Montgomery County, Maryland, an ultra-liberal county north of Washington, D.C., became the first public school system in the U.S. to approve an LGBTQ history course in K-12 education on May 12. Per official documents, the…
Topic: LGBTQIA
Anti-Trump Sentiment among Professors is Alive and Well, per Poll
A recent poll of presidential scholars in academia showed their anti-Trump biases, where they ranked President Trump at the bottom of leadership and diversity and inclusion categories among the fourteen modern U.S. presidents.
SMU Theology Course ‘Queer Bible Hermeneutics’ Interprets the Bible from LGBTQIA+ Perspective
Southern Methodist University has a course which interprets the Bible from the LGBTQIA+ perspective and whose reading material includes a commentary on the “Queer Bible.”
Young Democratic Socialist Student Chapter at Texas State Celebrated Its Non-Straight Board Members
A pro-socialism student chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America at Texas State University recently posted on its Twitter social media platform that it is proud that none of its committee members are straight…
University Art Administrator Created Art Exhibit for D.C. that ‘Challenges …White, Hetero-Centrol Logic of the Erotic”
George Washington University’s art administrator created an art exhibit for the District of Columbia that challenges the “limited, white, hetero-centric logic of the erotic.”
You can Minor in Queer Studies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
A new minor for students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: Queer studies.
$1 Million Donation to VCU for Scholarships on Gender and Sexuality Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University received $1 million for scholarship for students in the university’s sexuality studies programs.
LGBT Activist goes to Harvard, Interprets Bible as Approving of Monogamous, Gay Relationships
Matthew Vines, a “queer rights activist,” spoke at Harvard University and interpreted the Bible differently than Christian and Jewish biblical scholars on monogamous, heterosexual relationships.
Georgia Tech’s ‘Queer Women’s Sex’ Event Barred Heterosexuals from Attending
Georgia Tech, public university, hosted a “Queer Women’s Sex” event and it excluded heterosexual students from attending.
LGBT Center Administrator Claimed LGBT Centers Perpetuate ‘Homonormative Whiteness’
An assistant director for LGBTQIA programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Jonathan Pryor, wrote in an academic journal that LGBT centers like his marginalize LGBT students due to perpetuating “homonormative whiteness.”