BMCC employees and students can opt to update or change their given name (first and/or middle name only) to their preferred name as well as update or change their gender identity and pronouns. No documentation is needed to update a preferred name or preferred gender identity. You can also request a new BMCC ID card and/or email address reflecting the updated information. https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/student-affairs/lgbtq/preferred-name-gender-identity/
Changing your name on legal documents like IDs is a different process – please see information here.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project – https://srlp.org/resources/changeid/
New York Courts – https://nycourts.gov/courthelp//NameChange/index.shtml
NYC 311 help – https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01024
At BMCC, all individuals have the right to use the bathroom and locker room consistent with their gender identity and expression. See the policy here.
If you have experienced discrimination, you may contact the Office of Compliance and Diversity.
Odelia Levy, Esq.
Chief Diversity Officer Title IX & Title 504 Coordinator
199 Chambers Street, Room S-735
OLevy@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: (212) 220-1236
Theresa Wade, Esq.
Deputy Director of Diversity & Title IX Compliance
199 Chambers Street, Room S-735
TWade@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: (212) 220-1273
A list of gender neutral bathrooms around campus
Main Building (199 Chambers)
- 3rd Floor South (across from the Counseling Center Rm.S-343)
- 4th Floor North
- Lower Level of Theater 1
Murray building – 3rd floor
Fiterman building – Barclays Cafe (CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE)
