{"id":5636,"date":"2024-02-27T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:24:07","slug":"lgbtq-policy-center-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2024\/02\/lgbtq-policy-center-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter\u2019s Queer Students Turn Into Community Leaders at The LGBTQ Policy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Students and speakers from the Feb. 24 2022 LGBTQ Policy Center event \u201cThe Struggle for Queer and Trans South Asian Human Rights: A Conversation with Community Leaders.\u201d (Photo Credit: The Roosevelt House)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Hunter College, queer students can find academic representation in the expanding opportunities and resources available at the <\/span>LGBTQ Policy Center<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The center, which opened about<\/span> 10 years ago at the Roosevelt House, Hunter\u2019s Public Policy Institute, provides opportunities for students interested in LGBTQ rights, law and public policy. Students can find interdisciplinary undergraduate courses on LGBTQ policy history, fellowship opportunities, and attend events ranging from book talks to symposiums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Erin Mayo-Adam, director of the LGBTQ Policy Center, said the center, located at <\/span>47-49 E<\/span>.<\/span> 65th St., <\/span>needs more<\/span> students to<\/span> take advantage of the various educational resources available to all students regardless of their major.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
The Roosevelt House, home to former president Franklin Delanor Roosevelt, his mother Sara, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. (Photo Credit: Hunter College)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apart from being the center\u2019s director, Mayo-Adam, also an author of several books including the 2020 \u201c<\/span>Queer Alliances: How Power Shapes Political Movement Formation,\u201d<\/span> teaches an undergraduate course called <\/span>LGBTQ Policy and Politics<\/span><\/a>, which has does not have any formal prerequisites (though Mayo-Adams suggests students should take English 120 before taking this course).<\/span><\/p>\n

The course discusses the development of LGBTQ policy in America, trailing the extensive history of activism in the U.S. and transformative lawsuits that have shaped modern-day queer rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from classes, the center hosts several events per semester, such as an upcoming <\/span>Feb. 28 panel discussion on the censorship of LGBTQ+ identity<\/span><\/a> through the banning of books, which Mayo-Adams is moderating. The panelists include best-selling authors whose books have been subject to such bans due to their inclusion of LGBTQ themes, such as Adriana Herrera, Vicki Johnson, Kyle Lukoff and Boon Lin Ngeo.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n