Macalester college lgbtq
Shaping a class: how the student body at Macalester is molded
According to Macalester’s recently released 2022 Fall Census Numbers, the college is made up of 2175 students, fifty-five percent of which identify as female, thirty-two percent of which identify as students of dye, and thirteen percent of which are international students. These numbers are not random, but by design; carefully fashioned by the college to reflect the campus the senior leadership team wants to see. Brian Lindeman ’89, Assistant Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid at Macalester and a Macalester alum, has watched the campus develop and change according to those orders over decades and is now a part of the process.
“Enrollment [and our] recruiting goals are a response to what the college, especially the senior leadership team and [the] Board of Trustees, decides are the marching orders,” Lindeman said. “Then we try to execute what we hear from them. Those [goals] involve academic quality, geographic diversity, racial and ethnic diversity, and budget.”
The senior governance team works with multiple departments to ensure the pupil body represents the interests of each group. Hana Dinku, director of
LGBTQIA2S+ Resources
This is a non-exhaustive start to navigating local, national, and international aid. Please let the LSC know of other resources you have utilized, set up, and/or want to participate that can be featured on this list.
Minnesota Resources
Transgender, Intersex, Gender-Expansive Revolutionary Resources & Services (TIGERRS) – TIGERRS is a nonhierarchical collective dedicated to delivering programs and resources that construct solidarity and safety among transgender, intersex and gender-expansive Minnesotans.
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition – The Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition is committed to improving health care access and the quality of health care received by trans and gender non-conforming people through education, resources, and advocacy.
Family Tree Clinic – Offering varied resources from gender affirming care, legal help, reproductive health, and access to community healing and education spaces.
MN Homosexual Therapists’ Network – We were established in 1988 as a grass-roots group of LGBTQIAPGE2S+ mental health professionals who wanted a way to safely network, help and educate each other and the community about issue
About the Gender & Sexuality Commons
The Gender & Sexuality Commons is hosted by the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice as part of our mission to integrate and affirm the peoples, discourses, thoughts, and experiences of marginalized people into the fabric of the Macalester community.
GSC Mission
The Gender & Sexuality Commons (GSC) is a student-powered, exploratory space initiated by student organizations and supported by the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice.
In creating the GSC, we aim to create a stronger culture of resistance against all forms of oppression by making resources more accessible and by bringing people together through empowering, transformative, and revolutionary meetings, discussions, and events.
We crave to pursue being inclusive while recognizing that for the space to sense safe and fulfill its purpose, the space cannot be open to everyone at all times.
We stand against all forms of oppression, domination, and exploitation, including sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, ageism, and colonialism, among others.
We operate along the principle of “from each according to their passions and abilities, to each according to their ne
LGBT/Gay Life?
<p>As a gay student preparing to enter Macalester for his first year, I am still curious (and a bit worried) about the LGBT life on campus. It is very noticeable from a quick online search that Macalester was voted #1 Most Same-sex attracted Friendly by the Princeton Review, and it has continued to rank fairly high on on that list in more recent years. </p>
<p>But I’ve yet to hear much from actual LGBT students (or any students for that matter) about how prominent the gay population is at Mac and whether LGBT students can be comfortable being “out” there. I’m also wondering if gay students tend to group/hang out together, or if there are any hangout places they enjoy to be, or any activities (on- or off-campus) in which many LGBT students are involved. </p>
<p>In short, how is the gay/LGBT/queer life at Macalester?</p>
<p>If anyone can provide any information on the matters mentioned above, I would very much appreciate it! Thank you. :-]</p>
On-Campus Resources
Feminists in Activity (FIA) / Students Together Against Rape and Sexual Assault (STARSA)
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Adviser: Karla Benson Rutten, Multicultural Life
FIA’s mission is to promote awareness of gender equity as a human rather than woman issue and stop the process of women’s issues from slipping through the cracks. We also explore to redefine the feminist movement for a contemporary world. STARSA’s goals involve increasing campus knowledge of rape and sexual assault in the community and at Macalester, promoting action against sexual violence, and providing resources and sustain for students at Macalester. This group also provides a forum for discussion on issues concerning sexual violence.
Mac Activists for Choice
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Mac Activists for Choice educates the Macalester society about pro-choice issues and carries out the mission of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. This mission includes the guarantee that every woman has “the right to create personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing strong children,