Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism Welcomes All
WRC’s new name a better fit
BU Today
By Leslie Friday
10-24-2011
There’s something about board meetings at the Women’s Resource Center that newcomers might not expect.
Center codirector Ariana Katz (CAS’12) invites everyone to settle into a circle of overstuffed armchairs in the George Sherman Union basement. Then she asks them to give their name, energy level, any personal updates, and their preferred gender pronoun. That’s right: their preferred gender pronoun.
Although everyone at a recent meeting said they preferred to be called “female,” it’s no longer assumed to be the case. Last year’s volunteer coordinator, for example, was a man.