Gain insight into the LGBTQ experience with these readings
As we celebrate Pride Month, USC Dornsife faculty give their top choices of books and essays written by or featuring members of the LGBTQ community.
USC experts discuss Supreme Court ruling on LGBT workers
Monday’s landmark decision could extend protections to others, as well.
Keck Medicine of USC hospitals earn LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation
Both Keck Medical Center — which includes Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital — and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital received the maximum score from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Understanding the causes of stress on health of gay or lesbian adolescents
USC researchers to recruit 1,500 teens in all 50 states and then follow them for three years.
LGBT Alumni Celebrate 25 Years of Pride
USC social work effort works to advance LGBT health research
Health Equity Initiative brings together experts to advance studies for a population whose members have dramatically higher rates of mental and behavioral health problems than their peers.
USC military center to begin Bay Area veterans study
The study will poll 1,000 veterans on transition challenges, employment, finances, housing, health and access to services.
USC health professions students work to bring LGBTQ patient care issues to the fore
Second annual Southern California LGBTQ Health Conference to educate professionals on queer patient care.
Researchers to gauge crisis services for sexual minorities
The Trevor Project offers a hotline and text-messaging services to individuals in need.
Trojans show their support at LA’s 2014 Pride Parade
During LGBT Pride month, USC Marshall helps support one of the nation’s largest pride events.
Conference examines LGBT experience in sports
Sports and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experience was the subject of a three-day conference hosted by the Institute of Sports, Media, & Society at USC Annenberg.
NBA center Jason Collins gets candid at Keck School
Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito conducted a wide-ranging discussion with Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete playing a major American team sport.
Double alumnus embraces many identities
Vincent Vigil ME ’04, EdD ’07 says that his path as a leader in student affairs was shaped by six visible and invisible identities.
USC named one of nation’s most LGBT-inclusive campuses
USC has ranked among the top 25 LGBT-friendly universities in the country, thanks to the five-star efforts and programs offered by the USC LGBT Resource Center.
New group to provide a haven for LGBT parents
The LGBT Pride Parent Circle is one of the first organizations in the nation to extend support to parents.
Advocating for the LGBT community
All too frequently overlooked and underrepresented, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) aging issues nevertheless provide enormous opportunities for change. For his dedication to making strides in this area, Brian Gilad Wilson, a graduate student at the USC Davis School of Gerontology, was honored with a scholarship from the USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association.
Gay marriage not a key issue for 75 percent of California voters
The overwhelming majority of California voters said gay marriage would not be a major issue or just one of many factors they would consider at the ballot box, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll.
From classroom to center stage
When USC student Jennifer Do gracefully crossed the stage of the Miss Vietnam of Southern California Pageant, her confidence and natural elegance suggested the qualities of a seasoned contestant.
Same-Sex Marriage
Proposition 8 is likely to fail, making California a bellwether for acceptance of gay marriage, according to the Initiative & Referendum Institute.