Nursing students at UMass Dartmouth spent their Friday afternoon planning a protest, upset about the university's lack of response to what they are calling "homophobic" and "transphobic" language.
Katelyn Feeney is a junior nursing student at the school. She said that there is a student within the College of Nursing that is "blatantly posting and saying very homophobic/transphobic things (on social media)."
"We just can't stand for this discrimination," Feeney said. "However, nothing has been done by the school to show that we do not stand for this."
Muranda Dutra is a member of the university's LGBTQ+ community. Dutra said this student has been saying upsetting things for a number of years.