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LGBTQ+ Students Find Support on Jesuit Campuses
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Letter from the Editor
This month's issue of Connections coincides with LGBT History Month: a time to acknowledge the contributions made by LGBT individuals toward expanding gay rights and civil rights. At Jesuit colleges and universities, many faculty and staff are leading the way toward creating campuses that are increasingly welcome to students who identify as members of the LGBT community.
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Embracing Qmmunity in Jesuit Higher Education: How USF Welcomes LGBQTIA+ People
In its newly revised mission statement, the University of San Francisco includes sexual orientation and gender as two of the many identities of community members that are now acknowledged and affirmed publicly. Many people in the USF community have shared that now, for the first time, they feel recognized and can connect to the University’s mission.
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Saint Joseph’s LGBTQIA+ Safe Zone Training Program Enters Third Decade
Since 2001, Saint Joseph's University has offered Safe Zone training: a program that builds a network of supportive members of the campus community, who strive to create inclusive safe spaces for all SJU community members, while raising awareness of the LGBTQIA+ community through the lens of an ally.
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Embracing Diversity Through Mission and Identity at Canisius College
For twenty years, Canisius College has made important strides in accompanying, valuing, and incorporating the LGBTQIA+ community as an integral part of the College’s intellectual, social, cultural, and academic life.
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Beyond Allyship: Gonzaga Supports LGBTQ+ Community Through Faith-Building, Legal Guidance, and More
When Zoe Jaspers first came to Gonzaga University, they questioned their gender identity and were nervous about what that meant entering a Catholic institution, even though they found its faith tradition appealing. Fortunately, Gonzaga community members embraced Jaspers (who uses the pronoun, 'they') in that period of questioning.
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Through LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Marquette Shows Cura Personalis
The Jesuit phrase, cura personalis, or care for the whole person, is an integral part of life at all Jesuit institutions. As a student at Marquette University, Nora McCaughey has seen this implemented in myriad ways, including the programs and initiatives sponsored by Marquette's LGBTQ+ Resource Center.
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Government Relations
In late September, the Biden Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. AJCU's Vice President of Government Relations provides an update on what this means for DACA recipients, including students at Jesuit colleges and universities.
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