LGBT at CU

Protecting the bubble

Columbia's commitment to creating a safe space can start in your own room.

Actively seek diversity

We must actively learn about issues that the LGBT community faces.

How we can be the very bullies we speak out against

Every act of gossip about the LGBT community is an act of violence and works against Columbia's safe space.

Rooting out the intolerance amongst us

We must reevaluate how to encourage tolerance in our community in light for the recent slew of suicides by LGBTQ students bullied for their sexuality.

Columbia ahead of some Ivies in gender-neutral housing

Across the nation, schools have adopted a wide spectrum of gender-neutral housing policies—from strict restrictions to new pilot programs to fully integrated mixed-gender housing.

For the love of love

Trans, BDSM, and other groups deserve to gain the support and acceptance of the community at large.

Transcending the Issue of Sexuality

As students begin to settle in a routine at Columbia—finding their place in campus activities, learning the bureaucracy of the system, and slowly becoming caffeine addicts—a small group of students

A Bias-Free Campus?

I feel like a traitor these days. Dr. Karla Jay—a lesbian activist who graduated from Barnard in 1968—recently came to speak at Columbia.