Transgender Day of Remembrance 2015

Transgender Day of Remembrance is Friday, November 20, 2015 – Take action now Transgender Day of Remembrance has been established to honor and remember those who have been killed as a result of transphobic and anti-trans hate or prejudice. Every …
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Register Now: Campus Pride hosts webinar for Transgender Day of Remembrance on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in partnership with PaperClip Communications

In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, your campus can take action to create a safer space for transgender and gender-nonconforming students.   Campus Pride partners with PaperClip Communications to host a webinar “Strategies for Serving & Supporting Transgender & Gender-Nonconforming …
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#SpiritDay: Go beyond the hashtag and purple pics

“Never doubt that internet memes and colorful profile pics can change the world.  Indeed , it is the only thing that ever has.”   Wait. That’s not the powerful, grassroots inspiring quote, I remember?! _____________________________________________________ It was inevitable. I mean …
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Guest Commentary: If my daughter or son came out as trans

I wonder how I’d react if my daughter or son came out as Transgender. Recently the world lost Leelah Alcorn, a trans girl who felt too unsupported, too misunderstood, too tormented to go forward. Leelah died of homophobia, specifically transphobia, …
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Barnard College to Accept Trans Woman

After many years of student activism and a year of collaboration with students by administration, Barnard College, a private women’s liberal arts college in New York City, has changed its policies and will begin allowing all applicants who identify themselves …
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Campus Pride suspends University of Minnesota Duluth from being considered in 2015 listing of top-rated LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities; Cites recent handling of the dismissal of Women’s Ice Hockey Coach and her coaching staff who all happen to be gay or bisexual

In mid-August of 2014, Campus Pride announced its list of the top-rated LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities in the nation. For the second year in a row, the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) was on that list.  The annual listing features …
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Campus Pride awards North Carolina Central University and Harris-Stowe State University with “LGBTQ on Campus” grant to build safer, more LGBTQ-inclusive campus climates in partnership with Kognito

Campus Pride focuses on rural areas, Southern campuses and minority serving institutions with “LGBTQ on Campus” grant award in partnership with Kognito Campus Pride awards grants to North Carolina Central University and Harris-Stowe State University for one year of funding …
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Tracking Retention & Academic Success: Listing of Colleges and Universities with LGBTQ Identity Questions as an Option on Admission Applications & Enrollment Forms

Compiled by Genny Beemyn, Campus Pride Trans Policy Clearinghouse Coordinator Updated 11/25/2014 In 2013, Campus Pride issued in partnership with ACPA-College Student Educators International a position paper titled “An Institutional Responsibility: Tracking Retention & Academic Success of Out LGBT Students.”  The statement posits: …
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