track of the Leadership Certificate program offers a unique, skill-based program to teach women students the fundamentals of leadership supported within the Leadership Certificate curriculum through a gender lens. This track emphasizes teaching participants how to recognize and address some of the cultural and structural barriers to women’s leadership, and provides participants with the skills to overcome common issues often faced by women in the workplace.
Eisenhower Institute’s Women in Leadership program
The Women in Leadership program is designed to study the intersection of gender issues and leadership components; and to learn about the evolution of women in politics, athletics, business, media, law, and science. Moreover, Women In Leadership provides an opportunity for undergraduate men and women to work interactively with an experienced practitioner of politics and gain insight into the way Washington, D.C. works.
Additional Women’s Leadership Resources
The American Association of University Women (AAUW)
National Conference for College Women Student Leaders
Lean In
10 Tips from Lean In for Graduates
Relationships
Online Relationship Resources
Loveisrespect.org
Self-Evaluation Quiz: Are You In An Abusive Relationship?
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Statistics on Dating and Domestic Violence on College Campuses
Power and Control Wheels
The best way to understand the dynamics of an unhealthy relationship is to refer to the Power and Control Wheel. Think of the wheel as a diagram of the tactics an abusive partner uses to keep a person in the relationship. While the inside of the wheel is comprised of subtle, continual behaviors, the outer ring represents physical, visible violence. These are the abusive acts that are more overt and forceful, and often the intense acts that reinforce the regular use of other subtler methods of abuse.
Power and Control Wheel
Equality Wheel
College Student Power and Control Wheel
Do you recognize any of the warning signs in your own relationship? If so, we recommend that you seek support from any of the listed resources below.
Campus & Community Resources
There are a number of confidential and non-confidential resources available for campus community members who are seeking support.
iLove: A Healthy Relationship Dialogue Group
In iLove, students explore strategies to develop and maintain healthy relationships of any kind. During this one-hour, peer-led discussion, participants will learn how to identify issues of power and control in unhealthy relationships, and will acquire skills to communicate more assertively, resolve conflicts, and problem-solve relationship concerns. All are welcome! Students do not need to be in a romantic or intimate relationship to attend. Check campus events for future dates.