Q Center

University Resources


October 20, 2021

Displaying pronouns on Zoom

Display your pronouns in UW Zoom


February 23, 2021

Q Campus Walking Tour & Map

Welcome to the University of Washington. I’m pretty sure you’ve had the obligatory official UW Tour as part of your newbie orientation, so we won’t bore you with another blah, blah, blah tour. Instead, we’re going to Q-dfy you and show you some of the awesome things we’ve done to make your LGBTQ Life or…


Intramural Activities Building (IMA)

Universal Locker Room Facility The Q Center and the IMA staff invite you to enjoy the exercise, sports, and fitness opportunities available to students, faculty, and staff members at the University of Washington. That said, the Q Center recognizes that navigating the IMA as a queer/trans*/gender-variant person can be complex, as well as potentially physically…


Gender Inclusive Housing

UW’s Housing and Food Services (HFS), in collaboration with the Q Center, is proud and excited to offer Gender-Inclusive housing options to UW residence hall students! Gender-inclusive housing options can broaden student’s choices and help ensure living arrangements that are welcoming and inclusive for all members of our community. If you are interested in living in a gender-inclusive…


On-campus Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Since opening in 2004, the Q Center consistently advocates for increasing UW’s number of gender-neutral, parent-friendly, and physically accessible bathrooms on our Seattle campus. We worked intensively with a very receptive University of Washington administration in order to develop a comprehensive and sustainable plan to increase our numbers of accessible bathroom facilities.  In the spring…


Changing Your Name and Gender in the UW Student Database

As of April 2, 2018, a preferred name option within student databases and UW records is now available! All UW students and employees will have the option to include their preferred names on the Husky Card. This option also allows students and employees to indicate a preferred first and middle name that would be visible to individuals who…