Fabienne Fleurantin/ Staff Writer We have come a long way with LGBTQA rights. It was a beautiful moment in history when we saw the Supreme Court vote in favor of same-sex marriages, making it legal nationwide. But we still have far to go. Under the Trump Presidency, LGBTQA rights remain uncertain. Trump has stated that […]
Christian Gonzalez/ Staff Writer It was my junior year of high school. As I sat in art history class, bored to oblivion, one of my friends leaned over and whispered, “I’m gay.” My first reaction was to laugh. I thought “John” was joking. At Belen Jesuit, the Catholic high school I attended, the word gay […]
A university is about providing a platform for curious people to explore the world and individuals around them. It’s impossible to accomplish this if students do not feel comfortable or safe in their environments; and secondly, if students and professors are unable to have civilized discussions about the LGBTQA community, how the world currently perceives […]
Daniela Perez/ Staff Writer Although the act of severing the brain’s prefrontal lobe is no longer a medical treatment for mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, the issue of conversion therapy has entered the political limelight this past year because of Vice President Mike Pence. In his 2000 congressional campaign website, Pence showed a […]
By Madari Pendas / Staff Writer A few weeks ago MTV premiered a program titled “Faking it,” that chronicles the lives of two high school girls, Karma Ashcroft and Amy Raudenfeld, played by Katie Stevens and Rita Volk respectively, who decide to pretend to be lesbians in order to raise their popularity and social standing. […]
