Forced Outing Is Now Federal Policy: What LGBTQ+ Students Should Know
The Trump administration is using parental rights arguments to pressure schools into outing trans students. Here's the legal landscape and what it means for college campuses.
Campus policies, advocacy efforts, and ways to create positive change
The Trump administration is using parental rights arguments to pressure schools into outing trans students. Here's the legal landscape and what it means for college campuses.
In one week, the Education Department scrapped a key civil rights enforcement tool and House Republicans advanced a bill to redefine 'sex' under Title IX. Here's what actually changed, what didn't, and how to figure out where your campus stands.
A new federal bill explicitly defines LGBTQ+ content as 'sexually oriented material' while the EEOC and HUD escalate anti-DEI enforcement. For college students, these are not separate fights — they are three fronts of the same coordinated policy shift and they are changing what campus advocacy looks like.
ChatGPT, AI tutors, automated grading — AI is everywhere on campus. But GLAAD's groundbreaking 2026 report reveals these tools routinely misgender, stereotype, and erase LGBTQ+ people. Here's what the research found, why it matters for your academic life, and how students can advocate for AI that works for everyone.
With public acceptance of LGBTQ+ rights declining for the first time in two decades, student advocates are shifting strategy — from court-dependent battles to building lasting protections at the campus, state, and community levels.
A look at the recent University of California lawsuit over misgendering policies, South Carolina's campus bathroom legislation, and why these legal battles matter for every LGBTQ+ student navigating college life.
A growing number of colleges are pulling back from Pride Month celebrations this year. Here is what is driving the trend, what it means for LGBTQ+ students, and how you can advocate on your campus.
What the First Amendment does — and doesn't — protect when you're organizing, protesting, or speaking out on campus.
The wave of book bans targeting K-12 schools is increasingly affecting higher education — and LGBTQ+ content is ground zero.
LGBTQ+ young adults face disproportionately high rates of homelessness. Here's what colleges can do — and what students should know about resources.
Why campus sexual health programming often fails queer and trans students — and how student advocates are filling the gaps themselves.
How the shifting landscape of NCAA, state, and institutional policies affects trans athletes — and what advocates are doing about it.
What LGBTQ+ college students need to know about voter registration, ID requirements, and overcoming barriers to the ballot box.
How your university handles information about your sexual orientation and gender identity — and what you can control.
As diversity, equity, and inclusion offices face cuts and closures, LGBTQ+ student programs are finding new ways to survive — and in some cases, thrive.
A breakdown of 2026 federal policy shifts on pronouns, name usage, and classroom rights — and what students can do when their campus won't protect them.
Critical updates on Title IX rollbacks, transgender rights, and campus advocacy. Learn your rights and how to protect yourself in 2026.
Understand your rights as an LGBTQ+ student, navigate campus policies, and advocate for positive change.
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A guide to building effective coalitions between LGBTQ+ students and other campus movements for collective power and lasting change.
Featured Guide to LGBTQ+ campus inclusion policies, advocacy strategies, and creating meaningful institutional change.
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