Mission Statement

Our mission is to build a more welcoming and inclusive university community for 2SLGBTIA+ faculty and staff through advocacy, education and networking.

Check out our Monthly Newsletters!

In August 2024, the GVSU LGBTQ+ FSA started sending monthly newsletters to members. Visit our Newsletter Archives to view past issues. 

People, Equity, and Culture Division's The Hub

A dedicated space is designed to provide timely updates and resources related to new executive orders, federal memos, other important federal actions, or guidance, and related litigation that may impact our campus community. If you would like to receive an email notification when new content is added to the Hub, please provide your email.

Expressive Activity Report - April 2024

The Expressive Activity Report (pdf) was compiled in April 2024 by the Graduate Assistants in the Social Justice Centers and is "dedicated to understanding GVSU’s relationship with Expressive Activity (EA) in response
to concerning events on campus." This extensive report looks at GVSU policies governing expressive activity spaces on campus and highlights concerns about how these policies have been implemented, as well as the resulting harm experienced by students as a result of how the EA policy has been implemented. 

Our History

In the Summer of 2006 a group of faculty and staff were brought together by Vice President Pat Oldt to explore the creation of an LGBT faculty/staff association.  Recommendations were made by this initial foundation committee, which were accepted by Vice President Oldt. The next major step was the establishment of bylaws, which were composed during the 2006 - 2007 academic year, quickly followed by the first election of the Steering Committee in Winter 2007. 

Following the election, the board members met to establish officers and commenced work on a number of initiatives including the development of a community website and a new faculty/staff mentoring program.