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LGBTQ+
University of Memphis Students Say They Were Kicked Out of a Party With Homophobic Slurs
Two students at the University of Memphis were allegedly kicked out of an off-campus party and subjected to homophobic slurs, prompting an investigation, WMC5 Action News reported. The students, Benjamin Buckley and Luke Chapman, say they attended a house party affiliated with a fraternity where they were threatened, called derogatory names, told they didn’t belong […]
October 29, 2019
LGBTQ+
Creating an LGBTQ+ Friendly Campus
Although higher education has been lauded for fostering an inclusive environment which facilitates identity development, college campuses are not immune to occurrences of hate and bias. Frequently these occurrences are unintentionally perpetuated by institutional policies and campus culture.
October 8, 2019
LGBTQ+
Is Hollywood Ready for Its Close-Up? UCLA Scholars Examine Progress in Diversity
A new UCLA study found that “current status quo approaches to addressing the entertainment industry’s diversity problem have failed to move the needle in any significant way.”
September 22, 2019
LGBTQ+
Gender-Minority Mental Health Study: Change Needed on Campuses
Students who identify as transgender, gender-nonconforming, genderqueer and nonbinary are far more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers, Boston University researchers and collaborators reveal in an article published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
August 19, 2019
LGBTQ+
College Removes Transgender Student from Campus Housing After Surgery
A 21-year-old transgender man says Welch College, a private religious school in Tennessee, kicked him out after he got breast-reduction surgery, the Associated Press has reported. Yanna Awtrey says he was outed to school officials, who ordered him to conceal his gender identity and attend Christian therapy. Awtrey said he started transitioning in the spring […]
August 13, 2019
LGBTQ+
Tyler Clementi’s Death Continues to Prompt Action
For Rutgers—the public flagship research university in New Jersey—Tyler Clementi’s death represented an opportunity to turn an awful tragedy into a valuable learning experience. It was an opportunity to turn pain into healing.
June 9, 2019
LGBTQ+
Lavender Graduations Set to Celebrate 25th Anniversary Next Year
Lavender Graduations have now become commonplace on many colleges campuses in the United States and abroad. But it wasn’t always that way.
June 6, 2019
LGBTQ+
Leadership Must Possess Soul
During the 1970s, the concept of “soul” was on full display. Perhaps at the most basic level, “soul” pertained to a gracefully elegant, even rhythmic way of life that exhibited a confident cultural swagger manifested in various ways by Blacks.
June 6, 2019
LGBTQ+
Survey Shows More Americans Don’t Care About Coworkers’ Sexuality
A new research study shows that an increasing number of Americans don’t care about their coworkers’ sexuality or gender expression. A survey in May of more than 2,000 employees revealed that 60 percent of Americans have no preference about with whom they work, compared to 55 percent the prior year, according to Bospar, a California-based […]
June 5, 2019
LGBTQ+
Educational Policy that is Inclusive of the LGBTQ Students at HBCUs
Unfortunately, when we talk about diversity, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students are often excluded from the conversation. The gaps in federal educational policy and a lack of institutional policy fails to address queer issues and leaves college students that identify as Queer unprotected from discrimination.
May 14, 2019
LGBTQ+
Panel: Marginalized Groups Need Diversity Officers
Diversity officers should help cultivate a campus climate where coalitions are built to benefit underserved student populations and where the historical trauma experienced by various minority groups is addressed. That’s what experts said during a plenary panel discussion Friday at the 13th annual conference of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.
March 8, 2019
LGBTQ+
Rider University Dean Steps Down From Post After University Blocks Chick-Fil-A From Coming to Campus
Dr. Cynthia Newman, dean of the College of Business Administration at Rider University, has stepped down from her post following the university’s decision to prevent a Chick-fil-A from opening a chain on campus. Newman claimed that the school’s choice and words about the restaurant chain’s values don’t align with her beliefs as a Christian woman. […]
March 6, 2019
Latinx
Queer Latinx … Yep We’re Here
Today, as a Queer, college educated, person of color I carry marginalization in some university spaces, while holding the privilege of being a Ph.D. student in others. My privilege provides an opportunity to act as a visual to college students, staff and faculty towards these two points: that I was meant to be in this space and that my community will continue to be here after I am gone.
March 6, 2019
LGBTQ+
Thoughts on Jussie Smollett for My Diversity and Media Class
When you teach a course called “Diversity in Media”, Jussie Smollett provided one heck of a teachable moment.
February 25, 2019
LGBTQ+
Harvard University Names Janet Mock 2019 Harvard Artist of the Year
Harvard University has named transgender activist, writer, producer, advocate and director Janet Mock as the 2019 Harvard University Artist of the Year. The award will be presented to Mock at the annual Harvard Cultural Rhythms festival on March 9 in Memorial Hall’s Sanders Theatre. Last year, Mock made television history as the first transgender woman […]
February 22, 2019
LGBTQ+
Temple University is First Institution in the Region to Display ‘Progress’ Pride Flag
Temple University has hung the “Progress” Pride flag above a student lounge in the atrium of the university’s Howard Gittis Student Center. The flag is a symbol of acceptance, a conversation starter and a statement that the institution is inclusive and supportive “of everybody,” Temple senior director of student center operations Jason Levy told the […]
February 6, 2019
LGBTQ+
Mutcherson Marks Three Major Firsts for Rutgers Law School in Camden
Noted bioethics and health law scholar Kimberly Mutcherson is the first woman, first African-American and first LGBT person to be named co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden.
January 3, 2019
LGBTQ+
Faculty Bring Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies to LaGuardia Community College
With shifting notions of gender and sexuality, ongoing discussions about reproductive rights and the emergence of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, a cohort of faculty members at LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) within the City University of New York system saw a need for a program that could provide students with an understanding of the systems and theories that shape the world around them.
December 13, 2018
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