Within the last two years, religious school students have made headlines pushing back against university policies attacking LGBTQ+ students or staff. Queer students like Veronica Bonifacio Penales, who have been protesting religious university policies they call discriminatory and homophobic, often get asked the same question: Why would you go to a Christian school if you are LGBTQ+? For many of these students, this fight at religiously affiliated universities is part of a significant push from within Christianity toward more inclusive beliefs to, as activists at Seattle Pacific University put it, “deconstruct harmful theologies on sexuality, gender, and queerness.” And, as they’ve reminded their thousands of social media followers: “You can be queer and Christian.” They’ve staged a month long sit-in at Seattle Pacific University, a private school associated with the Free Methodist Church, against a policy that forbids hiring LGBTQ+ people. They’ve called on Baylor University, which affirms marriage between a man and a woman as the “biblical norm,” to officially recognize an LGBTQ+ student advocacy group. At Denver University, students will be walking out in solidarity with queer students at BYU; at Western Illinois University, Casa Latina Cultural Center will be participating as a way to urge institutions to implement Title IX to these religious universities who are exempt. #education
LGBTQ+ University Students Across The Country Walk Out Over Religious Discrimination
- David Hopkins
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