Since its founding in 1997 at the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference in San Diego, the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals has grown into a vital community of educators and advocates working across higher education. Now headquartered in New York, NY, the Consortium represents a network of professionals united by a shared vision: creating higher education environments where LGBTQ people, in all their intersecting identities, are fully liberated.
What distinguishes the Consortium is its commitment to liberation through an intersectional and racial justice lens. The organization evolved its name in 2008 from the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education to better reflect the diversity of its membership and the breadth of its mission. Today, the Consortium serves as a professional home for staff, faculty, and graduate students who work to support LGBTQ students and advance institutional change on their campuses.
The organization fosters deep connections among its members through affinity groups organized around shared identities and experiences, including QTBIPOC professionals, seasoned practitioners, graduate students and new professionals, and sick and disabled queers. Beyond professional networking, the Consortium publishes policy recommendations, practice guidelines, and research that shape higher education practice nationally. As an associate member organization of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), the Consortium contributes to setting professional standards in student affairs and higher education administration, ensuring that LGBTQ inclusion remains central to institutional excellence.
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