Illinois Wesleyan U. Promotes ‘Gender Diversity’ With ‘Rainbow Floor’ and ‘Universal Bathroom Map’
“for students who consider themselves to be part of the LGBT community”
This is another example of how progressives in higher education are doubling down rather than attempting any kind of change.
Campus Reform reports:
Illinois Wesleyan University promotes ‘Gender Diversity’ with ‘Rainbow Floor,’ ‘Universal Bathroom Map’
Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington is embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) by organizing programming like the “Rainbow Floor” for students who consider themselves to be part of the LGBT community.
The school’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) organizes many DEI-based events, including an annual Lavender Graduation that was held on May 1—a ceremony that seeks to primarily celebrate those who identify as LGBT.
The office also provides “resources” for LGBTQ-identifying students. For instance, students can access the “LGBTQ+ 101: Terminology” page, which lists detailed explanations of terms related to gender ideology, such as “third gender,” “MSM/WSW,” and “demiromantic.”
The office also created the “Rainbow Floor” for residents looking for “gender-inclusive” housing. The floor is intended to be “committed to counterspace, education and activism around social justice for LGBTQIA people.”
Additionally, student organizations in need of assistance are directed to groups such as the IWU Safe Zone, which works to “educate” heterosexual men and women about the lives of LGBT-identifying students.
IWU also provides students with a “Gender Diversity at IWU” overview, informing students of the various opportunities present on campus and in the surrounding community.
For instance, while the student insurance plan does not cover hormone replacement therapy or “gender affirmation” surgeries, the school states that “referrals can be made to local providers who can help assist with decisions or strategies that students might implement as they seek these therapies,” some “at no cost to students.”
The university also provides a “Universal Bathroom Map” so students can relieve themselves “without feeling threatened or intimidated.”
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Comments
Attention supreme court!!! Nothing to say? Bueller?
I support gender diversity – for all 2 of them.
How odd. I am “G” but have no need or desire for a universal restroom. What am I doing wrong?
“IWU also provides students with a “Gender Diversity at IWU” overview, informing students of the various opportunities present on campus and in the surrounding community.”
We had such a thing in my day (HOTOGAMIT, or How to Get Around MIT), though it was entirely student published, which I would consider preferable to what IWU has chosen to do. It was much more comprehensive than just sex tips, explained everyday useful things like how to save half your money taking the T into Boston and shopping at Filine’s rather than buying anything (except textbooks) at the overpriced on-campus Harvard Coop.
It did have a pretty comprehensive section on dating, which consisted of what sort of personalities and attitudes you could expect from students at the various girls’ colleges in the area… given that the sex ratio at MIT at that time was 18:1 so the shelves emptied early. Sounds chauvinistic and collectivist in this day and age, but only to people who never visited Smith, Vassar, or Radcliffe in that era.
No, Hell no, Reluctantly?
Can someone please explain what a “Universal Bathroom Map” is? Does it list every men or women’s restroom, toilet, or other such facility in the universe?
Or is a map of ‘universal bathrooms’ on campus? If it’s this latter, what a universal bathroom? Something galaxy sized, or designed for the CEOs and board members of Universal Studios?