Campus Life
The LGBT Center
The LGBT Center staff provide programming, support and advocacy for the LGBT campus community. Our door is always open, and if you are interested in talking about LGBT issues or finding out more about resources on campus, you can reach us by phone at 258-1353 or by email at lgbt@princeton.edu. We are also available on AOL Instant Messenger at PrincetonLGBT. For more information about our mission and services, click here.
LGBT Calendar
The LGBT Center organizes programming including large lectures, lunch discussions, coffee houses, and on-going educational and community-building programs. Calendars are put out the first week of each semester and can be found across campus at The LGBT Center, Frist Campus Center, Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, The Graduate School, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Office of Religious Life, and the Women’s Center.
If you would like to include an event in the LGBT calendar or cosponsor an upcoming event, please contact The LGBT Center at lgbt@princeton.edu.
LGBTQ Campus Organizations
Princeton has a diverse group of LGBT organizations serving a wide variety of student interests. To learn more about undergraduate and graduate organizations or to become involved, click here. Princeton's LGBT community also values its strong, outspoken allies.
Other Campus Life Resources
The Women's Center
The Women's Center is an excellent resource for LGBT information. The staff is very well informed concerning LGBT related issues. The Women's Center works extensively with The LGBT Center by co-sponsoring a significant number of each semester's LGBT programming.
The Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding
The Carl A. Fields Center is a wonderful safe space on campus. This Center also sponsors several events each semester with The LGBT Center. As its name implies, the Center works for equality with equal rights for LGBT individuals included under that mission.
The International Center
The International Center has always strongly embraced diversity. Through cosponsoring several events each year and providing a safe, understanding environment, the International Center extends its support to the LGBT community.
The Office of Religious Life has historically been one of the Princeton LGBT community's strongest allies. Over a decade ago, it was the Office of Religious Life which created the position which has now been transformed into The LGBT Center director. The Office of Religious Life cosponsors several LGBT events each year and the Deans of Religious Life are sensitive to LGBT concerns.
Office of the Vice President for Campus Life
The Vice President for Campus Life, Janet Dickerson, has seen to it that her office is a wonderfully open environment when it comes to LGBT issues. The LGBT Task Force reports to Vice President Dickerson.
Health Services
University Health Services
University Health Services (UHS) provides a welcoming, safe environment for all students
and is dedicated to LGBT inclusion in all of its services. Students will find that UHS is very sensitive to LGBT issues. UHS provides services to all Princeton University students without additional charge regardless of their insurance coverage. For information about services for domestic partners and their children, please call 258-3141. Some of the services provided are listed below.
Professional health educators work collaboratively with students and other members of the Princeton University community to promote an environment that fosters the development of healthy behaviors. A wide range of personal and community health issues are addressed, including nutrition and eating concerns, alcohol and other drug abuse, sexual health and relationship issues, physical illness, stress, depression, and anxiety. Certified health education specialists are available to meet one-on-one with students to discuss their health concerns, answer questions, and explore ways to create a healthier lifestyle.
Located on the first floor of the McCosh Health Center, Women's & Men's Health provides confidential services for all students seeking information about LGBT health; STIs; HIV/AIDS; safer sex practices; birth control methods; preconception/contraception counseling; general sexual health care; pregnancy option counseling; and initial prenatal care with community referrals. Women's & Men's Health is staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, gynecologists, and a health educator who provide education, counseling, testing, and general health care for individuals and couples in an open nonjudgmental atmosphere. Women's & Men's Health also has monthly drop-in hours for LGBT students. Please see The LGBT Center Calendar for specific times.
Counseling & Psychological Services
Counseling & Psychological Services offers personal counseling and group therapy as part of their psychotherapy program for LGBT and questioning students. Staff members participate in ongoing discussion of sexual orientation issues as they affect clinical work with students and identify particular staff members who have a special interest or background in working with sexual orientation issues. The center maintains a referral list and referral guide to aid students seeking psychological services in the outside community. For more information, call 258-3285.
SHARE (Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education)
Located on the second floor of the McCosh Health Center, SHARE's services are available to students, staff members, and faculty who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, or harassment based on sexual orientation. The SHARE counselors provide confidential counseling, advice, and support, and, depending on the circumstance, will work with you as an advocate to make a complaint to the appropriate University officials. Coming to the SHARE office for advice does not constitute reporting an incident, although this option is available should the individual choose to do so. The SHARE office provides confidential counseling and advocacy and 24-hour emergency services and coordinates the University response to sexual assault. (Refer to the pamphlet, "What Students on Campus Should Know About Sexual Assault.") For more information, call 258-3310.
Unisex & Gender-Free Bathrooms on Campus
Below is a list of all the unisex and gender-free bathrooms on campus. To find a particular building, visit the Princeton campus interactive map.
Forbes Main Lobby: Located to the left of the main entrance.
Theatre Intime: Located in the main lobby.
Murray Dodge Café: Located in the back of the café (elevated up a few steps).
Edwards Hall: Located in the basement of Edwards near the computer cluster.
East Asian Studies Library: Located on the left-hand side of entrance hallway.
Dod Hall: Located in the basement.
185 Nassau: Located on the first floor at the end of the hallway from the main entrance.
McCosh Health Center: There are 8 unisex bathrooms total--3 on the first floor, 2 on the second floor and 3 on the third floor.
Dickinson Hall: Located at the B entryway.
Prospect House: Located on the second floor in the hallway halfway up the stairs.
Caldwell Field House: Located on the first floor.
Carl A. Fields Center: Located on the second floor (multi-stall unit).
Scully Hall: Located on the third floor.
Center for Jewish Life: Located on the second floor. Ask in the office for the key.
LGBT Books, Magazines, & Films
On-Campus
The LGBT Center
The LGBT Center has a full library and we also carry a variety of LGBT publications including- resource guides, magazines, newspapers, and newsletters from a variety of LGBT organizations and university groups. Some of the magazines we carry include: Out in New Jersey, The Advocate, and the Philadelphia Gay News.
The Pride Alliance
The Pride Alliance has a loaning library that started years ago with the formation of GAP (Gay Alliance at Princeton, the University’s first LGBT organization). The books currently reside in three locations (two stacks in the Women’s Center, the bookshelf in the Pride Alliance office, and in temporary storage). You are welcome to check out books through the Women’s Center and the Pride Alliance. If you would like to donate new or used books to our collection, please contact the Pride Alliance President.
The Women’s Center
The Women’s Center has an extensive library, which includes a LGBT section. They are also currently home to two shelves of the Pride Alliance’s library. In addition, the Women’s Center carries Girlfriends Magazine.
Firestone Library
Firestone Library maintains an extensive collection of LGBT books and periodicals. These materials are not formally designated as a collection, but are located among the stacks. For a guide to LGBT Resources in the library, click here. For more academic resources on LGBT topics, click here.
The Residential Colleges and The Program in the Study of Women and Gender
All of the residential colleges and the Program in the Study of Women and Gender have subscriptions to the Advocate and also carry Out, as it is distributed through The LGBT Center.
Local Retailers
Princeton University Store
phone: 609.921.8500
The U-store has a LGBT book section entitled "Gay and Lesbian" underneath the larger sign of "Gender Studies." They also carry Advocate and sometimes order others depending on sales rates.
Micawber Books
113 Nassau Street
phone: 609.921.8454
Micawber Books carries Advocate and Out and maintain a LGBT book section under "Gender Studies."
Wild Oats
255 Nassau Street
phone: 609.924.4993
Wild Oats carries various magazines every month, but Girlfriends is consistently there.
West Coast Video
259 Nassau Street
phone: 609.924.6668
West Coast Video carries a large selection of LGBT films under the heading "Gay and Lesbian Films."
Barnes and Noble
Market Fair Mall (Rt. 1)
phone: 609.897.9250
Barnes and Noble has a book section titled "Gay and Lesbian" and carries Out, Advocate, Curve, Genre, Girlfriends, and Instinct.
Borders Books and Music
601 Nassau Park Building
phone: 609.514.0040
Borders carries both men's and women's magazines and have a book section titled "Gay and Lesbian." Magazines include Advocate, Curve, Genre, Girlfriends, On Our Backs, Out, and XY.