LGBT Center

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December 09, 2016
The LGBT Center will host a “Family Dinner” potluck for all students, staff and faculty to gather before the end of the semester.
The event will be held Monday, Dec. 12, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 179.
Those who plan to attend are encouraged to bring their favorite ...

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November 15, 2016
The LGBT Center continues its Marginalized Orientations Gender Alignments and Intersex: Our Place in Faith series Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center’s first floor conference room.
Rev. Joe Cherry, minister for the Unitarian Universalist Society of C...

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November 14, 2016
The LGBT Center and The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s collaborative series continues with a screening of The T Word for the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The screening will be held Tuesday, Nov. 15, from noon to 2 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248.
The T Word, hosted by ...

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November 08, 2016
The LGBT Center continues its Marginalized Orientations Gender Alignments and Intersex: Our Place in Faith series Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center’s first floor conference room.
Rev. Barbara Essex, executive director of the United Protestant Campus...

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October 26, 2016
The LGBT Center will host the Marginalized Orientations Gender Alignments and Intersex: Our Place in Faith series Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center’s first floor conference room.
Kevin Lowery, chaplain and director of Covenant Student Ministries, will be th...

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October 10, 2016
The LGBT Center will celebrate National Coming Out Week Oct. 10-14 with events throughout the week.
In addition to following events, the LGBT Center staff will be available for members of the campus community to stop by to hang out and talk during office hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Frida...

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October 06, 2016
The LGBT Center and Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s collaborative series continues with “Coming Out Event - Panel on Queer Women” Thursday, Oct. 13, from noon to 1 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248.
In honor of National Coming Out Day, which is Oct. 11, the event seeks to inc...

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August 26, 2016
Liz Roccoforte remembers being a sensitive kid.
“I was easily upset by seeing others in pain, so much so that I was sometimes teased for being ‘oversensitive,’” she said.
This sensitivity, however, remains at the core of her work.
“I have a personal stake in the LGBTQ community,” said Roccoforte,...

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June 14, 2016
In May, the Department of Education and Justice released its "Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students," which clarified guidance to educational institutions regarding transgender students and Title IX.
While the university has been given guidelines in terms of governmental standards and laws,...

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June 13, 2016
In response to the tragedy at a gay nightclub in Orlando, which left 50 dead and more than 50 others wounded, the LGBT Center will host a safe space for conversation and support today (June 13) at noon in Tinkham Veale University Center, Room 179.
A counselor will be available, and all are welcome ...