Counselor earns gay honor
■ UNL awarded counselor
Luts Diaz-Perdomo for his
efforts in helping students.
BY MMBEHLV SWEET
A UNL counselor who has
spent years helping gpy stu
dents and serving as a "staunch
advocate for minorities and
oppressed people” received the
second-annual award for
Outstanding Contribution to
the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Community on
Wednesday.
Luis Diaz-Perdomo, who
works as a psychological con
sultant in Counseling and
Psychological Services, received
a standing ovation after recently
appointed Chancellor Harvey
Perlman announced he was the
recipient of the award at a
reception in the Nebraska
Union.
Perlman said Diaz
Perdomo’s work on behalf of gay
students, as well as other
minorities, made him worthy of
die award.
Diaz-Perdomo has led and
sustained die gay men's discus
'
sion group on campus for the
last 15 years, Perlman said.
“His counseling, in the
beginning, was a one-man
effort because he was providing
services that were nonexistent
anywhere else in the communi
ty,” Perlman said.
Pat Tetreault, UNL sexuality
education coordinator, said
Diaz-Perdomo’s “pioneering"
work with HIV and AIDS in
Lincoln, as well as his leadership
in the discussion group, makes
him a role model others should
follow.
“I think he has done won
derful work,” Tetreault said. "He
relates to people from his heart,
and it shows.”
Vem Williams, a member of
the selection committee and
last year’s award winner, said
Diaz-Perdomo has helped many
students struggling with their
sexual orientation.
“Many students have been
helped immensely by his indi
vidual contact" said Williams, a
career counselor in Career
Services and professor emeritus
of educational psychology.
Diaz-Perdomo said he was
honored to receive die award.
“I definitely know I am not
deserving of this honor, but I
accept it on behalf of all the stu
dents over the years I have had a
privilege working with.”
The last few months have
been both good and bad for
members of die gay community,
Diaz-Perdomo said. The pas
sage of Initiative 416, the
amendment that bans same-sex
marriage in Nebraska, was a
defeat, he said.
But the news that Angela
Clements, a University of
Nebraska-Lincoln lesbian stu
dent, won a Truman
Scholarship was good, he said.
“That sends a message to all
GLBT students,” he said.
Diaz-Perdemo grew up in
Havana, Cuba, attended college
in Montreal, Canada, and
Madrid, Spain, and returned to
Cuba to get his dofctorate
degree.
He came to the university in
1969 to take on the position of
residence director of Selleck
Residence Hall.
The Rev. Don Hanway of St.
Mark’s On The Campus, 1309 R
St., was the other nominee for
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