Author Archives: CampusPride

Guest Commentary: My Journey From Ally to Advocate

Attending the Charlotte City Council meeting: My journey from being an ally to advocate. Written by Lindsay Betros, University of South Florida    Welcome to Charlotte, North Carolina – where you can get married on Sunday, put your wedding picture …
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Charlotte-based national LGBTQ organization Campus Pride releases statement calling on Charlotte’s Mayor and City Council to protect LGBT citizens by passing inclusive non-discrimination ordinance

Charlotte, NC – Charlotte-based national LGBT organization Campus Pride joins local community organizations in support of passing a LGBTQ inclusive non-discrimination ordinance by the Charlotte City Council next Monday, March 2. The amendments in front of the council apply to …
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9th Annual Campus Pride Summer Leadership Academy moves to Charlotte, NC this July 14-19, 2015; LGBTQ youth event will be the first national event of its kind to be held locally in the Queen City

UNC Charlotte’s Spectrum and Johnson C. Smith University’s S.A.F.E. Pride student organizations to partner in bringing the premier national LGBTQ young adult leadership training to the South; Campus Pride seeks volunteers to be part of local Charlotte host committee as well …
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Campus Pride suspends University of Minnesota Duluth from being considered in 2015 listing of top-rated LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities; Cites recent handling of the dismissal of Women’s Ice Hockey Coach and her coaching staff who all happen to be gay or bisexual

In mid-August of 2014, Campus Pride announced its list of the top-rated LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities in the nation. For the second year in a row, the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) was on that list.  The annual listing features …
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Honoring Audre Lorde

Written by Romeo Jackson, Northern Illinois University Audre Lorde, the self-identified black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet is a Caribbean-American, writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist and serves as the embodiment of intersectional thought. Her words and work …
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Campus Pride awards North Carolina Central University and Harris-Stowe State University with “LGBTQ on Campus” grant to build safer, more LGBTQ-inclusive campus climates in partnership with Kognito

Campus Pride focuses on rural areas, Southern campuses and minority serving institutions with “LGBTQ on Campus” grant award in partnership with Kognito Campus Pride awards grants to North Carolina Central University and Harris-Stowe State University for one year of funding …
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Codebreaker: The Other Alan Turing Film

By: Patrick Sammon, Executive Producer and Creator of Codebreaker The Imitation Game isn’t the only film you can watch about gay hero Alan Turing. I’m the Executive Producer and Creator of Codebreaker, an award-winning feature-length drama documentary about Turing’s life …
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