OutLaw

Stanford OutLaw is a student organization dedicated to serving the LGBTQ+ law student community. We host a variety of events, both social and political in nature, on issues concerning queer and trans communities at the law school, and in society. Our goal is to engender a sense of community for LGBTQ+ students at the law school, and to make the law school as open, welcoming, and hospitable to queer and trans students as possible.

OutLaw is concerned with the situation of queer and trans people in society, in the legal community, and at Stanford University. We serve as a social, support, and political group, and actively combat homophobia, transphobia, heterosexism, and any discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity at the Law School.

OutLaw hosts social events and community building activities, advocates for and on behalf of queer faculty, and presents panels focusing on academic and professional concerns of queer students. We also cooperate with the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (the Bay Area LGBT bar association) and coordinate activities with other Stanford student organizations, as well as with other Bay Area law school LGBT groups.

Resources

Healthcare Coverage

Stanford University provides comprehensive health coverage for all its transgender students enrolled in Cardinal Care, including access to local specialists, hormone therapy and Gender Confirmation Surgery.

LGBTQIA FAQs at Vaden

Non-Discrimination

In 2007, Stanford University's campus-wide non-discrimination policy was expanded to include "gender identity" as a protected characteristic. This change was a reaffirmation of Stanford's commitment to the full inclusion of the transgender community on campus.

The Policy

Bathroom Access

Within the law school, there are single occupancy bathrooms available on every level of the Main Crown Quadrangle library building except the first floor, totaling four single occupancy bathrooms. In the new faculty building, there are five single occupancy bathrooms, at least one on every floor.

Map of Bathrooms

Housing

At Stanford, all Graduate Single Residences allow gender-neutral/gender-inclusive housing for those students that select it, including all suites in Munger.

The Housing

Unofficial Guide To Trans Life

In 2012, the Stanford trans community prepared an unofficial guide to trans life on campus. The guide, published in collaboration with the campus-wide LGBT Community Resource Center.

The Guide

Additional Resources

Link to Stanford Queer Student Resources

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Links to Off-site Pages of Interest

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Pictures from Past Events

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