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LGBTQ

Photo: Jason Campbell-Foster, a white man with gray hair and a graying beard, stands with students outside with a blue t-shirt. He is smiling and standing with his hands on his hips.

DEAN OF STUDENTS

Dean of Students Jason Campbell-Foster Is Rarely at His Desk. And That’s How He Likes It

September 14, 2023

Photo: A sharp photo of the Supreme Court building. The foreground consists of the trees lining the front and on the right of the building, the American flag flys high. The day is bright and the sky is a blue clear.

SUPREME COURT

Gay Rights, Federal Elections, and the Rest of the Supreme Court’s Historic Term

July 5, 2023

A composite image with multiple covers for LGBTQ movies and books. Included are Pageboy, It Came From The Closet, Three Months, and many others.

Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month with These 16 Books and Movies

June 20, 2023

Photo: Spectators hold rainbow flag and cheer on the marchers as the Gay Pride Parade proceeds up Sixth Avenue in New York City on June 24, 2018.

Pride Month

POV: Celebrating Pride Month Amidst a Context of Gains and Setbacks for LGBTQIA+ Rights

June 1, 2023

Photo: The LGBTQIA+ flag bellowing in the wind. The colors, from the right are white, pink, blue, brown, and black. They form a triangle pointing in. From the top, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.

PRIDE MONTH

Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with These Events in and around Boston

May 31, 2023

Photo: A group of young adults standing outside a balcony with the Boston skyline in the background. The foliage around them is green, red, and orange, indicating that is is fall outside. The members of the group are all smiling. From left, a blonde woman with straight hair wears all black. Next to her, with his arms around her shoulders, stands a man in all black with a deeper-tone skin and short, dark hair. Next to him is a shorter individual, feminine-presenting with shoulder length hair. She wears a maroon shirt and plaid pants. In front, in the middle of the group, is a woman with short, dark hair, glasses and she is wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt and plaid pants. Next to her are two woman, one with long, curly hair and the other with long, dark straight hair. The curly-haired individual wears a maroon cardigan, a tan shirt, and jeans. The other individual is in all black. Behind the pair is another pair of men, both with short, dark hair and glasses. The entire group smiling.

LGBTQIA+

LGBTQIA+ BU Student Task Force Report Makes Recommendations for Achieving a More Inclusive BU

March 1, 2023

Photo: On the left, a glass wall of a BU building on 808 Commonwealth Ave. There are students walking on the sidewalk on the right. They are wearing winter coats, indicating it's cold outside.

LGBTQ

Boston University to Open New LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center

February 23, 2023

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 8: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a bill enrollment ceremony after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, December 8, 2022. The bill mandates federal protection for same-sex marriages. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Voices & Opinion

POV: As Someone Who Identifies as Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community, Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act Feels Deeply Personal to Me

December 20, 2022

A wedding cake topper with two men in white suits

Business & Law

Can a Website Designer Turn Away Same-Sex Couples? The Supreme Court Will Decide

December 2, 2022

Kaylan Comenole (CGS’21, CAS’23), director of BU’s Center for Gender, Sexuality, & Activism (CGSA), adjusts a rack of jewelry in the center’s new Gender Affirming Room for Belonging (GARB). Students can choose items like chest binders, bra inserts, shaving supplies, clothing, and accessories. No appointment is needed to access GARB. Photo by Cydney Scott

LGBTQIA+

Free Gender-Affirming Products for Students Now Available from the Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism

December 2, 2022

transgender flag (top left), nonbinary flag (top right), gender non-conforming flag (bottom left), intersex flag (bottom right)

LGBTQIA+

Resources for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex Students

November 16, 2022

Photo: Katarina Quach poses for a photo on November 15, 2022. A young, bald, tan woman with long lashes and wearing red lipstick and a large black, oversized blazer, poses for a photo in front of a dark backdrop. Blurred, green leaves in the foreground at dimension to the photo.

Accolades

COM Student among Inaugural Cohort of Obama Foundation Voyager Scholarship Winners

November 16, 2022

Photo of David Chard, a white man with short gray hair and short gray beard. He wears a blue-gray suit and maroon tie and sits with his hand folded over his knee in what looks like a study or office. At top left and right, rainbows are overlaid.

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: David Chard

June 22, 2022

Photo of Chantel James, a young Black woman with clear glasses. She smiles, and wears a white blouse with tufted sleeves. She leans against a window in a room, presumably an office. Small pastel-colored rainbows are overlaid at left and right of the photo.

Pride

My Coming Out Story: Chantel James

June 15, 2022

PRIDE

My Coming Out Story: Luis Menéndez-Antuña

June 8, 2022

LGBTQIA+

Here’s What the Different LGBTQIA+ Flags Represent

June 7, 2022

Boston Pride

Celebrate Pride at These Events around Boston

May 31, 2022

Photo of three drag performers, Linda Marie Póssa (who also served as the event emcee), Candace Persuasian, and Chanel the Angel, on stage, at the beginning of the Lavender Ceremony. The drag queens are dressed in sparkly outfits and have big hair-dos. The trio is light by a pink light and face outward toward the audience.

LGBTQ+

BU’s First-Ever Lavender Ceremony Celebrates LGBTQ+ Graduates

May 22, 2022

Photo: Parents of transgender children and other supporters of transgender rights gathered in the capital outdoor rotunda to speak about transgender legislation being considered in the Texas House and Texas Senate in Austin, Texas. They hold a large light blue, pink, and white striped flag and wear masks.

Transgender Rights

Explaining the Latest Texas Anti-Transgender Directive

March 3, 2022

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Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Sabrina “Sabi” Liu (CAS’23)

February 25, 2022

Terriers in Charge: Sabrina “Sabi” Liu (CAS’23)