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Texas House Passes Higher Education 'License To Discriminate'
Texas Rep. Matt Krause (R) The Texas House has approved a bill that would allow student organizations at any of the state’s public universities to willfully violate nondiscrimination policies and refuse...
Published on May 16, 2013Louisiana LGBT Graduation Ceremony Riles Critics Who Think It's A Waste Of Money
Students at LSU's Lavender Graduation (Credit: Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com) This week , Louisiana State University held its first-ever Lavender Graduation, honoring LGBT seniors. Similar ceremonies have been held for students across...
Published on May 16, 2013FAFSA Form Will Now Recognize College Students' Same-Sex Parents
...Today the U.S. Department of Education announced... education. The FAFSA currently uses the terms “mother... in the higher education financial aid process. Without...
Published on April 29, 2013Texas Lawmaker Withdraws Amendment To Punish Universities For Offering LGBT Support
... education may not use money appropriated...
Published on April 05, 2013Texas A&M Student Body President Vetoes Bill To Defund LGBT Center
Student Body President John Claybrook John Claybrook, Student Body President at Texas A&M University, has vetoed a bill passed by the student senate that would allow students to opt out of...
Published on April 05, 2013Rutgers To Oust Athletics Director Who Protected Abusive Coach
Mike Rice, disgraced coach, and Tim Pernetti, athletic director. Various media outlets, including The New Jersey Star-Ledger, are reporting today that Rutgers University is terminating its relationship with Athletic Director Tim...
Published on April 05, 2013Texas Students And Lawmakers Target University LGBT Centers
... for disease: An institution of higher education may not use...
Published on April 04, 2013Rutgers Fires Homophobic Basketball Coach, Protects Top Administrators
A new video revealed that Rutger University’s men’s basketball coach Mike Rice abused players by throwing basketballs at them violently, shoving them, and harassing them with profane and homophobic language,...
Published on April 03, 2013Tennessee Legislature Allows Two Anti-Gay Education Bills To Die
... Education Subcommittee and subsequently died. State Rep... of higher education, threatening to cut support for campus...
Published on March 27, 2013Chick-fil-A Will Not Be Coming Back To Emory University
Emory University is in Atlanta, Georgia, just 20 miles from the Chick-fil-A corporate headquarters. Since the full extent of Chick-fi-A’s anti-gay beliefs and giving fully came to light last summer,...
Published on March 11, 2013Insurance Agency Reverses, Agrees To Cover Transgender Student's Treatment
Donnie Collins, center, with two of his supportive fraternity brothers. Some fraternity brothers at Emerson College decided to an amazing thing for one of their newest members: help raise money to...
Published on March 08, 2013Why The Sequester Is (Still) A Bad Idea For LGBT Americans
.... Sequestration will make higher education less accessible... in accessing higher education, sequestration will result... students and a reduction in supplemental educational...
Published on February 28, 2013Tennessee Joins Bandwagon Protecting Discrimination In Higher Education
Tennessee Sen. Mae Beavers (R) Tennessee is the latest state to be considering bills that would enshrine discrimination on university campuses. A bill from Rep. Mark Pody (R) threatening campus police...
Published on February 27, 2013Texas Republicans Threaten Funding For Schools With Pro-LGBT Policies
...-dollars are for educating kids, not for enacting policies that attempt... is more important than funding education. Nothing...
Published on February 25, 2013Westboro Baptist Church Prompts Huge Vassar College Fundraiser For The Trevor Project
Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY is one of the most LGBT-friendly universities in the country, which is enough to prompt Westboro Baptist Church to protest there. According to the group,...
Published on February 13, 2013Tennessee Bill Would Eliminate Campus Police If Universities Don't Allow Christian Clubs To Discriminate
...Higher education is becoming a growing front...
Published on February 12, 2013Virginia Senate Endorses Discrimination By University Student Groups
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) The Virginia Senate has followed the lead of the House of Delegates and approved a bill with a 22-18 vote that would require public universities to fund...
Published on February 05, 2013Virginia Lawmakers Approve Bill Forcing Universities To Fund Student Groups That Discriminate
... education that has granted recognition of and access...
Published on January 31, 2013Emory University Students Aren't Backing Down Campaign Against Campus Chick-fil-A
LGBT students at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia have been campaigning against the Chick-fil-A franchise on campus because of the company’s anti-gay policies and giving. The campus community has had...
Published on January 30, 2013Despite Dan Cathy's New Gay Friendship, Nothing Has Changed At Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy Campus Pride executive director Shane Windmeyer revealed on the Huffington Post Monday that he and Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy are now friends. Windmeyer is gay, married, and...
Published on January 28, 2013
