SAN DIEGO, CA, April 13, 2009 – This Saturday, April 18, Campus Pride hosts its second annual West Coast LGBT-Friendly College Fair at the San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, CA. Nearly thirty colleges and universities from across the country will be in attendance from 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. to recruit lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally prospective students. Free of charge, any interested students and their families are welcome.

"Finally, colleges are coming out of the closet and being visible in the recruitment process to seek LGBT students,” said Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit for LGBT students and campus groups and author of The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students. “Today campuses want to be considered LGBT-friendly. It is not only in the best interest of enrolment figures but also a necessity to prepare for a smaller, more diverse student population in the future.”

According to Windmeyer, an increasing number of colleges and universities are openly recruiting LGBT students and are doing so for the first time ever. Nearly thirty colleges have registered to date for the upcoming LGBT-friendly college fair sponsored by Campus Pride. In addition, over 185 colleges and universities are reaching out to LGBT students through the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index (http://www.campusclimateindex.org). The national index, the only resource of its kind, is a dynamic online tool which rates LGBT-friendliness at colleges and universities as well as sets a national benchmark for campuses to become safer, more welcoming for LGBT and ally people. Any campus may take part in the college fair program or the index at anytime.

CHARLOTTE, NC, April 7, 2009 –Today Campus Pride officially launched its national blog, Campus Q&A (http://www.CampusPrideBlog.org). The blog is written and moderated by a team of college student leaders from across the country who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally. As the name Campus Q&A implies, the blog provides a forum to ask questions and get answers.

The only blog of its kind for and by college student leaders, Campus Pride operates the blog through its Campus Q Team. The team consists of nearly a dozen LGBT and ally student leaders chosen from across the country, who serve as active, visible resource persons in variousregions. Any student who is part of the Campus Q Team may be a featured blogger.

“Campus Pride views the Campus Q&A blog as a platform for college activists as well as an organizing tool for LGBT and ally student leaders at colleges and universities. The blog sheds light on important issues to young adults and allows their voice to be heard in a prominent manner in national discourse,” said Christopher Bylone, Campus Q Team Coordinator for Campus Pride. “This blog will be the hub for what’s happening queer on and around college campuses.”

Campus Pride is the leading national nonprofit organization for LGBT and ally student leaders and campus organizations. The mission of the organization is to build future leaders and to create safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. Campus Pride has been recognized and praised for its Campus Pride Camp in the summer and the national LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index (http://www.campusclimateindex.org). The new blog will also be a vital tool for Campus Pride to share new resources, updates and activities about the organization in a timely manner.

CHARLOTTE, NC FEBRUARY, 16, 2009 – Campus Pride (www.campuspride.org) announced the recipients of its Voice & Action National Leadership Awards this weekend at the Midwest LGBT and Ally College Conference,the nations largest college conference for LGBT and ally student leaders, hosted at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

Three students Justin Hager from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Celso Perez from Boston College and Shawna Scott from University of Georgia were chosen this year for the prestigious honor. The honorary recognition highlights the extraordinary contributions of lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally young adult leaders at colleges and universities across the United States.

"Campus Pride is proud to recognize these young adults and the work that is being done at colleges and universities throughout the country. Seldom do we recognize young people who are indeed changing hearts and minds and leading the way today for the future of equality. The Voice & Action Award finally gives visible national recognition where it has long been overdue," said Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride.