SGA passes resolution for transgender students at midweek meeting

The Student Government Association approved three new resolutions at Wednesday’s meeting in the University Center Cougar Den.

One of the unanimously approved resolutions was for giving transgender students the ability to use their preferred names on ID badges and class rosters.

It is intended to prevent the victimization of faculty, staff or students who must use their legal names.

“This is a really, really big deal for transgender students, faculty and staff, and it’s another way the SGA is showing commitment to the safety of all UH Coogs,” student teacher Stacey Lawrence Colton Meier said.

Meier, who is a transgender fourth year doctoral candidate, explained how the passing of the resolution would affect their lives in many ways.

“Being transgender is hard enough, so the resolution makes the life of transgender people at UH just a little bit easier,” Meier said.

The second resolution approved was for the support of the Instant CLASSic, a fair that will benefit the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

“We support CLASSic and you should come out,” CLASS Senator Number 3 Alicia Velez said.

This will be the first event that gives attention to the college’s departments and organizations. It will be held on Oct. 7.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Velez said. “It has such diversity that it needs a fair so students can see what the CLASS is all about.”

SGA passed the last resolution to sympathize with Cougar football quarterbacks Case Keenum and Cotton Turner. They expressed their gratitude on behalf of the UH student body for their sportsmanship and wished them a safe and quick recovery.