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Campus Pride Index: 2022 5 stars for ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ for being an LGBTQ-Friendly Campus

ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ has achieved a five-star rating on the Campus Pride Index for 2022—a perfect score.

According to Campus Pride, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ has scored 93 percent for overall campus pride, 92 percent for sexual orientation and 94 percent for gender identity and expression, all up from last year. .

The Campus Pride Index is the premier national LGBTQIA+ benchmarking tool and overall indicator of institutional commitment to LGBTQIA+-inclusive policy, program and practice.

“In less than five years, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ has gone from three to five stars on the Campus Pride rating,” said R. Sentwali Bakari, PhD, vice president for student affairs at ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. “This achievement is a primary example of our commitment to incremental change year over year to create a truly inclusive and welcoming environment for our LGBTQIA+ community.”

Since its creation in 2009, the ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Pride committee has addressed challenges, influenced University policies and changed student procedures to promote the acceptance, respect and inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community. In conjunction with University partners, some of the group’s achievements include gender-inclusive campus housing and bathrooms, rainbow pride and transgender flags on campus, transgender awareness events, specialized training for students and staff, and counseling and support groups for the community and its allies.

Primary initiatives that increased ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ’s status this year include the University’s new Multicultural Center, the shift of the gender studies minor to the gender and sexuality studies minor, establishment of a scholarship and funding opportunity for students to attend an LGBTQIA+ conference, and the formation of a new student organization, Beyond the Binary.

Learn more about ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Pride.

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