LGBT Center
Trans Resources Page
On LGBT Center website, includes information about:
- name change records
- gender inclusive housing
- all-gender restroom map
- Leslie Townsend fund
- on and off-campus mental health support
- on and off-campus physical health support
- family and community resources
- housing and recovery services
- activist organizations
In general, the LGBT Center is a great hub and resource, and of particular note, Penn LGBT Center’s Leslie Townsend Fund is a $500 scholarship available for full-time students making a gender transition while at Penn.
This page explains how Wellness @ Penn cares specifically for LGBTQ+ people, which all full-time students are eligible to access.
Active LGBTQ+ student clubs
| Lambda Alliance – Umbrella advocacy group for other queer groups at Penn | lambdaalliance.upenn@gmail.com@pennlambda |
| Lambda Grads – affinity group for all queer graduate students | lambdagrads@gmail.com@pennlambdagrads |
| Penn Dental Pride Alliance – for LGBTQ+ students and allies at Penn Dental Medicine | @pdm_pride |
| Penn Med Pride – Penn Medical School Queer affinity group | pennmedpridewebsit.wixsite.compennmedpride@gmail.com@pennmedpride |
| oSTEM – Penn’s chapter of Out in STEM | OSTEM Sign-Up Form@pennostem |
| Penn Aces and Aros – affinity space for undergraduate and graduate acespec students | pennsaces@gmail.com @pennaces |
| Penn Non-Cis – Association for gender-queer and non-cis identifying students | PennNonCis@gmail.com@pennnoncis |
| Penn Queer and Asian – a safe space for the empowerment of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Penn Asian community | pennqanda@gmail.com LISTSERV@pennqanda |
| QSA – Queer Student Alliance | @pennqsaListserv |
| QBlack – affinity space for queer black students | qblack.upenn@gmail@qblack.upenn |
| QMAP – affinity space for queer Muslims and allies | @queermuslimsatpenninterest form |
| NeuroQueer – affinity space for neurodivergent queer students | DISCORD LISTSERV |
| Queer Christian Fellowship | pennqcf@gmail.com |
If you are interested in taking courses related to queerness, check out the GSWS (Gender Sexuality and Women’s Studies) department!
Penn Disorientation Guide 