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A UC Berkeley student filed a petition in court against the campus and the UC Board of Regents after being prevented from walking at graduation over an alleged Title IX violation, claiming a “failed system” and a lack of due process.

Sabotage, retaliation and dismissal are just a few of the reports of gender-based workplace discrimination and harassment recently brought forth against UC Berkeley’s Information Services and Technology, or IT, department.

There are some sexual harassment support resources that are specific to LGBTQ+ community at UC Berkeley. The problem is, according to ASUC Senator Juniperangelica Cordova, that there are so few of these resources and that they lack visibility because of the erasure of queer and trans experiences.

I write this op-ed an ocean away from the Berkeley campus. As I recollect my experiences over the past three years, my breathing shallows. A familiar arm pain resurfaces.

UCSF fired its Title IX director, Cristina Perez-Abelson, for "serious misconduct" earlier this year, after whistleblower complaints and an investigation.

John Doe, an unidentified, suspended campus student, alleged he was improperly disciplined in a campus Title IX sexual misconduct investigation, according to a petition filed Tuesday in the Alameda County Superior Court Rene C. Davidson courthouse.

Blake Wentworth, a former assistant professor in the campus’s South and Southeast Asian Studies department, was dismissed today by Chancellor Dirks after Wentworth was found to have violated the University's Faculty Code of Conduct and Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy, according to a campus press release.

As many of the 113 investigations detailed in UC documents released Tuesday unfolded, the University Office of the President pushed for systemwide changes to UC sexual misconduct policy.

Following widespread criticism of the university’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations, members of the Chancellor’s Senate/Administration Committee on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment hosted a listening session with students Friday to address campuswide concerns regarding policies and sanctions on sexual violence.