Harper College

LGBTQIA+ Resources

Harper College is dedicated to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students and employees who identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Provides a safe, supportive, comfortable and educational atmosphere in which students can discover what it means to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning or allied and how the LGBTQIA+ community is received by society.

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LGBQTIA and Allies welcome.

Staff, Administrators, and Faculty for Equality at Harper College

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SAFE @ Harper works to provide leadership on aspects of College life from an LGBTQIA+ employee perspective and to help create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for full participation in teaching and service by all employees, regardless of employee group, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

For more information, contact: SAFE@harpercollege.edu

SAFE Zone Training aims to increase the awareness, knowledge, and skills for individuals and address the challenges that exist when one wants to advocate for their LGBTQIA+ peers, family members, friends, coworkers and for themselves

For more information, contact: SAFE@harpercollege.edu

Harper College is offering workshops to engage colleagues in conversations around concepts such as inclusive/exclusive behaviors, bias, privilege, and unintended impacts of our communication styles, to name a few.

  • Part 1 is the introductory session which is required to attend the Part 2 session (4 hours)
  • Part 2 teaches specific skills to develop inclusive behavior (3 hours)

Part 1 is a pre-requisite for Part 2 which totals 7 hours of diversity and inclusion training.

Please join your colleagues in creating a campus climate that recognizes differences and respects all members of our community. Space is limited so save your seat today.

For more information, contact Diversity and Inclusion, 847.925.6767, W329 at ofcdiversityinclusion@harpercollege.edu

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681, et seq., and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F. R. Part 106 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded program or activity. In compliance with Title IX, William Rainey Harper College prohibits sex discrimination, inclusive of sexual harassment and sexual assault, towards any person regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity.

Harper College offers restrooms that are accessible by all genders in the following locations:

Campus Recreation
Health and Recreation Center
Building M1106
1200 West Algonquin Road
Palatine, IL 60067
847.925.6825

Last Updated: 4/10/26