Tag Archives: #policy

Moving Beyond Blue Lights and Buddy Systems

Last year, SAFER (Students Active for Ending Rape) asked student activists to tell them about their experiences combatting rape on campus. They received over 500 responses and have just published their findings in Moving Beyond Blue Lights and Buddy Systems: … Continue reading

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Revisions to the DSM and What It Means for Transgender Individuals

Last week the Associated Press reported that the Board of Trustees for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) approved revisions to the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Revisions include the replacement of Gender Identity Disorder with Gender … Continue reading

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Student Groups Partner to Discuss Hate Crimes

As part of a peer health advocacy course, undergraduate public heath students are teaming up with Active Minds, the Pride Network, and the Undergraduate Council for Gender and Women’s Studies to raise awareness about LGBTQ hate crimes and discrimination among … Continue reading

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