(Radio Iowa) - Iowa State University is restructuring a campus LGBTQ center to comply with a state law that will go into effect next summer that prohibits state universities from funding Diversity Equity and Inclusion offices and programs.
A report released last week detailing D-E-I university changes says the center will be open to all students. Erin O’Brien is a part of I-S-U Students Against S-F 24-35 and says the change is redundant. The center has always been available to all students, according to O'Brien. Other changes include changing the job description of two staff members. The center also cannot host its own events anymore and student groups can reserve the space for events. O’Brien, a junior at I-S-U, says the changes show that the L-G-B-T-Q community in Ames is "expendable."
Republicans in the legislature say the offices pursued what they consider a woke agenda and were designed to indoctrinate students into a partisan ideology.