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The Boston University Student Government Office. BU StuGov heard presentations on paying leadership and representation for marginalized groups, and passed a bill endorsing the 100% Clean Act during a meeting Monday night. BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE

StuGov hears presentation on potentially compensating senior leadership, how best to advocate for marginalized groups on campus

Anna Vidergar February 8, 2022
The ROC chair presented solutions to make StuGov more accessible to lower-income students.
The Boston University Student Government office. BU Student Government endorsed demands made by Local 509, introduced the majority party’s collaboration with Queer Activist Collective “Q” and more in a meeting Monday night. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

StuGov endorses faculty union demands, edits Constitution, collaborates with Queer Activist Collective

Anna Vidergar November 2, 2021
Union asks for better lecturer pay, access to technology and Q advocates for renaming of Silber Way.
The BU Out List webpage

BU Out List gives LGBTQ+ faculty and staff visibility, connection

Molly Farrar June 30, 2021
The List hopes to create a community for queer faculty and staff and provide support for queer students.
Warren Towers Entrance

Transgender students share frustrations with BU Housing, dorm bathrooms

Anna Vidergar June 18, 2021
Unavailability of gender-neutral housing and bathrooms for incoming freshmen is a repeated concern.
praying hands

Workshop in transfuturist prayer emphasizes importance of supportive spaces

Molly Farrar March 30, 2021
Micah Rosegrant, a part-time CFA senior, led a workshop on “trans affirmative spirituality” Friday.
Action Hour is the Boston University Queer Activist Collective’s weekly commitment to anti-racism activism. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Queer Activist Collective calls on community to fight for social justice

Julia Furnari October 28, 2020
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds a weekly "Action Hour," where members call representatives to demand justice for victims of police brutality and race-based violence.
The Cambridge Women’s Center hosts the Boston Nonbinary discussion group on Oct. 15. PHOTO BY EMILIE LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Cambridge’s Women’s Center explores gender pronouns outside him, her

Mae Tonge October 18, 2017

In the nonbinary community, it’s not uncommon to get thrown out of a restroom because of your gender identity. This was one story that surfaced at The Women’s Center, a Cambridge gender equality...

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