Colby-Sawyer College Fully Supports Our LGBT Community Members
The college has an active student group, Safe Zones, that works to create a welcoming environment for our lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender community members. Safe Zones holds weekly meetings and hosts a number of campus events.
The college has widespread participation in the Safe Zones Safe Place sticker program.
The college has a supportive group of faculty and staff members who openly identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual.
The college has gender-neutral bathrooms in our main academic and administrative building, as well as in several of our residence halls.
Colby-Sawyer regularly hosts campus-wide events that address LGBT issues or that may be of interest to LGBT members of our community. Recent examples included:
AIDS Quilt
Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church
Katelynn Cusanelli, transgender woman who appeared in the MTV reality show “Real World Brooklyn”
“For the Bible Tells Me So,” a documentary about Christian families with gay children
”The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
A Drag Ball with performances by professional drag queens
Spring Film Festival
Day of Silence (to raise awareness of violence against LGBT people)
The college has established a permanent full-time position, associate dean of international and diversity programs, to ensure that the needs of our varied populations are served.
Colby-Sawyer offers domestic partner benefits for our same-sex faculty and staff members.
Colby-Sawyer Courses with LGBT-related Content
US Media History
Animal Behavior
Primate Evolution and Behavior
Children at Risk
Gender and Media
Media Criticism
Media Law and Ethics
Visions of Nature
American Literature II
Images of Women in Literature
The Contemporary Novel and Narrative Theory
Philosophy and Ethics of Sport
Gender and Sport
The United States Constitution
Introduction to Anthropology
Introduction to Community Health
Philosophers on Sex, Love and Friendship
Feminist Theory
Intro to Psychology
Life Span Development
Abnormal Psychology
Fundamentals of Helping Interaction
Theories of Counseling
Social and Personality Development of the Young Child
Psychology Internship and Professional Development Seminar
Mynority
Individual and Community, Professors Farrell
Sociology of Family
Sociological Aspects of Sport
Aging: Social Forces in Later Life
Gender and Society
International Sociology
Theatre Appreciation
Acting Studio
20th Century Performing Arts History
Directing and Stage Management
Creative Dramatics
Introduction to Women's Studies
For more information contact:
Randy Hanson
Chair, Social Sciences and Education Department
Kathleen Farrell
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Safe Zones Faculty Advisor
