At Seattle Pacific Universy, stunts have spent weeks fightg anti-gay polici mon among Christian schools
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" 'You do you':People share their emotnal stori to help others on Natnal Comg Out DayThe universy had Gay Rights Activists arrted March 2006, orred ctom textbooks omtg a sectn on gays June 2016 and was clud the Boston v. Teachers at Malone Universy are required to sign and adhere to Communy Rponsibili, which prohib homosexual activy, acrdg to The Canton Reposory, a part of the USA TODAY Network. Ultimately, she was asked to universy received backlash om stunts and alumni who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny, as well as LGBTQ supporters and alli.
Stg among rabow flags and handma signs clarg such thgs as “God ma me gay” outsi the Seattle Pacific Universy print’s office last week, Jo Snlan scribed a moment om a psychoblogy of women urse at the private Christian profsor had explaed that sex and genr were not the same, said Snlan, 32, an had been no talk of beg transgenr or tersex, Snlan relled to the group of current LGBTQ+ stunts. But the school is certaly not alone the one-third of US Christian lleg and universi have bans on such thgs as “homosexual acts” or “homosexual behavr”, acrdg to a 2019 study published Soclogil Spectm.
The higher tn associatn Council for Christian Colleg & Universi clus more than 140 schools around the world that have agreed to support such polici as “timate sexual relatns … are tend for persons a marriage between one man and one woman” polici n exist thanks to relig exemptns unr Tle IX, the feral tn law barrg discrimatn based on sex, and Tle VII, the law prohibg employment discrimatn based on sex, among other thgs, explaed Evan Gerstmann, a polil science profsor at Loyola Marymount a third of US Christian lleg and universi have bans on such thgs as ‘homosexual acts’, acrdg to a 2019 study. Taped on the wall was a list of “hoe l”, cludg “Be clean, be safe, be kd, and be gay”. “By refg to remove this policy, is discrimatory and is homophobic, but also jt really puts our universy jeopardy, ” said Guillot, who is studyg Christian theology and social jtice and cultural Guillot, who is Christian and non-bary, said went beyond that.
Acrdg to a College Pulse survey, nearly two thirds of stunts say there is discrimatn agast gay and lbian stunts on their mp * gay rights college *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) stunts are more visible than ever on U. Of particular ncern are stunt reports of harassment classrooms and other learng ntexts, of wispread cyber bullyg, and of the amplifitn of racism and sexism through homophobic and transphobic harassment.
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgenr Equy Center serv all LGBTQ+ stunts, faculty, and staff at the universy. The center also facilat participatn events such as the Pri Para, Black Gay Pri Week, Dragstavaganza, and Trans Day of Remembrance.
The center was created 1992 after a remendatn om the Select Commtee for Lbian and Gay Concerns. Acrdg to a new survey nducted by College Pulse, 64 percent of llege stunts said there is a lot or some discrimatn agast gay and lbian stunts on their mp. The mpaign seeks to prohib discrimatn hog, employment and public acmodatns for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Pennsylvanians.