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About Us
The programs and services of The LGBT Center support the needs of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty, staff and alumni
of Tufts University. The Center is available to anyone on campus interested
in learning more about LGBT-related subjects or issues of sexual and gender
identity. The Center is committed to maintaining LGBT visibility on campus
and providing campus-wide education on sexual and gender identity and the
effects of homophobia.
Our services include advocacy on behalf of LGBT students; counseling and
referrals to students in need; information about resources available to LGBT
people on and off-campus; research assistance with topics relating to
sexuality; a student speaker's bureau (Team Q); trainings and workshops for
faculty, staff, or student groups; email lists networking people affiliated
with Tufts University; networking to other campuses through the Safe
Colleges Program; and programming that reflects the diversity of students at
Tufts.
The LGBT Center is part of the
Group of Six
and works collaboratively with many groups on campus, including the Dean of
Students Office, the Women's Center, the Asian American Center, the Latino
Center, the Africana Center, the Office of Residential Life and Learning,
the Hillel Center and the Tufts Chaplaincy.
Drop by the Center and enjoy a comfortable and safe space dedicated to
supporting and celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
identities.
Dona Yarbrough directs the LGBT Center and is a part-time faculty member in the Women's Studies
Program. She received her Ph.D. in English at the University of
Virginia, where she also co-founded the university's LGBT Resource Center
and was the Director of Programs at the Women's Center. She holds
certifications in rape crisis counseling and sex education.
Her scholarly background is in twentieth-century American literature and
culture with a focus on queer and feminist studies. Her essay "A Queer
Form of Trauma: Lesbian Epistolarity in Either Is Love," published in
American Literature, won the Modern Language Association 2003
Crompton-Noll Award for Best Essay in Lesbian, Gay, Queer Studies. In
addition to supervising all the programs, groups, and other activities
associated with the LGBT Center, Dona advises individual students; provides
presentations and workshops on LGBT issues, other diversity topics, and sex
education; advocates on behalf of
LGBT faculty, staff, and students; and works on a variety of initiatives
related to diversity, social justice, and student life and leadership.
You can contact Dona at lgbt@tufts.edu
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