Suzanna Walters All Experts

Professor and Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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gender and sexuality studies

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Suzanna Walters In the Media

Suzanna Walters for Northeastern

The unclear legal impact of Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military

On Wednesday, President Trump took to Twitter to issue a ban on transgender people serving in the military—an announcement that has murky legal standing, says law professor Libby Adler. We spoke with Adler and two professors of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies—Moya Bailey and Suzanna Danuta Walters—about the proposed ban.
- by Molly Callahan July 27, 2017
Northeastern community reacts to new Boy Scouts policy

Students and faculty described the group's decision to lift its ban on openly gay leaders while allowing church-sponsored units to continue excluding gays for religious reasons in unequivocally strong terms. “Claiming ‘morality’ or ‘religious beliefs’ cannot override basic principles of equality,” noted sociology professor Suzanna Walters.
- by Jason Kornwitz July 29, 2015
Northeastern celebrates arrival of leading women’s studies journal

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society will be based in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities for the next five years.
- by Jason Kornwitz January 29, 2015
3Qs: The tolerance trap

In her new book on gay equality, sociology professor Suzanna Walters argues that the plea for tolerance has sabotaged the full integration of gay men and women into American life.
- by Jason Kornwitz June 13, 2014
3Qs: The Boy Scouts of America decision

Suzanna Walters, director of Northeastern’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, responds to the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to admit gay youth.
- by Emily Rosenbaum May 29, 2013

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