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Section: Demographics > LGBTQ+
Students
McBride Taking Equity, Access Advocacy to Next Level
When it comes to LGBTQ and queer studies, Dr. Dwight A. McBride has been a pioneering theorist, churning out groundbreaking scholarship that examines the intersection of race and sexuality.
June 7, 2017
LGBTQ+
Campus Minister No Longer Faces Discipline for Same-sex Wedding
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A United Methodist Church organization has decided not to discipline a University of Iowa campus minister who performed a same-sex wedding. The Appointive Cabinet of the Iowa Conference had filed a complaint against the Rev. Anna Blaedel, charging her with practices considered “to be incompatible with Christian teaching.” She’s executive director […]
June 6, 2017
Students
Campus LGBTQ Organizations Hit Their Stride
Faculty and staff LGBTQ caucuses, or standing committees as they are sometimes known, have been instrumental in encouraging college administrations to create more inclusive campus environments.
June 5, 2017
Students
Gender-inclusive Locker Room Planned for UC Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California, Berkeley plans to build a gender-inclusive locker room at its campus gym. When the locker room opens next year it will include private changing rooms, showers, lockers and bathrooms stalls. It will also serve as a gender-neutral access point to the campus swim facility. Campus officials say men, […]
May 31, 2017
Leadership & Policy
LGBTQ College Presidents: Work Not Over for Those Who are ‘Out’
When Dr. Raymond E. Crossman, president of Adler University, first helped to launch LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education back in 2010, it began with only a dozen or so members.
May 30, 2017
Students
LGBTQ Group at Fordham Says No to Chick-fil-A
Fordham University — one of America’s oldest Jesuit institutions — has rejected a proposal to build a Chick-fil-A on its campus in protest of comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy about same-sex marriage.
May 18, 2017
Students
Some Notre Dame Students Plan to Walk Out During Pence Speech
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A University of Notre Dame student says he and some others plan to protest Vice President Mike Pence’s Sunday commencement address at the school by walking out on the speech. Protest organizer Bryan Ricketts tells the South Bend Tribune he expects 50 to 100 fellow graduating students to silently leave just […]
May 18, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Montreat College Mandates Staff Opposition to Gay Marriage
MONTREAT, N.C. — A private North Carolina Christian college is insisting that its faculty and staff sign a document that opposes same-sex marriage and abortion. One faculty member says she and eight of her colleagues have refused to sign it and are leaving the school. News media outlets report that part of Montreat College’s “Community […]
April 30, 2017
Sports
Athletic Director: Complaints, Not Bias, Led to Iowa Coach’s Firing
DES MOINES, Iowa — University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said Monday that three rounds of complaints from parents and field hockey players prompted an investigation into the program that ultimately led to the firing of coach Tracey Griesbaum in 2014. Griesbaum’s termination is a central piece of a lawsuit filed by former top […]
April 24, 2017
Sports
ACC Extends Deals With North Carolina Sites after Law Revision
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has added a replacement year to contracts for North Carolina venues that lost championships when the league relocated events due to a law limiting protections against LGBT people. The ACC had pulled 10 neutral-site championships for the 2016-17 season. The state passed a compromise bill to roll back […]
April 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Marching for Science? Bring a Mirror
I implore you to take a hard look at the politics within your supposedly apolitical, objective science. These barriers to scientific advancement existed well before Trumpland.
April 17, 2017
Sports
Ex-official’s Trial to Focus on Bias Claims Against Iowa AD
DES MOINES, Iowa — The former associate athletic director at the University of Iowa will square off against the school in a trial Monday that centers on her claim that she suffered discrimination as a gay female who fought bias in college sports. The trial in a lawsuit brought by Jane Meyer is expected to […]
April 16, 2017
LGBTQ+
Transgender University Employees Sue Over Insurance Cuts
MADISON, Wis. — Two transgender University of Wisconsin employees are suing the state’s insurance board and the UW System after it stopped covering sex reassignment procedures. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wisconsin on Friday filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of anthropology graduate student Alina Boyden and cancer researcher Shannon Andrews. […]
April 9, 2017
LGBTQ+
Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination of LGBT
CHICAGO — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53-year-old law. The 8-to-3 decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit […]
April 5, 2017
Sports
HB 142 Meets With NCAA Approval, Civil Rights Groups’ Criticism
Critics of the bill’s replacement, House Bill 142, said that it continues the same discriminatory practices of HB2. Some referred to it as “HB2.0.”
April 4, 2017
Students
Project Aims to Help School Nurses Tackle Suicide Rates
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers in New Mexico, California and Maryland are working with public school nurses in hopes of curbing suicide rates within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by making school grounds safer. University of New Mexico pediatrics professor Mary Ramos and colleagues at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the […]
March 28, 2017
Students
University of Colorado Weighs Asking Applicants for Sexual Orientation
BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is considering asking student applicants to disclose their sexual orientation. The Daily Camera reports that many colleges have already added this question to their applications and CU officials believe it will create a more welcoming environment. University officials say they are also considering adding the question to better […]
March 27, 2017
LGBTQ+
Matthew Adams Not Hesitant to Stand Out on Campus
Dr. Matthew Adams has heard that there are other LGBT staff members at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, but he hasn’t met any of them.
March 26, 2017
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