Ball State cancels LGBTQ training amid uncertainty of legislation

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MUNCIE — Ball State University canceled an upcoming LGBTQ staff training session titled ‘LGBTQ 101.’

The session, originally scheduled for April 16, was a Learning and Development session, offered to Ball State employees.

“It’s 2025. We can do better. We can be better, we can do better,” Junior Kylie Clayton said. “I think it’s an awful message. It just like I don’t align with any of that, but I know if I did I would feel excluded and like an outcast.”

WRTV spoke with a BSU staff member who is a member of the LGBTQ community.

She asked to remain anonymous because she was afraid of backlash from her employer.

“I think there’s a lot of danger in removing those safeguards for marginalized groups. I can see how decisions like that would instill a lot of fear in people,” she said. “I think it’s important that they can fully understand the students that they’re teaching and understand different viewpoints.”

WRTV reached out to the university to find out why the session was canceled.

A spokesperson said in an emailed statement:

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