Safe Space

Benefits

  • You open yourself up to an additional 10% of the world.
  • You have the opportunity to interact with, learn from, teach, and have an impact on a population with which you may not otherwise interact.
  • You become less locked into sex role stereotypes.
  • You may be an important reason that your friend, classmate, roommate, teammate, brother, sister, professor, mother, or father finally decides that life is worthwhile. “Safe zones” help gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people develop stronger self-esteem and pride in who they are.
  • You will make a difference in the campus environment and in the lives of members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender communities.
  • You will make the campus a better place for everyone. Oppression is a negative force, and as long as it exists, everyone is impacted.