{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How Religious Colleges Discriminate Against LGBTQ+ Students","description":"Former evangelical insider Deborah Jian Lee explains how over 200 federally funded religious schools \u2013 with nearly one million students \u2013 exploit the religious exemption from Title IX, the federal policy that protects students from discrimination.&amp;nbsp; These schools violated the civil rights of Journey Mueller, who was forced out of her Christian college in Colorado, and countless LGBTQ+ students, all with the blessing of taxpayer dollars.  \u201cPersecution in the Name the Lord,\u201d which Jian Lee wrote for Esquire and Economic Hardship Reporting Project, won the EGF Accelerator\u2019s  Eddie Prize at this year\u2019s National Awards for Education Reporting ceremony. Jian Lee, a senior editor with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, shares story ideas at the intersection of religion and higher education with EWA Public Editor Emily Richmond. ","author_name":"EWA Radio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewa.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33568637\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/bf3747\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/33568637"}