A Slippery Rock University organization is concerned about rainbow signs left tattered on the ground over the weekend.

The President's Commission on Gender Identity & Expression and Sexual Orientation (GIESO) posted photographs online of two signs torn, broken and flattened.

GIESO is an SRU organization that advocates for LGBTQ rights on campus.

University officials were aware of the broken signs and advised the group to report the incident to SRU Police, according to Robb King, associate executive director of communication and public affairs.

King said the group filed a report, and the incident is under investigation to determine whether the damage was caused by vandalism or otherwise.

“If it was indeed vandalism, the university certainly condemns all such behaviors,” King said.

King said if evidence is found supporting vandalism, the persons responsible will answer to the university's Student Conduct Code.

The signs feature the group's logo in the upper left hand corner and have rainbow-colored bands that run down the length of the sign with different statements in white lettering within each stripe.

“Love is Love” one of the bands reads. “Black LGBTQ+ Lives Matter” another band reads.

On one sign, the group's logo was torn from the sign, and on the other a large hole was punctured into the center of the sign with a tear from the hole toward the ground.

In a Facebook post, GIESO said the signs had been placed as part of its #IntersectionalitySRU campaign.

The post said if the act was vandalism, it contributed to LGBTQ students, faculty and staff feeling unsafe on campus.

“We'd like to call on the whole campus community to join us in condemning homophobia, transphobia and racism in all their forms, and working to make SRU a place where all members of the community can feel free and safe to bring their whole selves,” the post said.

According to an October news release, the #IntersectionalitySRU campaign is aimed at providing safe passage at “intersections” where possible discrimination, intolerance or bigotry could occur.

In the October release, Vanessa Vought, health promotion coordinator in Student Health Services, spoke as the co-chair of GIESO.

“Intersectionality is this idea of solidarity and making sure you're inclusive, but also working with other populations to show that if we band together, we can really help each other solve each other's issues,” Vought said. “We are stronger together than if we are apart.”