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By vocation an archivist at Berkeley Law, by avocation an independent historical scholar, William Benemann is the author of a new book, Men in Eden, on a 19th-century Scottish nobleman who pursued adventure and sexual freedom in the freewheeling milieu of the American West.
Tag: LGBT
Building an LGBT community for STEM majors
April 30, 2013:
An appreciation for diversity and a passion for energizing student life led Paul Zarate,a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, to found the Berkeley chapter of Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM), a national organization dedicated to the professional development of LGBT students.
Mari Rosas: Making sure it really does get better
October 23, 2012:
As a Person of Interest on the UC Berkeley campus, senior Mari Rosas speaks up for people whose identities don’t always fit into society’s neat categories. It’s a territory this student of anthropology and gender and women’s studies knows well and explores as a person, activist and filmmaker.
Chancellor honors LGBT community, and vice versa, at ‘historic’ gathering
September 28, 2012:
About 100 individuals who have helped improve the campus climate for LGBT people gathered at University House Thursday. The agenda: to mix and mingle, celebrate progress and thank Chancellor Birgeneau for his consistent support.
First Brett LGBT fellowship goes to Italian Studies student
July 17, 2012:
The first Philip Brett LGBT Fund award has been bestowed on Chris Atwood, a graduate student in Italian Studies. The fund was set up in 2009 in honor of the late professor Philip Brett, an eminent music scholar whose research kick-started the field of musical scholarship about, and by, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
Words to LGBT graduates from one who’s been there: ‘You must continue to Make It Better’
May 11, 2012:
Since Robert Anderson first arrived at Berkeley 29 years ago, “things have gotten better” for LGBT students here and in the world. “But there is still much to be done,” Anderson, now chair of the University of California Academic
Senate, told UC Berkeley’s 2012 Lavender Graduation.
Never-before-released Toklas oral history highlights exhibit of Bancroft Library’s LGBT collections
March 29, 2012:
A Bancroft Library exhibit opening April 4 provides a salon-like setting for conversations about the artistic contributions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual artists through the years.
UC leaders join ‘It Gets Better’ campaign with YouTube video
September 21, 2011:
University of California President Mark G. Yudof and Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing have joined the It Gets Better campaign, posting a YouTube video that reaches out to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth with a message of hope and inclusion.
Campus wins 5 stars for LGBT climate
August 4, 2011:
Berkeley scored a perfect five stars for its campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and employees, in new national rankings made public this week.
What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re a lesbian or gay parent, says grad-student sociologist
June 29, 2011:
How do lesbian and gay parents navigate in a world where heterosexuality is still the norm? Rafael Colonna, a Ph.D. student in sociology, has been interviewing same-sex parents across California to find out. In the process, he’s discovered that in family life, “small practices” such as assigning family names and titles, “have a lot of meaning behind them.”
Law students look at climate for LGBT and HIV+ in El Salvador
March 22, 2011:
Students with Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic have returned from a fact-finding mission to El Salvador, where they examined the difficult climate for the country’s LGBT and HIV-positive population.
