Advisor Programming

We're huge fans of the folks on college campuses who dedicate themselves to supporting queer and trans college students as advisors, student support service staff or by way of “other duties as assigned.” The work performed by these individuals is often thankless or beyond their job description but plays a huge part in creating affirming spaces and experiences for queer and trans college students.

We recognize this work and hold space for these roles who often attend the conference with their student groups.  Advisor programming at MBLGTACC consists of an evening social, dedicated workshop track, and special roundtables. When available this fall, refer to the full MBLGTACC conference schedule for all available details about dates/times.  

Eligibility—Who counts as an advisor?

We use “advisor” loosely and understand that there are many roles that support LGBTQ+ college students and queer and trans communities around college campuses. You might be:

• an LGBTQ+ resource center professional,

• a gender-affirming therapist who works with college-aged clients,

• faculty or an instructor,

• that really rad queer librarian who keeps dental dams and indie zines on their desk for students to take, or

• serving in another student support role!

MBLGTACC is also a lower cost, high value professional development experience for graduate students.

Learning outcomes

Share these outcomes with your supervisor or professional development coordinator when you request funding. Attendees of the advisor programming at MBLGTACC can look forward to: 

• Deeply examining policies, practices and trends in the field of LGBTQ+ student support services and related functional areas 

• Presentations on promising new practices for supporting LGBTQ+ college students

• Connections with other professionals in social, discussion and workshop spaces 

• Insight into what topics and activities are important to LGBTQ+ college students 

• Exposure to keynotes and workshop presenters that could be future considerations for bringing to your respective campus

Thanks to our partners

This year's advisor programming is made possible by the integral relationship between MBLGTACC and the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals. The Consortium is an organization that envisions higher education environments where LGBTQ people, inclusive of all our intersecting identities, are fully liberated. For more information, visit the Consortium website.