Early last month, the Minnesota Daily reported that a former golf coach at the University of Minnesota was preparing to sue the U, alleging it had discriminated against her for being gay. Looks like she is following through. From the Associated Press: A former associate women’s golf coach alleges the University of Minnesota stripped her Read more →
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The Minnesota Daily reports that Katie Brenny, who resigned in October as the University of Minnesota’s associate women’s head golf coach after only two months on the job, is gearing up to sue the U on charges of discrimination: Brenny is openly gay and has a female partner. When asked if the alleged discrimination involved Read more →
The Gustavian Weekly announces that in light of recent national incidents involving the bullying of gay students — and their suicides — and of Coming Out Week at Gustavus Adolphus, the theater and dance department and the student social justice theater troupe I Am We Are have planned a candlelight vigil for October 28 at Read more →
Here’s a memo sent out by the president of Minnesota State University – Mankato in light of the recent spate of suicides by youths bullied for their sexual orientation. (For those unfamiliar with the term LGBTQ, it’s an initialism for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer members of society. One variation is GLBT, but without Read more →