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Some would say Morehouse College consists of a homogeneous demographic though it regularly boasts of having an aura of diversity that is often ignored from the outside looking in. This realization of diversity has taken new form as the gay/straight alliance and student advocacy group, SafeSpace, through the hard work of Dr. Michael Hodge of the sociology department, has officially received the [...]

An HBCU blazes the trail in championing LGBT rights on their campuses. Maryland’s Bowie State University is the first historically black college or university to introduce a resource center specifically catering to the LGBT community, according to the LGBT advocacy group human rights campaign. Bowie State opened the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexed and Allies (LGBTQIA) Resource Center in [...]

A few minutes into a breakout session at last week’s Creating Change LGBT equality conference in Baltimore, the presenter noted that more than 150 colleges in the U.S. have programs aimed at supporting LGBT students—but none of those schools are HBCUs. Historically black colleges and universities, presenter Dominique McIntosh said, “are lagging behind in providing institutional support.” While HBCUs have [...]