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Conservative Christian college now has an LGBT group

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:00:51 +0000

A conservative Christian college in Illinois now has an LGBT group on campus formed by Alumni, reports the Chicago Tribune.

The organization, called OneWheaton, hopes to offer a safe space for(...)

Christian college blocks LGBT student site

logointern1 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:16:51 +0000

Harding University in Arkansas banned a new website focusing on gay and lesbian life on campus.

HU Queer Press launched Wednesday morning. Campus officials blocked access within the campus(...)

Rutgers to allow male, female students to be roomies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:00:24 +0000

(New Brunswick, N.J.) New Jersey’s largest university will offer a gender-neutral housing program in three dorms that aims to make the campus more inclusive for gay students.

Starting this(...)

Report: Marquette University hostile to gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:00:33 +0000

Editor’s note: This is the first of occasional reports from our friends at the Wisconsin Gazette.

Marquette University, a private, Jesuit-run institution in Milwaukee, Wisc., appears to have(...)

Neff: Is Obama bullying college campuses?

logointern1 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:00:25 +0000

I churned this over for a couple weeks because I, at times, have been accused of being overly sensitive.

But I still feel that the president, in his State of the Union address, implied that(...)

Milan offers Italy’s 1st gay studies course

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:00:34 +0000

(Milan) Giacomo Moro wasn’t going to retreat in the face of a stranger’s piercing threats because he’s gay.

The 23-year-old biology major was hanging a flyer for a gay association event at(...)

Students use online tool when looking for gay friendly colleges

logointern1 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:00:08 +0000

High school students are increasingly using gay friendly campus assessments to aid college decisions, according to the New York Times.

One resource for them is the LGBT- Friendly Campus Climate(...)

NJ senator calls for bullying law after suicide

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:30:36 +0000

(New Brunswick) Colleges should adopt a code of conduct that prohibits bullying and harassment in the wake of the suicide of a Rutgers University student whose gay sexual encounter in his dorm(...)

Mich. student says assistant AG’s blog hurtful

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:00:53 +0000

(Ann Arbor, Mich.) The openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan who claims he’s been frequently harassed by an assistant state attorney general said Wednesday that the(...)

Gay student secretly taped having sex kills himself

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:06:57 +0000

(Ridgewood, NJ) A New Jersey college student committed suicide the day after authorities say two fellow students surreptitiously recorded him having sex in his dorm room and broadcast it over(...)