Dear Faculty, 

We are aware that though some of you may support LGBTQ equality, you cannot do so openly as it brings risk to your employment. Whether or not you are sympathetic to the cause of human rights and treatment, you can help your LGBTQ students feel more comfortable and create a better learning environment in the classroom by doing the following:

• Please be sensitive, knowing that chances are you have at least one LGBTQ student in your class.
• Please include and enforce a LGBTQ inclusive non-discriminatory policy in your classrooms.
• Please neutralize disrespectful and demeaning language concerning LGBTQ topics as they arise in class.
• Please do not single out or call on a particular student to provide opinions on LGBTQ topics.
• Acknowledge that Christians, including Biolan’s, can be affirming of same sex relationships and transgender identities.

With Gratitude,
The Biola Queer Underground

Dear LGBTQ Biola students,

Hello from Biola’s underground LGBTQ-Straight alliance! We hope you have found a way to thrive at this university and have found comfort in friends, family, and Christ.  Inside you will find stories that are probably similar to yours, and resources for you on your journey.  We’ve been praying about this project for a while and we hope you find peace and healing because of it. Please hear that you are not alone. There are many of us here at Biola who are on the same journey and surviving. We are a very diverse group, made up of every color of the LGBTQ rainbow, coming from several perspectives and backgrounds. We understand the daily inner-turmoil that results from trying to reconcile your sexual orientation or gender identity with your faith, but these parts of our identities are not in conflict. Please note that we are not a group of people who understands themselves as struggling with gender identity or same-sex attraction. We desperately want you to know that your desire for intimacy and human connection is beautiful, and nothing about you is a mistake. To those of you in the closet, we may not know you yet, but we are fighting on your behalf and constantly praying for you.

Love,

The Biola Queer Underground