An executive order designating the Government of the Student Body offices as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender “Safe Zones” was rescinded Wednesday night after a request by the LGBTA Alliance.

According to a statement prepared by the Alliance, executive members said the organization supported efforts made by GSB President Rob Wiese and Vice President Matt McLaren, but did not believe all GSB office space should be a Safe Zone.

Jason Rivera, president of LGBTA Alliance, said the decision to display a Safe Zone sticker should be a personal one.

“It should be something that individuals are deciding, not a departmental-wide or office-wide thing,” Rivera said.

Wiese said his internal office in the GSB office space would display the Safe Zone sticker, as well as the internal cabinet offices.

He said the decision to make the rest of the office a Safe Zone would be up to the senate, but he encouraged them to take a position as student leaders.

“I’d like to encourage you to put up a Safe Zone sticker on your door and personally carry that out,” Wiese said.

Houston Dougharty, associate dean of students, said the Safe Zone sticker project was started last fall at ISU to show tolerance of LGBTA students and to increase visibility.

Dougharty said the Safe Zone does not imply that LGBTA students want “a place to hide.”

“A lot of folks think ‘safe’ means a refuge, and that couldn’t be further from the truth,” Dougharty said. “When that sticker’s up, that is a safe place for people to be liberated, to be themselves [and] to talk about their lives without questioning their pronoun.”

Dougharty said visibility of LGBTA students at ISU is low.

“It’s not visible in the curriculum; it’s very rarely visible in student activities and in student and administrative policy,” Dougharty said.

The statement prepared by Alliance executives said they didn’t want people or departments participating in the Safe Zone project in order to be “politically correct.”

“We do not want this university — a university that does not have one full-time staff person working on queer issues, does not provide equal health benefits to same-sex partners and does not have a clearly articulated non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation or gender identity — to delude itself into thinking that queer students or other under-represented students feel welcome and safe,” the Alliance statement said.

Rivera said he supported the decision of Wiese and McLaren to make the internal offices Safe Zones.

“I think [Wiese] has the absolute best intentions,” Rivera said.

Wiese expressed hope that the senate would support Safe Zones on a personal basis, and said he was glad the Safe Zone issue had opened up a discussion.

“I think we’ve opened up some eyes, and hopefully people will start thinking and getting rid of their ignorance,” Wiese said.