Gay Student Group Denied Charter At Baylor University

Dan82 · Mar 4, 2011

http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/...r_at_Baylor_University_117381793.html?ref=793

More than 60 gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender students and several of their straight allies, met Thursday night at Baylor University for an unofficial meeting.

Their GLBT group, the Sexual Identity Forum, was denied a charter by Baylor University Wednesday.
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Baylor senior Samantha Jones, who openly identifies herself as gay, said that she started the group in November 2010 after realizing the need for a GLBT organization on campus.

"Being a gay student at Baylor over the past four years I've felt neglected, not necessarily abused by the university but intentionally neglected," Jones said.

In January 2011, SIF applied to be chartered as an official Baylor organization. The Student Activities Charter Review Committee, which is made up of three staff members and two students, denied to recommend SIF's charter application to the Vice President for Student Life, who makes the official decision to charter an organization or not.

SIF revised their application but was denied a second time Wednesday...

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Revan · Mar 4, 2011

Hrm....the only thing I saw in this article was Samantha Jones....I've been watching too much Sex and the City.

Flyers2011 · Mar 5, 2011

Wow. All three of the colleges I have (and will be attending) attended have had GLBT groups. In fact one college even promoted it with signs and banners everywhere. I can't believe Baylor did this.

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