🏳️🌈 Flying the flag around the world🏳️⚧️
Studying off-campus can be a life affirming experience, developing personal qualities of resilience, courage, perseverance, adaptability, cross-cultural communication, global awareness, self-awareness and more!
Whether you’re thinking that there’s an all-inclusive utopian land far away, or are concerned about not being welcomed, the fact is YMMV, and whilst studying abroad is rarely without its challenges, almost everyone who does it, speaks to the benefits of the experience, even amidst the challenges which provide an opportunity to learn, grow and develop skills and experience.
Do your research
An online search will provide you with a list of countries and their legal/regulatory environment, but governments do not always reflect the opinions of ordinary people, so it’s worth taking time to try to find out about cultural attitudes in the country you’re thinking of studying in. Even then be aware, just like at home, attitudes can vary from one area to the next and from one person to the other, however some countries have well established communities where you’re more likely to find a support network, however, allies can be found everywhere.
Rainbow SIG
Rainbow International Educators Group
The Rainbow Special Interest Group (SIG) is comprised of diverse members of NAFSA: Association of International Educators whose goals are to counsel international students and study abroad students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.
US State Department
US State Department LGBTQI+ travelers
Advice and information from the The United States Government State Department and Information for Travelers with an X Gender Marker on their passport.
