Division of Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
![Kent State transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/EmilyKen.jpg?VersionId=aklxTmjmeG1k.amW5pIbyXG0wHYaSpnH&h=ec98a0f6&itok=RE3kQYAE)
For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Kent State is home.
Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from Kent State’s faculty, staff and administrators.
![Kent State transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/EmilyKen.jpg?VersionId=aklxTmjmeG1k.amW5pIbyXG0wHYaSpnH&h=ec98a0f6&itok=RE3kQYAE)
For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Kent State is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
![A Kent State student listens to a speaker during the university’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. A Kent State student listens to a speaker during the university’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/B0B_0501.jpg?VersionId=DYCogGHVrwQCRJl.z67b36rpzWFHZT21&h=e6f36a9c&itok=_jKQ8qZB)