Belongingness of Transgender Students on College Campuses: The Impact of Professors Mentioning Personal Pronouns When Introducing Themselves in the Classroom Setting

Victimization of gender-diverse students contributes to the higher suicidality of the gender-diverse community, but belongingness mediates these two factors (Hatchel et al., 2018). The present study examined whether professors stating their pronouns and asking students to state theirs when introducing themselves impacts belongingness and perceptions of faculty's diversity acceptance.