On Tuesday night, the Student Association Senate Committee on Student Life, led by Chairman Michael Komo, voted in favor of two LGBT-related bills: the first, the 2010 Equal Housing Opportunity Act (EHOA), allows students to apply for gender-neutral housing, and the second, the 2010 Expanding Academic Opportunities Act (EAOA), calls for the creation of an LGBT Studies Minor in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.
Both bills were passed 7-1.
“I am absolutely elated that the Student Life Committee has passed both pieces of legislation,” said Komo, who is also the President of Allied in Pride, after the vote. “Various student groups and organizations at GW have been working vigorously on these initiatives all year. I think the enthusiasm from the student body has carried over to the Student Life Committee.”
The two bills will now go before the full Senate, where they will be voted on this coming Tuesday at 9pm in Marvin Center room 405.
Asked if he thinks the bills will pass the Senate, Komo said he is “anticipating a positive reaction from the Senate as a whole.”
“The Senate has been receiving updates on these initiatives since the beginning of last fall and has been receptive to the ideas,” he said. “I am optimistic that the Senate will vote in favor of equality and will pass these two pieces of legislation next Tuesday.”
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