LGBTQIA+ Community

Compass

Compass provides a fully inclusive community for LGBTQIA+ people, as well as straight cis friends and allies. Our goal is to celebrate diversity, provide inclusivity, and support to like-minded people at TU/e. Our events are open to all and centered around LGBTQIA+ topics.

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About us

Compass is a fully inclusive community for LGBTQ+ members as well as straight (cis) friends! We celebrate diversity by actively expanding our circle of like-minded people. Our events are open to all but centred around LGBTQ+ themes.

Because we are a new community, we have the following aims:

We want to bring people together
We want to improve the value of diversity for the TU/e

What kind of people go to Compass events?

Students (mainly TU/e)
Alumni
Staff Members
And our friends!

Why did we start Compass?

We want to show our visibility as an LGBTQ+ community at the TU/e
We want to get to know more LGBTQ+ people here
We think it’s good to unite staff and student resources
We want to be a positive influence for change at the TU/e

Here are some of the positive changes we have already achieved (excluding events):

We have introduced gender neutral language in TU/e regulations
We changed TU/e job application forms to include Female/Male/X(other)
We have been involved with national LGBTQ+ networks
We have established formal contact with the TU/e Executive Board and have the mandate to be ambassadors for positive diversity actions
We organise yearly meetings with the political parties of the TU/e to discuss their agendas for diversity and LGBTQ+ issues

But above all, we have created a community for people to meet and make friends and bond over different aspects of our lives!