Word: lgbt
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Funds for the Penn LGBT student center were given by two alumni of the university, partners for life David Goodhand and Vincent Griski, both members of Penn's Class of 1985. They announced the gift at Penn's National Coming Out Day ceremonies last Wednesday...
...Penn LGBT Director Bob Schoenberg said the center will combine his initial ideas with the couple's own desire to significantly contribute to what he described as Penn's progressive environment...
Goodhand and Griski have also endowed two scholarships for students at Penn and donated funds that increased the staff of the current LGBT Center...
...hope the center becomes a welcoming and safe environment for LGBT people at Penn," they wrote. "We also hope that it will be an information resource for them offering guidance on everything from safe sex to job searches...
Schoenberg, who is also chair of the National Consortium of LGBT Resources, said Penn is also one of about 60 institutions of higher learning in the United States that has a professional staff dedicated exclusively to working on LGBT issues...