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Queer Students Should Not Be Treated As Second Class Citizens

Gabriel Hallberg May 1, 2025
I would like to specifically address why I was deeply offended by what Fr. Butler said. You cannot claim to love everybody and then discriminate in how you give your love and who you give your love to. Jesus asks us to love unconditionally, without discrimination, and with special care for the most vulnerable. Matthew 25:40 makes this clear: “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
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Loudly and Proudly Calling Upon BC To Create an LGBTQ+ Center

Christian Olenoski July 8, 2023
A resource center is an essential requirement for providing LGBTQ+ students a sense of belonging on campus in the face of administrative opposition.
I Was Called the F—slur, and There Was Nowhere to Go at BC

I Was Called the F—slur, and There Was Nowhere to Go at BC

Anonymous May 10, 2022

Last Saturday, I was on a walk with my friend. It was a nice night out. We had just eaten ramen in Newton Centre and were walking to campus with ice cream cones in our hands. We were enjoying the weather,...

Looking Forward to a Progressive Future

Looking Forward to a Progressive Future

Michael Razis September 19, 2017
"Now, with the enactment of the new 10-year plan, the establishment of an LGBTQ+ resource center should be one of the BC’s primary directives in addressing the aforementioned challenges."

Walk the Line: A History of the LGBTQ Community at Boston College

Connor Murphy November 3, 2016

This is a story about an evolving LGBTQ community at an evolving Boston College. It’s a story about what changes and what stays the same, and how, and why. It won’t always fit into neat narratives...

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UGBC Affirms Commitment to LGBTQ Resource Center With Passed Resolution

Taylor St. Germain September 26, 2016
The Student Assembly passed a resolution on Sunday night that calls on the administration to create a LGBTQ resource center on campus.
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