In the News: UI rated LGBT friendly

from The Daily Iowan.

The University of Iowa is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-friendly community, a recent assessment said.

According to the Campus Climate index produced by the Campus Pride organization, the UI ranked 4.5 on a five-star maximum after being voluntarily assessed on its LGBT-friendly policies, practices, and programs.

Though the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied Union worked with the UI in pushing for the index, students and officials in the LGBT community believe the university has room for improvement.

Preston Keith, the LGBT Resource Center manager, said the UI could improve its ranking by working to better include members of the transgender community.

...Quentin Hill, an executive board member of the union, agreed transgender issues should be further examined on campus.

“The UI needs to educate itself more with the transgender community,” Hill said. “Many transgender students don’t feel welcome here at the UI because of the lack of such things as gender-neutral bathrooms and housing.”

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