ABOUT
ONE TWU
Hello and welcome
Our three pillars:
1: Educate
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We educate the wider community in and at TWU about the existence of LGBTQIA2S+ people.
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2: Advocate
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We advocate for our queer students and alumni.
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3: Relate
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We create community where we relate with one another.
mission statement
One TWU is a grassroots organization that affirms the dignity, faith, and full humanity of 2SLGBTQIA+ students and alumni connected to Trinity Western University. We offer affirming support, educational programming, and public storytelling that fosters healing, acceptance, and belonging. Our work advocates for institutional change rooted in equality, inclusion, and reconciliation.
our vision
We envision a future where 2SLGBTQIA+ students at Trinity Western University are fully affirmed, supported, and embraced without shame, exclusion, or condition. No student is made to choose between their faith and their identity, and all are treated with dignity, belonging, and equality.
our values
We believe in the equality of all people. 2SLGBTQIA+ community members are in no way inferior, abnormal, or less than their heterosexual or cisgender counterparts. Therefore, we affirm the humanity of our 2SLGBTQIA+ neighbours and seek to include them as equals in all our endeavours.
We believe that homophobia and transphobia are affronts to our Creator God. We stand in opposition to the stigmatization of people who identify as Queer just as we stand in opposition to racism, sexism, and the like.
We believe that people who identify as Queer should be able to live their lives freely without fear of shame, harm, or punishment.
We believe that love has no asterisk. “Christian Love” should never be characterized by condemnation and judgment, which can still be deeply felt regardless of how carefully worded or well-intentioned the church’s statements on the 2SLGBTQIA+ community may be. Rather, we believe in a church where people who identify as Queer are loved and accepted, free from conditional statements and impossible burdens.
While we accept that we will not always see eye to eye on every issue, we refuse to engage in judgment or tearing down one another. We will always seek to express discordant views in a way that respects the humanity of others.
We believe reconciliation and healing are needed to bridge the gap between the Christian church and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at large. For too long, the relationships between Christians and people who identify as Queer have been characterized by distrust, cynicism, and even hatred on both sides. Instead of accepting this as the status quo, we believe that this is a situation that can change, and we seek to be catalysts in bringing people together.