An Open Letter of Support from Caring Faculty

As a community of educators and learners, we stand in solidarity with our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, non-binary, and two-spirit students, alumni, faculty, staff, and other employees. Indeed, many of us in this caring community are LGBTQ+. 

·       We see you, we hear you, we support you, and we affirm you. 

·       We believe that every student belongs, every experience matters, and every individual has the potential for a meaningful and purposeful life.

·       We acknowledge that silence and inaction contribute to ongoing personal and institutional homophobia, sexism, heterosexism, and cisheteropatriarchy. 

·       We resolve to make our classrooms and offices spaces of inclusion and non-discrimination. 

·       We affirm that we all have the responsibility to do and be better by learning, listening, and acting for change toward a more healthy, loving, compassionate, and just world. 

The views expressed do not represent Samford University as an institution, Samford’s administration, the Samford faculty body, or any Samford college or department. These statements only represent the individual undersigned faculty. 

We make no judgement about those who do not sign this document.