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UGBC Senate Explores Ways To Support LGBTQ+ Students

Reetu Agnihotri • April 23, 2025

Following concerns raised during the public comment period of last week’s UGBC Senate meeting by Gabriel Hallberg, associate director of the Queer Leadership Council (QLC) and MCAS ’26, student senators revisited the issue at their meeting Tuesday night, discussing ways to better support LGBTQ+ students on campus.

Student Voices Concern Over Recent Dismissal of LGBTQ+ Center at UGBC Senate Meeting

Annika Engelbrecht • April 16, 2025

Gabriel Hallberg, the associate director of the Queer Leadership Council (QLC) and MCAS ’26, criticized Boston College’s policies for LGBTQ+ students and Rev. John “Jack” Butler, S.J., for his comments regarding the establishment of a standalone LGBTQ+ center on campus during the public comment portion of the UGBC Senate meeting on Tuesday night.

LGBTQ+ Resource Center Unlikely, Says Next President of BC

Nikita Osadchiy • April 14, 2025

Consistent with Boston College’s vision for integrated LGBTQ+ resources, incoming University president Rev. John “Jack” Butler, S.J., all but ruled out the possibility of a standalone LGBTQ+ resource center.

SA Passes a Resolution Expressing Support for Creation of LGBTQ+ Resource Center

Olivia Joung • April 14, 2023

The Student Assembly (SA) unanimously voted to pass a resolution expressing its support of continued proposals for an on-campus LGBTQ+ resource center at its meeting Tuesday night. The resolution is a written notice of support for the GLBTQ+ Leadership Council (GLC) that responds to a recent Boston Globe article about calls for the University to open an LGBTQ+ resource center on campus.

I’m the Only Girl on a Male Floor: My Experience Navigating BC Housing as a Transgender Woman

Anonymous • April 14, 2023

Due to recent anti-trans laws and anti-trans rhetoric, I feel obligated to share on behalf of the transgender community a sliver of what I go through on campus and the lack of support BC’s queer community receives from the University.

The Resource Center: BC Students Continue Calling for an LGBTQ+ Space After Years of Advocacy

Will Martino • April 14, 2023

Following roughly two decades of advocacy, BC students continue to call for a resource center.

BC Denied Proposals for Queer Resource Center, Transgender Speaker, and Academic Conference, GLC Chair Says During SA Meeting

Will Martino • March 2, 2023

Boston College denied a proposal for a queer resource center in November, citing its Jesuit values, GLBTQ+ Leadership Council (GLC) Chair Wells Arkins said at a Student Assembly (SA) meeting on Tuesday night.

Michelle Wu and Several City Councilors Sign Petition Calling for LGBTQ+ Resource Center at BC

Erin Shannon and Julia Kiersznowski • May 2, 2022

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and nine former and current Boston city councilors signed a petition calling for Boston College to create an LGBTQ+ resource center on campus and include gender identity in the University’s discrimination policy, according to a post on BC Equality’s Instagram on Monday.

Marty Walsh Signs Petition Calling for LGBTQ Resource Center at BC

Megan Kelly and Julia Kiersznowski • April 1, 2021

The petition has garnered high-profile support in the past, including a retweet from Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and an endorsement from former Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, both last March.

As BC Again Rejects an LGBTQ+ Resource Center, It Doesn’t Deny Donors Influence Its Policies

Scott Baker • July 12, 2020

UGBC leaders are undergoing conversations with the University administration about ways BC can better support its students who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. While conversations are ongoing, BC has no plans to establish an LGBTQ+ resource center in the near future, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Joy Moore and Director of Student Outreach and Support Caroline Davis.

Petitions Call For LGBTQ+ Support, Gender-Neutral Housing

Scott Baker • March 17, 2020

A petition calling for BC to support LGBTQ+ students has more than 1,000 signatures. Another calling on BC to implement a gender-neutral housing program has more than 200.

LTE: In Response to “LTE: In Response to: ‘Looking Forward to a Progressive Future'”

Letters • September 28, 2017

"Can we no longer hold a public opinion, if it disagrees with those who have a hold over media and loud voices?"