TO THE EDITOR:
I condemn your stance against University funding of a LGBTQ resource center.
In the editorial "Somewhere to Call Home" you refer to the LGBTQ student population as a cultural group and argue against institutional funding of a LGBTQ resource center on the basis that no other cultural resource center has ever received direct financial support from the university.
If LGBTQ students were only a cultural group as implied in your editorial, then your argument against a University-funded resource center may hold.
However, the issues that surround the LGBTQ students are far more complex and cannot be distorted as being only cultural.
The needs of LGBTQ students go beyond culture and primarily include specific health resources and education, support groups and an advancement of their human rights.
These essential needs taken together are unique to the LGBTQ community and significantly differ from the needs of student cultural groups.
Furthermore, these important concerns cannot be addressed exclusively by student organizations and the inadequate funding they receive.
Instead, both administrative and financial support is essential to provide the necessary assistance that LGBTQ students deserve.
