January, 2007

GLBT Campus Matters - Hanuary, 2007 - Full Issue PDF
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Raising awareness on community, commuter campuses
Providing safe zones and creating allies for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students are at the top of the list for smaller and commuter-based colleges and universities. Low on staffing and high on energy, these schools are pushing forward to raise campus awareness of GLBT issues, develop programs, and raise visibility of services already in place.

From the Editor
Every time it seems as if we take one step back, look at the two steps forward we took before. What better than a timeline to track our past to our present—and reveal where we’re headed. Dona Yarbrough at Tufts University has contributed to this issue a piece that outlines the ways to put an impressive and moving history project together at your school, one that marks the march to equality by showing how far we’ve come in a relatively short time.

Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the frequently asked questions put together for the Safe Zone program at WNCC. Please see www.wncc.net/general/safezone/ index.html for more information.

Starting a GLBT Office at the University of North Florida
Emily Rokosch, GLBT education coordinator at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, opened the first GLBT office at the school in 2006. Here, Rokosch shares some of her early experiences, program ideas, and plans.

The Lives of Transgender People: Helping to Address Student Issues
Sue Rankin and Brett Genny Beemyn’s summary of their national research study on the lives of transgender people was profiled in our December issue. Their work—which is a book in progress—addressed, among other things, the identity development processes of different transgender groups in the hope that this will give colleagues insight into the needs of transgender students.

Creating Campus Queer History Projects
By Dona Yarbrough
At numerous universities, students have written histories of their school’s GLBT community as the final paper for a class, an independent study assignment, or occasionally a senior thesis. Student newspaper articles are photocopied, old flyers unearthed, faculty and alumni interviewed … and then the paper is stuck in some faculty file cabinet, never to seen by anyone again.

News Notes
New Jersey Legislature passes civil unions bill Another Colorado pastor admits to gay sex