The LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff engages the BU community to foster a sense of belonging and connectedness for LGBTQIA+ faculty and staff; increase the visibility of LGBTQIA+ resources, research, and scholarship; celebrate the contributions of the diverse LGBTQIA+ community at BU; and improve recruitment and retention of LGBTQIA+ faculty and staff in the development of an inclusive and equitable workplace. The center is a physical and virtual space where members of the community can network, share experiences, engage in intellectual interchange, and find community. The center provides programming, consultation, professional development, resources, and advocacy that fosters an inclusive and affirming living, learning, and workplace environment. Through an intersectional focus, collaboration, and opportunities for synergy, we seek to spark transformation.
The center exists to help the whole you grow and thrive, from our Scholars Series to professional training to support when you need it.
We've gathered some resources inclusive of the varied needs of our diverse and intersectional community.
From BU Today by Doug Most. February 14, 2023 Strong response rate in 2021 Korn Ferry survey has led to many changes, especially with hiring and onboarding new employees, HR head says Read the full post in BU Today.
Are you a current graduate student? Do you have enthusiasm for working on design, communications and social media? Are you interested in working to support the LGBTQIA+ community at BU? Come work for us!
From BU Today by Cydney Scott. February 5, 2023 Sydney Villegas (CAS’24) was among the book lovers attending BU Diversity & Inclusion’s Banned Books Story Time, held February 2 at the Howard Thurman Center in observance of World Read-Aloud Day. During the reading marathon, those attending took turns reading aloud banned picture books featuring LGBTQIA+ […]
From BU Today by Cydney Scott. December 17, 2022 Alexis Fearing (CAMED’23), LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff programming and communications graduate assistant, putting some finishing touches on the center’s memorial for those murdered at Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q in November. The memorial is on display in the center’s office, and on December 21 […]
The LGBTQIA+ community is mourning the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs this past weekend. We remember Daniel Davis Aston, Kelly Loving, Raymond Green Vance, Ashley Paugh and Derrick Wayne Rump whose lives were taken too soon. Our hearts go out to their loved ones, to survivors of the shooting, and to all in […]
From BU Today by Alene Bouranova. November 14, 2022 SARP, Q, and local nonprofit team up to offer a safe space for students dealing with family conflict Read the full article in BU Today.
From The Brink by Sophie Yarin. August 3, 2022 “The situation is getting more and more complicated,” says BU virologist John Connor Read the full article in The Brink.
From Bostonia by John O'Rourke. June 30, 2022 Sarah Prager says she wrote Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ People Who Made History so middle grade readers could enter adolescence knowing something about “the incredible LGBTQ people who shaped our world.” Rainbow Revolutionaries features stories about an Angolan queen, an Olympic athlete, a Civil War soldier, and […]