Shane Windmeyer

Campus Pride applauds the reintroduction today in the U.S. House of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA). The bipartisan measure prohibits any school program (including colleges/universities) or activity receiving federal financial assistance from discriminating against any public school student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Campus Pride has supported the [...]

  “What is consistently missing from the national discussion is the LGBT voice as well as formal research about the systemic issues faced by LGBT young adult athletes today. In order to address homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in sports, we need to take action based on research which informs us about the LGBTQ athletes experience [...]

by Shane L. Windmeyer, Huffington Post Gay Voices I spent New Year’s Eve at the red-blooded, all-American epicenter of college football: at the Chick-fil-A Bowl, next to Dan Cathy, as his personal guest. It was among the most unexpected moments of my life. Yes, after months of personal phone calls, text messages and in-person meetings, [...]

University of Iowa becomes the first public institution and the second, and largest, U.S. institution of higher education to ask students demographic questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in college admissions Campus Pride, the nation’s leading educational organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for lesbian, gay, [...]

The organizations will continue as separate 501(c)3 non-profits with separate governing boards and reporting structures; formal agreement expected in 90 days. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 19, 2012 – On Wednesday, November 14, the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation shared plans for a new strategic alliance between the StandUp Foundation and Campus Pride at the Compete Sports Diversity [...]

Campus Pride calls on college students across the country to help fundraise for the Ali Forney Center for LGBT homeless youth as well as other victims of Hurricane Sandy.      The Ali Forney Center, based in New York City, is the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working on behalf of LGBT runaway and homeless [...]

Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer was at Texas Tech University in Lubbick, Texas, on Tuesday, delivering a message of inclusion, safety and respect for LGBT students. An excerpt from a report by Texas Tech’s student newspaper, The Daily Toreador: Steven Lara, a junior political science major from Tahoka, said he saw an advertisement for [...]

Today, Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer and Pennsylvania State University researcher Sue Rankin, Ph.D., an author of our 2010 “The State of Higher Education for LGBT People,” are attending the annual conference of the American College Personnel Association in Louisville, Ken. The two are presenting, “To Ask or Not to Ask: LGBT Identity Questions [...]

Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer on LGBT-identity questions and college admissions forms at The Huffington Post today: In order to best serve the needs of out LGBT college students, it is imperative that colleges and universities give these students the option to self-identify on the college admission form. This way the campus can take [...]

On Saturday, Feb. 11, Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer will be a featured speaker at the Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values Central Region Conference in St. Louis, Mo., the largest of the AFLV’s regional gatherings across the country. How does your school stack up?Visit Campus Pride’s unique Campus Climate Index to search over [...]