Florida colleges close LGBTQ+ centers due to Ron DeSantis’s “dystopian” anti-DEI law

“The LGBT center… was one of the reasons why I came to [this university] in the first place.”

A student carries a University of North Florida pride flag to protest the LGBTQ+ Center’s closure.
Photo: Bob Self/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN

The University of North Florida (UNF) has shut down its LGBTQ+, intercultural, interfaith, and women’s centers to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R) 2023 law banning publicly-funded universities from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

The LGBTQ Center had been open for 18 years — it closed just seven days before graduation. It’s just one of several queer centers that have closed in state schools since DeSantis signed the law.

In a message to students, UNF’s now-shuttered Office of Diversity and Inclusion wrote…

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