WCJW AM 910College Freshmen in California Asked to Declare Sexual Orientation?Retrieved from the Internet on March 13, 2012 by SJ
http://www.wjcw.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=116&itemid=29814001(LOS ANGELES) -- College freshman entering the University of California system next year could be asked to identify themselves as gay, straight, bi, or transgender when they accept their admissions offer.
The system's Academic Senate initiated the proposal, which would add a question to the statements of intent students fill out when deciding to go to the University of California. The statements already include a host of identifiers such as race, gender and ethnicity.
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Declaring sexual orientation on SIR could improve LGBT students' college experience By KIMBERLY GRANO | Published March 11, 2012, 11:18 pm in Opinion Columns Opinion
http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2012/03/_declaring_sexual_orientation_on_sir_could_improve_lgbt_students_college_experience_Though sexual orientation is commonly considered a personal issue, a new proposal in the University of California Academic Senate would allow the university to quantify the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender presence on campus.The Academic Council of the UC Academic Senate recently recommended that students be given the opportunity to state whether they identify as LGBT on their Statement of Intent to Register, along with other basic demographic information such as race and gender.
