The university’s homophobia runs deep—students are speaking up and calling for change
Carter Sawatzky
Carter Sawatzky (they/them) is an English-speaking Greater Vancouver-based writer and queer activist. They were most recently managing editor of Mars’ Hill Newspaper, the independent student-run publication at Trinity Western University. There, they broke the story of how TWU administration is pushing out queer-allied faculty. They are also the current co-director of One TWU, the independent coalition of LGBTQIA2S+ students, alumni and allies at TWU. As a gender studies and english literature graduating student, their work focuses on the intersections of queerness, religion, sexual politics, classism and pop culture.