Utah’s new anti-DEI law racks up another casualty on a college campus [Video]

Logan • For Samson Calderon Diltz, a queer person of color, Utah State University’s Inclusion Center proved influential in his decision to attend the Logan school. Moving from a town where white people were the minority, the center appeared to offer a crucial safe space.

And it did. Until Monday.

That’s when the center permanently closed in response to a recent Utah law barring diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the state’s public schools and colleges.

Now, Diltz is unsure where he will turn for support.

“I don’t know where I fit in on this campus, and I don’t think that they care about that,” he said. “They don’t want me to fit in. They want me to get in and get out of here. I’m sure that they’d love to offer to put me on some of their posters, but that’s just about it.”

The center is one of few LGBTQ+ spaces available in Logan. The city’s …