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发帖数: 2153 | 1 Hemera/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- College freshman entering the University
of California system next year could be asked to identify themselves as gay,
straight, bi, or transgender when they accept their admissions offer.
The system’s Academic Senate initiated the proposal, which would add a
question to the statements of intent students fill out when deciding to go
to the University of California. The statements already include a host of
identifiers such as race, gender and ethnicity.
The question will not be asked on applications to the schools because
students may feel uncomfortable filling out the forms in front of their
parents, according to Robert Anderson, chair of the senate.
“Sexual orientation is a part of diversity and cannot be ignored,”
Anderson said after the proposal was passed, according to the UCLA student
newspaper, the Daily Bruin.
“It’s past time for this,” he told ABC News.
Collecting data on sexual orientation among undergraduates, graduate
students, staff and faculty could help the school ensure there are services
in place for LGBT members of the community, he said.
The senate was spurred to pass the bill by California state government,
which already mandates that community colleges and California state
universities collect information regarding students’ sexual orientation. It
has been requested by the state that the UCs also collect this demographic
information, Anderson said.
Many LGBT students told the student newspaper they thought the proposal was
a good idea and would help lead to more benefits for LGBT students.
“The data may not be accurate, but something is better than nothing,”
Marcus McRae, a senior who heads the student Queer Alliance, told the paper.
McRae noted that UCLA’s LGBT center was very beneficial to him when he
arrived on campus.
Anderson was not sure whether the information would factor into roommate
assignment decisions for incoming freshmen.
The proposal comes at the same time that a college student from the opposite
coast, at Rutgers University in New Jersey, is on trial for allegedly
spying on and intimidating his roommate for having a gay sexual encounter.
Dharun Ravi, who is accused of a hate crime, tweeted messages about his
suspicion over his roommate’s sexuality, “F*** MY LIFE/He’s gay,” and
told friends that he “[s]aw my roommate kissing a dude. Yay!”
The suicide of Ravi’s roommate, Tyler Clementi, and trial have sparked
public outrage at gay-bullying among students.
The proposed policy at the UC system will be decided by the school’s
provost, Lawrence Pitts, who is assembling a group to study the
ramifications of such a policy, according to the Daily Bruin. The system has
not yet announced when Pitts will issue a decision.
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio
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