Q&A: Chair of the LBGT Committee Talks Progress and Promise

As a student at the University of Virginia in the late 1980s, Gary Nimax tended to hold back on sharing parts of his life and background with others. “My parents both immigrated to the U.S. from Luxembourg. I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college,” said Nimax, who has worked at UVA since 1989 and currently serves as assistant vice president for compliance. “I received financial aid to cover part of my expenses at UVA, and I’m gay.”