Across State Lines: A Comparison of Transgender and Gender Expansive Provisions and Support at Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Inland Northwest
Faculty Mentor
Sarah Tsikalas
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Start Date
May 2025
End Date
May 2025
Location
PUB 319
Primary Discipline of Presentation
Geography
Abstract
The current 2025 Trump Administration deals major setbacks to the transgender and gender expansive communities (TGE). The Trump campaign invested around $17 million in advertisements promoting anti-transgender rhetoric (AdImpact for NPR, 2024), and the recently inaugurated administration has set to limiting and abolishing many rights for this community. This shift in political climate presents an urgency in protecting TGE rights across shared cultural spaces, ensuring their safety and inclusion. Geographers have a responsibility to bring light to these discriminatory messages and the ongoing inequities of shared spaces. Our research answers this call to action with a focus on the university campus. Specifically, we investigate gendered spaces at public institutions of higher education across the Inland Northwest, comparing the resources available in Washington and Idaho. Aiming to understand the limits of inclusive spaces in the inland Northwest and how it applies to TGE communities in higher education, we utilize publicly available data, such as campus websites and policy documents, to conduct an analysis of the equitability and inclusivity of these campus environments. We ask to what extent these campus spaces provide respect and validate the experiences of students, faculty, and staff.
Recommended Citation
Hansen, Audrey E. and Campbell, Celeste A., "Across State Lines: A Comparison of Transgender and Gender Expansive Provisions and Support at Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Inland Northwest" (2025). 2025 Symposium. 9.
https://dc.ewu.edu/srcw_2025/op_2025/o2_2025/9
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Across State Lines: A Comparison of Transgender and Gender Expansive Provisions and Support at Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Inland Northwest
PUB 319
The current 2025 Trump Administration deals major setbacks to the transgender and gender expansive communities (TGE). The Trump campaign invested around $17 million in advertisements promoting anti-transgender rhetoric (AdImpact for NPR, 2024), and the recently inaugurated administration has set to limiting and abolishing many rights for this community. This shift in political climate presents an urgency in protecting TGE rights across shared cultural spaces, ensuring their safety and inclusion. Geographers have a responsibility to bring light to these discriminatory messages and the ongoing inequities of shared spaces. Our research answers this call to action with a focus on the university campus. Specifically, we investigate gendered spaces at public institutions of higher education across the Inland Northwest, comparing the resources available in Washington and Idaho. Aiming to understand the limits of inclusive spaces in the inland Northwest and how it applies to TGE communities in higher education, we utilize publicly available data, such as campus websites and policy documents, to conduct an analysis of the equitability and inclusivity of these campus environments. We ask to what extent these campus spaces provide respect and validate the experiences of students, faculty, and staff.
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