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The University of Minnesota Transgender Commission works to create equity, access, and an inclusive environment for people of all genders through education, advocacy, and institutional change.
The Commission strives to honor transgender people and celebrate gender diversity, make visible the systems of gender that profoundly affect all our lived experiences, and eliminate the discrimination faced by transgender and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.
History
The Transgender Commission was formed in March 2006 in partnership with the GLBTA Programs Office at the University of Minnesota.
During its first year, the Commission met with policy makers, discussed strategy with national transgender rights leaders, presented trainings, organized social and educational events, and built a broad membership comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, administrators, and community members.
In June 2007, the first Transgender Commission Report and Recommendations for Institutional Change was presented to the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity, to whom the Commission reports.