In 2013, a group of Sewanee students decided to create both a physical space and an action-focused organization that would provide support and raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ community on campus. That's when our alliance began.
Curious to know why GSD does the work it does? Want to know what our specific goals are and how we go about achieving them? Click below to find out!
The GSD Alliance is a multifaceted campus organization with three primary divisions: residential, activist, and news and entertainment. Click below to learn more about the specific functions of these branches.
The GSD Alliance facilities a number of exciting programs, trainings, and events each year. Click below to learn about our Speaker and Lecturer Series, Educational-Awareness series, Resident-led programs and more!
Check out these alumni spotlights and see how their influence and involvement helped promote awareness around LGBTQ+ issue on campus.
Help us spread love and equality. Learn more about the ways you can join GSD in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. Whether it's giving, joining, or advocating, we would love to have you involved.
Arturo Márquez-Gómez was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. As a Psychologist he worked as a research assistant in gender studies and HIV-AIDS prevention at FLACSO-Chile. His research and teaching interests include all levels of Spanish, contemporary Latin American narratives, visual studies, cinema, and more specific literature seminars centered on contemporary authors or topics such as gender and sexuality, memory and Latin American cities.
A member of the English department since 2013, Ross studies and teaches sixteenth and seventeenth-century British writers, especially Milton, Jonson, and Spenser. He also teaches regularly in the interdisciplinary Humanities program and has served on the faculty of the School of Letters.
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