VT organizers prep for Pride
Jean MacBride, Staff Writer
September 1, 2019
As leaves change and summer turns to fall, Church street transforms into a colorful display of love and acceptance. Pride Week will occur the week of Aug 31 to Sep. 8. The UVM Pride parade celebrates LGBT rights gained through resistance by marching through Church Street to Battery Park in Burlington. The UVM Prism Center...
UVM ranked LGBTQ-friendly by national nonprofit
Mills Sparkman, Summer Editor
June 26, 2019
UVM has been ranked among the Northeast’s “Best Colleges for LGBTQ Students” according to a new ranking from Campus Pride, which also ranked UVM as the top LGBTQ-friendly school in the state of Vermont. Together with BestColleges.com, Campus Pride ranks schools based on their LGBTQ-friendly policies, programs and practices, according to their website. UVM’s overall ranking was four and a half stars out of five. In most categories, the University scored four and a half or five stars. UVM’s weakest areas included LGBTQ policy inclusion and LGBTQ recruitment and retention, receiving four stars and three and a half stars, respectively. Prism Center Director Kate Jerman said she was excited by UVM’s ranking. “Rankings li...
SGA works to protect marginalized groups on campus
Zoe Stern, Staff Writer
November 17, 2018
SGA has passed two resolutions to show their support of transgender, nonbinary and intersex students, as well as Jewish students, in light of the national political climate. The first resolution, in support of the Queer Student Union and their funding requests, was sponsored by sophomore Carolynn Van Arsda...
Students organize to protest gender memo
Sawyer Loftus, Assistant Breaking News Editor
November 8, 2018
Members of the UVM and Burlington transgender and non-binary communities gathered to send a clear message to President Donald Trump: “We will not be erased.” Nearly 250 students, faculty and community members organized Oct. 29 outside the third floor of the Davis Center to protest a memo obtain...
UVM President affirms support of transgender and intersex students
Lee Hughes, Assistant News Editor
October 26, 2018
President Tom Sullivan sent an email Oct. 26 reaffirming UVM’s support of transgender, non-binary and intersex students in light of a leaked Trump administration memo. The New York Times leaked a memo Oct. 21 tentatively proposing to redefine sex as something based on genitals at birth, only t...
Finding strength and community at Pride
Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor
September 19, 2018
There’s something undefinable about the moment you look around and realize you aren’t alone. Marching down Church street in the Burlington Pride Parade, surrounded by fellow students adorned with rainbows and smiles, I experienced that moment. It was my first pride parade, and I don’t think I’ve ...
TREK expands programming to include mountain biking and LGBTQ groups
Addie Beach, Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 2018
Miles of lush green forests and stark mountains make up the Vermont wilderness, perfect for hiking, skiing and college. TREK is a program for UVM first-year and transfer students that takes place the week before classes and lets its participants take advantage of the state’s outdoors. Divided ...
