Nathan and Rachel, house managers during their time at Kenyon, discuss the happenings and mission of Unity House, a safe space for Kenyon lesbian, gay, transgender and queer/questioning+ (LGBTQ+) students, faculty and staff and an open and welcoming place for all members of the Kenyon community.
Unity House serves to offer a supportive, educational, social and cultural environment to enhance awareness and acceptance about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning+ and ally concerns.
The house strives to erase the stigma associated with the non-heterosexual community and promote greater equality on and off campus.
Timothy Bussey, associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, serves as the administrative liaison for the house. The house is maintained by student managers, and programming occurs with the help of a program board and interested students, faculty and staff, who are encouraged to join the board and to help facilitate the house goals.
Unity House is newly located behind Farr Hall at 100 E. Brooklyn St., Unit 2, and it is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the academic year. The building is open for meetings and public use. House policies, mission statement and availability of facilities are available upon request from the house managers.
Unity House is staffed by two student managers who are responsible for programming within the space. For the 2019-20 academic year, our student managers are Teddy Hannah-Drullard (they/them) and Micah Fisher (he/him).
To stay up to date with events happening at Unity House, email GLBTQ@kenyon.edu.