The University recently announced its plans to relocate the LGBT Resource Center, which will now be housed on the first floor of the Homewood Apartments. This new space will serve as the centralized hub for all the LGBT groups on campus, including the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Alliance (DSAGA); Out in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (oSTEM); the Peabody Gay-Straight Alliance and Gertrude Stein Society. With such a large domain of student groups, we assume that this new space will host many events, group discussions and even simple study sessions.
The Editorial Board is thrilled with the administration’s plans to develop a new LGBT Resource Center. It did not take long for the original LGBT center to outgrow its space, so hopefully this larger presence on campus will give the groups the additional resources they need to set the bar even higher.
The Editorial Board believes that this move towards generous and dedicated real estate demonstrates the University’s very real concern for its LGBTQ students and their welfare. Since the opening of the LGBTQ Life Office last year, the administration has continued to make concrete progress in a timely fashion with regard to this issue. The Editorial Board would like to commend the University for moving forward with real, tangible and significant changes, and we hope that the administration continues to promote and support LGBT life on campus beyond this project.
We urge the University to continue moving progressively towards creating an adequate and comfortable atmosphere for all students, regardless of their sexual orientations and gender identities. We hold that this new resource center is a step towards that end.
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