Religious Exemption Accountability Project

@REAP_LGBTQ

Empowering LGBTQs and allies at religious colleges and universities where religious exemptions are used to abuse queer and trans students

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 30

    BIG NEWS: Today, we filed a class action lawsuit against the on behalf of 33 plaintiffs who experienced anti- discrimination and abuse at Evangelical & LDS colleges nationwide. The has the exclusive on this historic case:

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  2. 48 minutes ago

    "The suit aims to 'put an end to the U.S. Department of Education’s () complicity in the abuses and unsafe conditions thousands of + students endure at hundreds of taxpayer-funded, religious colleges and universities.'"

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Learn more about Audrey and all of our plaintiffs at:

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Audrey is raising her voice to protect + students at George Fox and all religious colleges. “I want George Fox’s policies to change so that I won’t be at risk of discipline for my identity or relationships will be protected if we experience unsafe situations." 5/6

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  5. 2 hours ago

    “The school’s approach to LGBTQ+ students make me feel marginalized, pushed aside, and erased. It affects my college experience on every level... in the classroom, with potential mentors in my department, in chapel, with my peers, who are allowed to treat me as an outsider.” 4/6

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  6. 2 hours ago

    When she did ultimately decide to report the assault to her resident advisory and area coordinator, George Fox University did not file a Title IX complaint as they should have. 3/6

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  7. 2 hours ago

    George Fox's “Lifestyle Statement” underlines the university’s opposition to same-sex relationships. In freshman year, Audrey was sexually assaulted by a female student. She worried about reporting the assault because it would out their sexual orientation to the university. 2/6

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  8. 2 hours ago

    Audrey Wojnarowisch lives in Newberg, OR, where they attend George Fox University. She expects to graduate in May 2022. She identifies as bisexual and non-binary and is a plaintiff in our federal lawsuit against anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by religious colleges.

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  9. 6 hours ago

    The harms that 200+ religious colleges inflict on students are real: Forced conversion therapy, turning a blind eye to assault & even expulsion. Meet some of the 33 LGBTQ students who holding these schools accountable, as part of our new lawsuit:

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  10. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    New Report Shines a Light on Anti-LGBTQ+ Culture in Christian Colleges

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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 6

    In addition to harassment from fellow students and administrators, LGBTQ students allege they were forced to attend conversion therapy, prohibited from dating people of the same sex, disciplined for social media posts and denied on-campus housing.

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  12. 9 hours ago

    In Oregon, Audrey hopes that being part of our lawsuit challenging anti- discrimination at religious schools nationwide will bring lasting change for LGBTQ students like her at , who face discrimination with no support from administration:

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  13. 20 hours ago

    Immediately after being expelled, Alex took a FEMA contract to treat Covid patients in San Antonio, and has since transferred to a doctorate program in Fresno, CA. He is raising his voice to protect all LGBTQ+ students at Union University and other religious colleges. 6/6

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  14. 20 hours ago

    "Union’s policies denied me access to the federally-funded nursing program of my choice," he said. "A federally funded institution should not be able to pick and choose who can receive an education.” 5/6

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  15. 20 hours ago

    “I went into shock,” Alex says about the day he received the email rescinding his acceptance. “My future was being ripped away from me. It felt like all my work as an ICU nurse and all my prior degrees meant nothing." 4/6

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  16. 20 hours ago

    Days before his orientation last July, the university rescinded the acceptance because they had found out that Alex is gay and engaged to marry a man. They expelled him. Union is authorized for a religious exemption to Title IX that allows anti-LGBTQ discrimination. 3/6

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  17. 20 hours ago

    In the fall of 2019 he was accepted into Union University’s doctorate program in Union, TN, and he prepared his life for this next step, selling his car, arranging housing in Tennessee while his partner remained in TX, and quitting his job to focus on the doctorate program. 2/6

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  18. 20 hours ago

    Meet Alex Duron, a gay, Latinx ICU nurse originally from El Paso, TX. He is Catholic, came out as gay nearly 15 years ago, and is now engaged to a longtime partner. He is one of the plaintiffs in our case challenging anti-LGBTQ discrimination by religious colleges. 1/6

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  19. Apr 7

    PETITION: If you believe its time for religious colleges and universities to end the discrimination and abuse of students, add your name here:

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    Apr 6

    30 LGBTQ students sue the Education Department over Title IX religious exception

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  21. Apr 7

    If insists on harming students – forced conversion therapy, expulsion, etc. – then they shouldn't be eligible to receive federal taxpayer money. The must stop granting religious exemptions to schools like Liberty:

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