TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — There was one major deciding factor in Cierra Gilliam’s decision about where to go to college. When she toured the University of
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — There was one major deciding factor in Cierra Gilliam’s decision about where to go to college.
“It feels terrible, like there is no place to go,” Gilliam said. “They ripped all the signage and things down, and there is nothing left.” At the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, a queer resource center called the Safe Zone was also shuttered. The Safe Zone had full-time staff who provided educational services and counseling to queer students and acted as a liaison between students and the administration.
The University of Alabama did not respond to an emailed request for comment that The Associated Press sent on Thursday. “You don’t realize how assuring a space like that is until it’s gone,” Aldridge said, “And it doesn’t make me feel optimistic about the direction this school is going in if they’re willing to make decisions like this.”
Central Alabama Pride “has stood in the gaps for a long time, before such departments were included on college campuses,” Coleman said. The president of the Black Student Union, Jordan Stokes, said that many members of the Black Alumni Association have reached out to offer financial and organizational support after the school revoked all funding and resources.
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