Learn More Series: Queerfolk, Transfolk, Fatfolk, Blackfolk: Intersections of Queer and Black Identities
To be Black and queer is to live at the margins within the margins, erased from both mainstream heteronormative culture and white-dominant LGBTQIA+ culture. It means inhabiting a body that is hypervisible, overpoliced, and under constant threat from society. It also means inhabiting a body in a world where desirability is political, a form of […]
Fall 2022 Learn More Series Film Festival: Stonewall Forever
Fall 2022 Learn More Series Film Festival: Stonewall Forever Join BU Diversity & Inclusion for multiple opportunities to view Ro Haber’s “Stonewall Forever” (2019), a 21-minute documentary that brings together voices from over 50 years of LGBTQ activism to explore the ongoing legacy of the Stonewall Riots, whose history is equally cherished and charged. The […]
Learn More Series: “A” is for Asexual Liberation: Centering Ace & Aro Identities and Creating a Movement
Despite our societal obsession with sex, sexual attraction and desire are not experienced by all and exist on a spectrum. Over the past 20 years, the asexual and aromantic (or ace and aro) communities have gained visibility and awareness thanks to leaders like David Jay, an asexual activist, and Angela Chen, a journalist and acclaimed […]
Learn More Series: “We’re Not Going Back”: Protecting and Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights in 2022
Activists have described it as civil rights whiplash: Despite all of the progress in LGBTQIA+ rights, visibility, and acceptance in this new century, a wave of transphobia and homophobia is sweeping the nation. This year alone, more than 200 pieces of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation have been introduced in 36 states, the majority targeting trans and nonbinary […]
Learn More Series: Queer History IS American History: Historical Perspectives on LGBTQIA+ Identity and Experience
If the silencing of queer voices in school curricula tells us anything, it is this: History matters. As LGBTQIA+ History Month gets underway, join BU Diversity & Inclusion and the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff for a Learn More Series panel event featuring all-star scholars whose work has sought to reclaim LGBTQIA+ history and […]
Meet the First-ever BU D&I STARS Program Cohort
August 29, 2022 — BU Diversity & Inclusion announced the first-ever cohort of eight STARS Program participants. First launched in spring 2022, the BU D&I STARS Program (Supporting Thriving, Achievement, Retention & Success) is a learning community of early career BU faculty on the Charles River Campus who meet regularly throughout the academic year to […]
BU D&I Spring Preview 2022
December 9, 2021 — In the spring 2022 semester, Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) will continue to build capacity, foster communities, and promote thriving through a lineup of events, workshops, and programs. Throughout the semester, check the BU D&I Events Calendar to register for upcoming programs and subscribe to the BU D&I Newsletters […]
BU Today: “White Skin Privilege” in Rittenhouse, Arbery Verdicts
“If Kyle Rittenhouse had been Black, would he have even survived that night?” asks LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Learn More Series: Disability in the Arts with Kristina Wong
For this BU Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) Learn More Series keynote speaker event, performance artist and comedian Kristina Wong uses humor to make smart social statements about the sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious ways that race, mental health, and gender play out in America today. She performed an abridged piece from her show “Wong Flew […]
Meet the 2022-23 Inclusion Catalyst Grant Recipients
November 12, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) is proud to announce the 17 Inclusion Catalyst Grant funding recipients for the 2022-23 academic year. Each fall semester, BU D&I issues a call for proposals for faculty, staff, or students in the BU community to apply for up to $2,000 in grant funding […]