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LGBTQ+

Higher Ed Supports LGBTQ Communities After Orlando Shootings

In the wake of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where gunman Omar Marteen took the lives of 49 early last Sunday morning, the higher education community is offering its support.

June 17, 2016

Students

Brooks Gives Unique Perspective on Two Worlds at Cal State Fullerton

Dr. Siobhan Brooks has created the first class of its kind at Cal State Fulerton chronicling the Black LGBT experience.

June 14, 2016

Students

Yale’s Gender Neutral Bathrooms Part of Changing Climate

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Visitors at Yale University’s 315th commencement will notice something new on campus this year ― gender-neutral bathrooms in 23 buildings. The school is promoting them on its website for Monday’s commencement, complete with a link to a map showing where they can be found. It is one of several changes made […]

May 22, 2016

Students

UNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed Funds

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]

May 11, 2016

Students

N.C. College System’s Federal Funds in Crosshairs of LGBT Law

RALEIGH, N.C. ― North Carolina’s prized public universities could be the biggest losers as state leaders defend a new law limiting the rights of LGBT people. The 17-university system, which includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University as well several historically Black colleges, risks losing more than $1.4 […]

May 5, 2016

LGBTQ+

Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Allowing Therapists to Turn Away LGBT Patients

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed legislation Wednesday that allows counselors and therapists to turn away clients based on the practitioners’ “sincerely held principles,” a move criticized by professional organizations and LGBT-rights groups alike. House Bill 1840, also known as Senate Bill 1556, shields counselors from being required to provide services to clients if providing those […]

April 27, 2016

Sports

Emmert: North Carolina Law Could Make NCAA Turn Away

HOUSTON ― For the second straight year, NCAA President Mark Emmert faced questions at his Final Four news conference about a state’s religious exemption law that critics say allows discrimination against gays, lesbians and others. And for the second straight year, Emmert said the association is prepared to refrain from doing business in that state […]

March 31, 2016

LGBTQ+

White House Appoints First Transgender Person as LGBT Liaison

The White House has named Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a transgender woman, as its primary liaison for LGBT issues. Freedman-Gurspan, who became the first openly transgender White House staff member last year, will be the first out trans person to serve as the White House’s LGBT liaison. In August, Freedman-Gurspan was named outreach and recruitment director in the presidential […]

March 14, 2016

Students

Bowie State University Leads the Pack for HBCU LGBTQ Inclusion and Diversity

HRC Foundation is pleased to announce that Bowie State University is the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to have a Queer Cultural Studies course approved. This is not the first time that Bowie State University has been at the forefront of LGBTQ inclusion and equality within a HBCU. The school was also the […]

March 2, 2016

LGBTQ+

Columbia Unveils LGBTQ Faculty Diversity Initiative, First Among Peer Institutions

When Dean of Humanities Sharon Marcus was a student at Brown, there were no professors dedicated to LGBTQ scholarship. Now, as part of a new initiative announced to faculty last week, Columbia will hire four faculty members who specialize in queer studies. “I’m very excited because this is a field in which I’ve worked,” Marcus […]

January 28, 2016

LGBTQ+

What’s an LGBTQ College Student Center, Anyway?

I have found that our work is most impactful in the moments that we become a part of our students’ journeys of development.

October 8, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CU to Cover Transition Surgeries for Transgender Employees

The University of Colorado expects to soon begin covering the cost of transition surgery for transgender faculty and staff, the Daily Camera reported Friday.

February 8, 2015