Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity

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Gender Pronouns Now Available On DukeHub 2.0

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Welcome to the CSGD

We are the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity! Welcome to our webpage!

Transgender Day of Visibility

With Transgender Day of Visibility approaching at the end of the month and in light of so many horrific bills targeting trans people, especially transgender women and girls, we did not want to let the day pass without pouring love and affirmation onto trans people at Duke and beyond.

Read our letter

Gender Pronouns on DukeHub 2.0

This page includes a number of resources designed to aid the Duke community in the thoughtful and valued practice of sharing and asking for pronouns

LGBTQIA+ COVID-19 Resources

We know that across the globe everyone has felt disruptions related to COVID-19. We are all experiencing losses big and small.

Check Out These Resources

No Pride for Some

The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity recognizes the ways that racism and whiteness is embedded within LGBTQIA+ communities. We are committed to doing our work with an intersectional social justice lens that names and works to disrupt the impacts of racism and white supremacy on Black and Brown members of our communities.

Meet Our Staff!

Let us introduce ourselves!

CSGD Virtual Coffee Chats

Are you interested in chatting with a member of the CSGD Team? We'd love the opportunity to grab VIRTUAL coffee an chat with you! We can build relationships from a social distance.

Connect with us

Erik Ludwig's legacy lives on at Duke through gift to CSGD

Erik Ludwig (1976-2015) graduated from Duke in 1998, and his legacy continues to live on at the university, through a new fund in his honor supporting the work of the CSGD.

Get the Latest Info for Fall '21

For information surrounding COVID procedures for the fall semester, visit Keep Learning and Duke United. We are here for you. We are here for each other.

We strive to achieve an inclusive campus climate for students, staff, faculty, and alumnx with marginalized sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions through education, advocacy, support, mentoring, academic engagement, and providing space.