LGBT

LGBT option considered for applications

University senators are doing research into how Columbia and its peer schools use information regarding sexual orientation, if at all, to determine if it would be useful for students to identify as LGBT on applications.

By Jordan Freisleben | Apr 26 06:29 am ET

Administrators, will it get better?

Administrators should be the leaders they should be when the time calls for it.

By Editorial Board | Mar 21 01:30 am ET

For CU athletics, tolerance begins poolside

While things are still not perfect, but the Columbia men's swimming and diving team has made great progress in creating a comfortable environment for its LGBT athletes.

By Rebeka Cohan | Feb 21 11:05 pm ET

Riverside Church celebrates 30 years of pro-LGBT ministry

The interdenominational, interracial, and international church's ministry Maranatha has supported participants with an all-inclusive Statement of Inclusion.

By Emma Stein | Feb 13 10:41 pm ET

For GS student, Prop 8 trial was personal

Ryan Kendall, GS ’13, was one of 19 witnesses against California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

By Michelle Inaba Mocarski | Feb 11 10:20 am ET

LGBT community looks inward after big campaigns

Last May three prominent leaders of the LGBT community—Lianna Reagan, BC ’11, Avi Edelman, CC ’11, and Sean Udell, CC ’11—graduated, leaving Columbia’s queer community noticeably quieter.

By Yasmin Gagne | Oct 24 03:04 am ET

Student launches 'It Gets Better' campaign

Ben Harris, CC ’14, started filming interviews last week with Columbia administrators, faculty, and students, who want to tell others in the LGBT community that it gets better, as part of a national YouTube campaign.

By Jackie Carrero | Oct 19 01:54 am ET

On ROTC opinions, transgender students vary

“If you have a policy that you affirm in nine out of every 10 cases and you don’t affirm it in the one case, in what sense is that actually the policy?” Gavin McGown, who identifies as transgender, asked.

By Katie Bentivoglio | Apr 8 04:49 am ET

ROTC: Against

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell has reopened the debate over ROTC on Columbia's campus.

By Sumayya Kassamali, Noah Baron, Natacha Nsabimana, and Amiel Melnick | Feb 21 12:11 am ET

ROTC: For