In a stunning example of "we say we're progressive, but then we do this," Smith College has rejected a female applicant because in one box on one financial aid form, the applicant is listed as male. It is a decision that is as discriminatory as it is culturally...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students are being harassed, targeted and bullied at staggering rates. We must stand together side-by-side and protest the status quo for our LGBT brothers and sisters. We must place ourselves in front of the educational powers that be, look them in the eye and demand...

Ending the ban on gay men giving blood is more important than marriage equality. There. I said it.

Were the LGBT powers from on-high to ring me up and ask, "Oh ye gay radio show host, wherever should we devote our time and energy... marriage equality or blood donation?"...

The other day in class, I was suddenly overwhelmed by the feeling that I had lost complete control of my course. The students were paying me zero attention, the thread of dialogue was going in a completely different direction than I had planned, and I felt like a complete failure...

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver states that gay guys would not be welcome in the NFL. Folks are outraged. 24 hours later, he apologizes saying that these feelings were "not in heart."

Charlie Sheen uses a homophobic slur to promote a nightclub. Folks are outraged. Within...

As expected, the end of 2012 brings with it a slew of retrospectives about the public figures who came out of the closet in the past year and even some (quasi-ridiculous) speculation on who might come out in 2013.

Looking ahead, I would like to...

"Are you freakin nuts?!?"

"Please try not to get killed."

These are just a few of the posts that brightly adorned my Facebook wall a few weeks ago, when I announced I was leaving that day to go volunteer in Uganda. Never mind that this was...

Last week, I found myself in the hallowed grounds of Marlboro College's Rice-Aron Library catching up with a senior who was waxing on animatedly about his academic plans for his final year. I asked him about his anticipated life post-graduation and he faltered a bit.

"I actually...

Psst. Can you keep a secret? OK, don't tell anyone, but I have a superpower. No, I can't talk to seahorses or make tulips grow to towering, city-menacing heights. But I do have that meta-human ability to take any situation and make it gay. And yeah, I know I'm not...

Students graduated. I blinked. New students just arrived.

Academically, I know there was a summer somewhere in that timeline, but, heck, it sure doesn't feel like it. And now, with RA trainings, Orientation leader pow-wows and student leader retreats all in full-swing, my student affairs colleagues all across the...

A few months ago, I reached out to a colleague in China in advance of my accompanying a group of students to the Far East on an environmental research trip. We were in the process of setting up various site visits, and the program with which my colleague worked looked...

Colleges should ban blood drives from campuses because such drives violate our non-discrimination statements and needlessly limit the blood supply in a time of great need. Period.

What's wrong? Stop reading and go start the ban! Why are you hesitating? Would it make it easier if the blood drive...

As the Dean of Students at a school with no Director of Student Activities, I receive a deluge of snail-mail with offerings my tiny programming budget could not begin to afford. My mailbox is the source for about 18 percent of the school's recycling haul, from the flyers for the...

Dear Parents/Families,

I promise, we college officials are not trying to confuse you or throw you off your game. And yet I completely understand your feeling that way, particularly as you keep telling me that you feel that way! You attend the orientation meetings and read the Parent/Family Handbook...

For years, I resisted college officials' interaction with students on Facebook with a fervency that belied by my age (early 30s, thank you), my generation status (late Generation X, early Millennial) and my own personal embrace of all things social media (friend me!). My belief was that the online waters...

Over the past decade, I've agreed countless times to give LGBTQ 101 presentations at colleges and universities. These sessions usually boil down to, "No, bisexuality is not a phase. Yes, you have gay students at your faith-based institution. And this is what the 'T' stands for."

Last week, when asked...