Queer & Trans Resource Center

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Queer and Trans Resource Center Banner featuring a photo of a group of students with pride flags attending a march.

Mission

The Queer & Trans Resource Center fosters a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment at Bellevue College for students, staff, and faculty of all identities across the gender, sexual, and romantic spectrums.

We provide relevant and comprehensive resources alongside transformative programming and events that center intersectionality, cultivate queer kinship, and empower students toward success in both their personal development and academic goals.

Vision

The Queer & Trans Resource Center envisions a Bellevue College community where:

  • Students feel safe to explore, develop, and embrace their gender, sexual, and romantic identities,
  • 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences are understood, respected, and valued – both inside the classroom and beyond,
  • All students, staff, and faculty are empowered as social change agents to advocate for their communities and dismantle systems of oppression.

What we do

Community and Kinship

  • The Queer & Trans Resource Center (QTRC) is a place where students can come to feel welcomed, included, and embraced. We are open Monday through Friday as a location where students can find resources and support, attend events, make friends, or simply take time to relax during their busy school day.
  • Our space has several computer stations, a 2SLGBTQIA+ focused library, comfy couches, beanbag chairs, blankets, arts & craft supplies, board games, as well as snacks, tea, and coffee.
  • We offer a wide variety of events and activities throughout the year where students can come to have fun, learn, and build connections with their peers.

Resources and Advocacy

  • The QTRC serves as an information hub for all things 2SLGBTQIA+, offering a wide variety of resources and educational materials to students, as well as referrals to countless other BC offices and local community partners who can support students with any needs they bring from housing and food security, to healthcare needs, to mental health support and more.
  • In addition to providing resources and events, we encourage and support student advocacy. If there’s something about our campus you think could be improved to better support our community, but you’re not sure where to start—come chat with us and we can help you navigate college policies, administration, and figure out the best ways to make your voice heard.

Joy and Celebration

  • We recognize the importance of uplifting our community by celebrating queer and trans joy in its many forms, every day. The QTRC offers various programs and events throughout the year with this value in mind, including our annual Lavender Graduation ceremony, Pride Month events, and more.

Education and Learning

  • Throughout the academic year, the QTRC hosts workshops, runs social media campaigns, and spreads awareness to the greater campus community about 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, cultivating allyship from the wider Bellevue College community. Examples include programming during LGBTQ+ History Month in October, Transgender Day of Remembrance in November, and more.

Resources and Information

Reporting Concerns on Campus

Counseling Center

  • The Bellevue College Counseling Center offers both appointments (in-person and virtual) and Drop-In/Crisis meetings. Counseling is offered in multiple languages and is completely free for current Bellevue College students.
  • In addition to individual counseling services, they also host a weekly LGBTQIA2S+ Support Group. See their Services page and “Group Counseling” for more info.

Academic Success Center

  • The Academic Success Center (ASC) provides free, high-quality tutoring and learning services for all students enrolled at Bellevue College.
  • In addition to scheduled and drop-in tutoring, the ASC also has the Reading Lab, Writing Lab, and Math Lab, where you can go to work on homework and get support from tutors.

Benefits Hub

  • Bellevue College’s United Way Benefits Hub offers numerous resources to support students in need of services such as Financial Coaching, Housing Support, Free Tax Help, Emergency Assistance, and more.
  • Benefits Hub runs BC’s Food Pantry, a place where students, staff, and faculty can go to find free, fresh, and non-perishable food items and hygiene items.

Center for Career Connections

  • The Center for Career Connections at Bellevue College provides career development services for all students, alumni, and community members including:
    • Career Exploration
    • Resume, Cover Letter, LinkedIn, and Interview Skills
    • Job Search & Networking Strategies
    • Work-Study & Internship Opportunities
    • and much more!
  • Book an appointment Online or In-Person, or reach out to them at (425) 564-2279 or careers@bellevuecollege.edu with any questions.

The HPM Hub

  • The HPM Hub is a free resource provided by the Healthy Campus Project and the Health Promotion and Education program at Bellevue College that promotes sexual and reproductive health, health equity, and access to resources.
  • The HPM Hub offers: free internal and external condoms, lubrication, emergency contraception/Plan B, and other resources for patient care, mental health, healthy relationships, melanoma, transgender students, and more.
  • Visit them in the T Building, 2nd Floor Atrium (outside of T205).

Student Clubs & Organizations

  • Active LGBTQ+ Related Student Organizations
  • To see a list of all active student organizations, check out Student Engagement
  • Would you like to start a new student organization? Learn more here!
    • We want to see more 2SLGBTQIA+ related student organizations here at BC! If you’re interested in starting a club, let us know and we can help! You are also welcome to use the LGBTQ+ Resource Center as a meeting space!

Bellevue College’s Campus Map marks the locations of every All-Gender Restroom across our campus. Not every building on campus has an All-Gender Restroom, but many are being added/retrofitted and new buildings on campus are being built with them included.

All-Gender Restroom Locations:

(LIST STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

  • A Building:
    • 2 multi-stall restrooms with outdoor access on 2nd floor of the far South end of A Building (A264 and A266)
  • B Building:
    • 2 single-occupancy restrooms located on 1st floor, in front of Bookstore entrance
    • 1 single-occupancy restroom located on the 2nd floor, in the hallway behind the RISE MakerSpace
  • C Building:
    • Large multi-stall restroom located indoors on the ground floor of the Student Union, to the left of the stairs by the Fountain Cafe
  • D Building:
    • 1 single-occupancy restroom located inside D175 (Print Services)
    • 2 single-occupancy restrooms located on 2nd floor of Library, near Study Rooms D240Q and D240E
  • E Building:
    • Currently no All-Gender Restrooms located in E Building
  • G Building (Gym):
    • 3 single-occupancy restrooms located on 1st floor, in the “Locker Rooms” hallway (G120, G122, and G124)
    • All three restrooms include an accessible shower and lockers
  • H Building (Student Housing):
    • 2 single-occupancy restrooms located in the hallway behind the student lounge (Bulldog Bistro)
  • L Building:
    • Currently no All-Gender Restrooms located in L Building
  • N Building:
  • Q Building:
  • R Building:
    • 1 single-occupancy restroom located in basement level, outside entrance to Dance Studio (R015)
  • S Building:
    • 1 multi-stall restroom located on 1st floor, near vending machines (S104)
  • T Building:
    • 1 single-occupancy restroom located on 1st floor, in hallway past Circle Cafe (T114)
  • U Building:
    • One or more single-occupancy restrooms located on each floor of the U Building (Floors 0-3)
    • On Floor 0, two restrooms also include accessible showers


*Federal and State policies/procedures may change rapidly based on the shifting political climate and administration in the United States. We apologize if any information on these websites becomes outdated.

Bellevue College

Changing Your Name and Gender on Student Records
  • Preferred Name and Gender
    • If you use a different name or gender than what is on official documents, Bellevue College allows you to set up a Preferred Name that will show up as your primary name in most of our systems.
    • See the linked page for instructions on making these updates, as they will need to be made in multiple locations.
    • On ctcLink, you can also update your “Gender Expression” information from your “Profile” page and it will be updated across the systems that use ctcLink data.
  • Legal/Official Name
    • To update your legal/official name in your student records, you must either submit the change in-person at Student Central (U Building, First Floor), or by submitting a Student Central Request for Help online.
    • A copy of a court order, passport, marriage certificate, divorce decree, adoption papers, or other legal document must be provided for the request.

Washington State

Birth Certificates
Driver’s License/State ID
Legal Name Change

Federal

Passport
Social Security

* = General Resource/Not LGBTQ+ Specific

Inclusion on this list does not necessarily indicate an endorsement by Bellevue College of these agencies or services.

2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarships

Health & Wellness

Mental Health Support

Housing, Food, and Basic Needs

Legal Support

QT/BIPOC Support

Local Community Organizations

National Resources/Organizations

About the QTRC

Contact the QTRC

Email: LGBTQ@bellevuecollege.edu

Phone: (425) 564-1902

Instagram: @bc_lgbtq

Hours and Location

Hours:

Summer 2026

  • Monday: 9AM-5PM
  • Tuesday: 9AM-5PM
  • Wednesday: CLOSED
  • Thursday: 9AM-5PM
  • Friday: CLOSED
  • Sat/Sun: CLOSED

Location:

C Building, Room C-206

The QTRC is located on the second floor of the Student Union. To reach it from inside, come up through either the Student Engagement or Multicultural Services office. There is an elevator located on the north end of the building in the entrance facing the courtyards. To reach us from outside, find us directly across from the Academic Success Center.

Meet the Staff

Kenton Westerfield, M.Ed.

LGBTQ+ Program Lead

They/Them Pronouns

Name TBA

LGBTQ+ Student Affinity Coordinator

Pronouns

History of the QTRC

The Queer & Trans Resource Center has existed on the Bellevue College campus for more than 15 years, originally starting in the 2008-2009 school year as a student group and later gaining a physical space called the “LGBTQ Resource Center” after advocacy from students and their faculty/staff supporters.

For most of its history, the Center was student-run and led by the LGBTQ Students Affinity Coordinator with the support of faculty and staff advisors. In Summer 2024, the LGBTQ+ Resource Center officially became a department under Multicultural Services and welcomed its first full-time professional staff member, the LGBTQ+ Program Lead. In Winter 2026, we officially changed our name to the Queer & Trans Resource Center.

Over the years, members of the Queer & Trans Resource Center and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Task Force at Bellevue College have contributed to numerous projects and improvements to our campus community, including but not limited to:

  • All-Gender Restrooms
  • Pride Flag crosswalks
  • “Power of One” Conference (April 2017)
  • and more!

Looking forward to the future, we are excited to continue fostering a culture of inclusion, joy, and equity for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at Bellevue College.