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LGBTQ+

Obama Signs Hate Crime Provisions Into Law

Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

October 28, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation

Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”

October 8, 2009

Students

Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs

Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.

July 6, 2009

LGBTQ+

Holder Urges New Hate Crimes Law

Attorney General Eric Holder said this week that recent killings show the need for a tougher U.S. hate crimes law to stop “violence masquerading as political activism.”

June 17, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech Decision Sparks Debate on Diversity Work and Faculty Evaluations

The decision by Virginia Tech to abandon a controversial proposal aimed at requiring faculty to engage in diversity-related activities, has prompted a larger debate on college campuses across the nation over what role, if any, should diversity work play in the evaluation of faculty members.

April 22, 2009

LGBTQ+

Texas Christian University To Offer Housing for GLBT Students

This fall, Texas Christian University will offer on-campus apartments for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students, as well as heterosexual students who support them, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

April 8, 2009

LGBTQ+

Gainesville, Fla., Anti-discrimination Laws Kept

Voters on Tuesday turned down a measure that could have stripped Gainesville government’s anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents.

March 25, 2009

LGBTQ+

Gainesville, Fla., Votes on Gay Discrimination Ban

Voters in this university city went to the polls Tuesday in an election that could strip the local government’s anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents.

March 24, 2009

Students

A SPACE OF THEIR OWN

Ethnic-themed dorms offer a supportive environment for minorities, but critics say they stunt personal growth by promoting self-segregation.

December 10, 2008

Students

N.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the Diversity

St. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.

November 11, 2008

Students

Perspectives: Obama’s Election to Undercut Affirmative Action? Not a Chance

The title for this article was selected in response to this writer’s initial and continued uneasiness in relationship to the question posed by the title of a Diverse Online article of July 2, 2008, “Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?”

September 9, 2008

LGBTQ+

Group: UW-Madison will be biggest university with gay leader

A gay rights group says Biddy Martin would be the first openly gay person to lead a university as big as University of Wisconsin-Madison.

May 29, 2008