UNC & Gender-identity
by Matt | November 27th, 2006 |A great letter to the editor in today’s Daily Tar Heel at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC must adopt a better non-discrimination policy
Recently, I visited UNC as a School of Medicine alumni and learned about the UNC Safe Zone program which “creates a network of allies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, and by doing so, to make the University community a safer and more supportive place.”
Unfortunately, transgender students are not currently safe at UNC. They remain closeted and legitimately fear recriminations as North Carolina offers no nondiscrimination or hate crimes laws protecting transgender people.
Moreover, despite the fact that students and faculty called on the University to add gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policy as more than 75 American universities have, UNC has not.
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Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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