Temple University LGBTQ Alumni Society

Please continue to give your free daily vote to our own LGBT alum Shane, as he competes for a top 5 position in Greatest Baker

Is Shane Rubin the Greatest Baker? You decide! One baker will take home the title, a feature in Bake From Scratch Magazine, and $20,000!

LGBT Temple Alum Shane Rubin is in the run to be Greatest Baker, with their gluten free creations. You can cast one free daily vote

Is Shane Rubin the Greatest Baker? You decide! One baker will take home the title, a feature in Bake From Scratch Magazine, and $20,000!

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Former TU LGBTQ Alumni Society President, Matthew Laskowski is running for a seat on his local school board in Bucks County. He has asked me to share this here to help boost visibility for one of our own seeking another way to support our community.
-Shane

Matthew J. Laskowski for Council Rock School Board Region 4 I believe in leaving this world better than we found it.

Try your best to stay safe everyone.
-Shane

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/covid-on-campus/temple-to-move-to-virtual-learning-for-start-of-spring-semester/3086754/ Temple to Move to Virtual Learning for Start of Spring Semester

Temple to Move to Virtual Learning for Start of Spring Semester Amid a surge in cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant, Temple University will move to online learning for the first three weeks of the spring 2022 semester, the school announced.

An exciting aspect of this is that “It will allow students to update their gender without legal documentation or a parent or guardian’s approval.”

-Shane

Philly students can now identify as nonbinary in the school district system Superintendent Hite said the change was a step towards becoming more “equitable and inclusive.”

Next Saturday, November 20th, at 6 pm, a Trans Day of Remembrance vigil will be held at the Belltower to honor the members of our transgender community whose lives have been stolen from us by violence over the last year. There will be a certain amount of TDOR tshirts/sweatshirts distributed on a first come first serve basis. Please come to pay your respects and seek solace in each other.

-Shane

I hope that everyone has been enjoying their National Coming Out Day!

For any of us associated with Temple University, this is a petition to demand safety protocol be put in place to help protect students and faculty from covid-19. We cannot afford to operate as if things are back to normal and not have this result in a public health disaster. There is a special alumnus option to select on said petition.
Our voices matter. We can do better. -Shane

An Open Letter from Temple University faculty, librarians, and academic professionals to the Temple University Administration and Board of Trustees **SCROLL DOWN TO ADD YOUR SIGNATURE AND SHARE WIDELY** **A copy of the letter with links to sources is available here: https://tinyurl.com/TAUPFall2021Petition ** August 9, 2021 Dear President Wingard, Provost Epps, and the Temple University Board of Trustees, It is with a deep sense of commitment t...

Happy pride month to all Temple students and alumni. -Shane

“It requires youth organizations to implement policies that protect young people who are transgender. The new law also ensures public buildings have accessible gender-neutral bathrooms, including each floor of City Hall.”

-Shane

Mayor Kenney Signs Law To Protect Rights Of Transgender, Non-Binary Philadelphians It requires youth organizations to implement policies that protect young people who are transgender.

We do not yet know if this is enforceable in parochial and charter schools, but it’s a very positive measure for the youth of Philadelphia. -Shane

Council passes bill requiring Philly youth organizations to accommodate trans kids The bill was passed as part of a broader package of “inclusion” legislation championed by at-large Councilwoman Helen Gym.