Camille is a twentysomething working in the LGBT nonprofit industry. She runs an LGBT news blog at gaywrites.org.
The Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C. and home to some 7,000 undergraduates and graduate students, formally rejected a proposal for a university-sanctioned LGBT student group earlier this month. The reason?: The official reason given by university administrators to supporters of the club -– which included 20 of the 23 members of the school’s Student Association and representatives from multiple other campus student groups –- for the rejection was that administrators fear such a group would become an advocacy organization. Read more
Earlier this month, the New York Times made the bold (and very true) claim that President Barack Obama’s support among LGBT voters practically won him the election. Obama beat Gov. Mitt Romney three-to-one among the 5% of voters who identify as LGBT, according to exit polls, constituting “more than enough to give him the ultimate advantage.” Read more
LGBT activists and advocates: Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day observed annually around the world to honor transgender people who have been murdered because of discrimination and bigotry. Here you’ll find a list of events around the world where groups will be getting together to commemorate with candlelight vigils and other programs. Read more
