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Georgetown Students Protest Anti-Transgender Catholic Group’s Campus Presence

May 26, 2022/2 Comments/in Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights /by Andru Zodrow

When a group of anti-transgender protestors arrived at the front gates of Georgetown University this past semester, students quickly organized an impromptu counter-protest to support trans students Read More

Celebrating LGBTQ History Month on Jesuit Campuses

October 31, 2020/0 Comments/in Higher Education /by Brian Kaufman

October is LGBTQ History Month and, like many years, Catholic universities and colleges celebrated on campus. Here are a few reports from Jesuit campuses this semester. Read More

Georgetown U. Students Seek Changes at Conference Named for LGBTQ-Negative Cardinal

March 31, 2020/2 Comments/in Higher Education, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Melissa Feito

The editorial board of Georgetown University’s student newspaper is calling for the Jesuit school to reform its annual pro-life conference to distance the meeting from a deceased anti-LGBTQ prelate, as well as from anti-LGBTQ organizations and speakers. Read More

CAMPUS CHRONICLES: Edgewood College Opens Queer Student Center; Georgetown University Celebrates OUTober; And More

November 9, 2019/2 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Kevin Molloy

Today's Campus Chronicles features several stories, including the launch of Edgewood College's new Queer Student Center and several campus celebrations of LGBTQ Pride. Read More

CAMPUS CHRONICLES: Round-Up of LGBTQ News at Catholic Colleges

December 27, 2018/0 Comments/in Higher Education, Transgender /by Lindsay Hueston

As 2018 comes to a close, here are some news briefs about the LGBTQ sphere on Catholic campuses. Read More

Gay Student Rejected by Family Gets a Full Ride to Georgetown

September 8, 2018/8 Comments/in Higher Education /by Lindsay Hueston

Georgetown University has offered a full scholarship to an incoming student who was kicked out of his home because he was gay. Read More

Georgetown University Accused of Moving Funds from Anti-Equality Group to LGBTQ Group

February 9, 2018/1 Comment/in Higher Education, Marriage & Family /by Lizzie Sextro

Georgetown University is facing investigations regarding redirection of funding from an explicitly pro-family student group to pro-LGBTQ organizations. Read More

After Initial Rejection, Georgetown University Opens LGBT Residential Community

January 18, 2018/3 Comments/in Higher Education, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Students at Georgetown University looking to explore gender and sexuality will now be able to do so in a new residential community, reported campus newspaper The Hoya. Read More

Georgetown Students Vote to Preserve LGBT-Negative Group’s Funding

November 6, 2017/1 Comment/in Higher Education /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A student group at Georgetown University which promotes anti-LGBT views will retain its funding after facing student complaints. Read More

Georgetown Students Organize Against Campus Anti-Equality Group

October 25, 2017/3 Comments/in Higher Education, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Students at Georgetown University have begun organizing against an anti-LGBT campus group, which critics claim is intolerant and therefore should not receive University support. But censoring opposing voices is not the way for Catholic higher education to move forward. Here is the right way. . . Read More

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