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Spelman College to admit transgender female students beginning fall 2018

Spelman College will begin admitting transgender female students during the 2018 – 2019 school year. The announcement came in a Sept. 5 letter to students, faculty and staff from President Mary Schmidt Campb...

Spelman College announces new LGBT scholarship program

Students at Atlanta’s Spelman College will soon have access to more LGBT resources — a new scholarship program and a lecture series on issues of race, gender and sexuality, which will begin next year. The Dr...

Spelman Board of Trustees to examine trans task force recommendations

In just a few months, transwomen will learn whether or not they will be able to apply to Spelman College. The college’s Board of Trustees is expected to take a vote at the end of this fiscal year, according to ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 25

1. The Democratic National Committee says they've doubled the number of transgender delegates to the convention that they had in 2012. 2. An alleged serial killer in London accused of drugging and murdering ...

Anti-gay slurs hurled at gay Savannah State students

(Savannah)- Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Prescott had to think long and hard about whether or not he would attend a historically black college and university (HBCU) after graduating from his Forsyth County high s...