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Dr. Ray L. Watts to Present this Year's Scholarship Award

June 13, 2013

Ray L. Watts, M.D., UAB's seventh president, has very graciously agreed to present the Scholarship Award to this year's recipient for our third annual Alliance for LGBT Equality Scholarship Reception. This year's scholarship recipient will be selected and their name announced by August 1st.

Please mark your calendars now to attend this event. This event is co-sponsored by the UAB Safe Zone Program, which has very graciously offered to provide refreshments. Details can be found to the right.

UAB adds Gender Expression" and "Discriminatory Harassment" to its Equal Opportunity Policy.

Nov. 29, 2011

A collaborative effort between members of The Alliance, members of the Gay/Straight Student Alliance (GSSA) at UAB, and UAB administrators, has resulted in a newly revised "Equal Opportunity and Discriminatory Harassment Policy." This policy includes protections for "gender identity or gender expression" and prohibits discriminatory harassment.

Dr. Carol Z. Garrison Underscores Support for the LGBT Community

Nov. 14, 2011

UAB's ongoing commitment to its LGBT community, was underscored by Dr. Garrison in the following YouTube video.

"...The LGBT community is an integral part of that robust diversity that helps move this university forward, and it is embraced, valued, and supported on this campus..."
— Former UAB President Carol Z. Garrison

And That's Not All!

Additional changes at UAB are either completed or are in the works. These include:

  • All UAB Human Resource policies that define allowances for spouses and/or children have been modified to include Sponsored Adult Dependents and Children of Sponsored Adult Dependents.
  • Re-organization of the UAB Office for Equity and Diversity's Diversity Council to work through standing subcommittees, one of which is on LGBT issues. The Alliance's Past-President, Dr. James L. Raper, chairs that committee.
  • Members of UAB's administration have been assigned the task of looking into the feasibility of establishing a Diversity Resource Office at UAB.
  • The above video has been placed on the UAB Office for Equity and Diversity's web site, as has a link to the Alliance's web site.

The specifics of these changes can be found in Vice President for Equity and Diversity Dr. Louis Dale's letter, dated November 1, 2011.

What is The Alliance?

The Alliance is an employee-resource group at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, the UAB Health System, and the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. It exists to provide advocacy, support, and networking for faculty and staff members of UAB's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies (LGBTA) community. Membership is open to all. . . more

Upcoming Alliance Events

Alliance Membership Meeting

Thursday, July 11th, Noon-1:00 PM
808 South Bistro in the DoubleTree Hotel, on the SW corner of University Blvd. and 20th St. S., Birmingham, AL 35294
All UAB Employees and Retirees are welcome.
If you don't see us please ask for the Alliance at the front desk.
Free parking is available to restaurant patrons in the DoubleTree's parking deck next to the hotel on 20th Street.

Alliance Scholarship Reception

All UAB Employees and Retirees are welcome.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 4:00-5:00 PM
Large Penthouse Conference Room
Administration Building
701 20th St. S.
Birmingham, AL 35294
Parking is available in the parking deck which is attached to the building. Entrance to the parking deck is at 705 20th St. S. After entering the deck, proceed up at least one level.

Recent Alliance Events

2012 Scholarship Reception

August 30, 2012

UAB freshman Jared Allen Bash and senior Bri Nicole Bruce honored as the Alliance's Inaugural Scholarship recipient. . .(more)

LGBT and Medicine Discussion Panel

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Topic: The healthcare needs of members of the LGBT community and of UAB's evolving sensitivity and responsiveness to meeting those needs. There was also some discussion of the workplace climate for UAB's LGBT health care providers. This event was organized by the UASOM MedPride. Several Alliance members served on the panel.

Sponsored by: UASOM MedPride, UAB GSSA, and The Alliance for LGBT Equality at UAB

Symposium of Top Health Concerns for Members of the LGBT Community

October 28, 2011

For information about the presenters and links to their presentations. (more)

Inaugural Scholarship Reception

September 29, 2011

UAB junior Whitney Shea Julian was honored as the Alliance's Inaugural Scholarship recipient. . .(more)