Here's how Lee University – a Christian university in Cleveland, TN – kicked off the school year: By removing protections for students on the basis of gender identity and suspending a transgender student for speaking out against the university’s homophobia, transphobia and anti-LGBTQ policies.

Lee University, like many religiously affiliated colleges and universities (even those that receive taxpayer funding), has long been a hostile climate for LGBTQ students. These shameful policy reversals only serve to put queer students in danger as they return to campus for the fall semester.

We need your help to stand up for queer students at Lee! Send a message now to Lee University President Mark Walker demanding that the university reinstate these critical protections, institute an LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination policy and issue an apology for this reckless move. Just use this easy tool to send him an email.