College takes steps to address anti-LGBT flyer controversy

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland State University says it will offer sensitivity training and create an advisory committee after officials were criticized for their response to a flyer that urged LGBT students to kill themselves.

The school said Friday that its response was inadequate and that the flyer was an attack on minorities.

The flyer was posted on a university bulletin board Oct. 12. It showed a silhouette of a man hanging from a noose and contained a gay slur.

University president Ronald Berkman said initially that the school was committed to upholding free speech rights instead of condemning the flyer.