UA Alaska Finally Stand Up to Anti-Gay Discrimination?

by Michael Jones · 

Students, activists and faculty members have put pressure on the University of Alaska system for years to expand their anti-discrimination policies to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation. And for years, the University of Alaska Board of Regents has rejected these calls, and ignored efforts to address anti-gay discrimination.

That soon may be about to change.

This week the Board of Regents will meet again, and once more they'll look at whether the University of Alaska system should expand their nondiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation. This time, in addition to students and activists weighing in, the President of the University of Alaska, Pat Gamble, has added a heavy institutional voice in favor of expanding the nondiscrimination policy.