Stonewall Pride Alliance aims to bring LGBT awareness to FIU
Steven Melendez // Contributing Writer The LGBT community has experienced a lot of positive changes in the last few years. One of them being the…
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Rescinding of Title IX protections for trans people creates fear of marginalization
“This means people who were marginalized will be marginalized again.”
University celebrates National Coming Out Day
National Coming out Day was first introduced in 1988 by Robert Eichberg and Jean O’Leary in order to commemorate the 1987 march in Washington to promote gay and lesbian rights. It wasn’t until 1990 that the holiday spread around the United States. Today, the holiday is well respected and celebrated with more supporters each year.
Letter to the Editor: FIU has failed to be #WorldsAhead
Monday, Sept. 26, I, on behalf of my student group Stonewall Pride Alliance, attended our student government’s meeting addressing a resolution to recognize Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day at Florida International University.
University hosts Transgender Week of Awareness
This month, the University is hosting Transgender Week of Awareness to highlight issues faced by the transgender community.
Petitions for and against campus Chik-fil-A continue
Students have debated whether to eat more or less chicken on campus since Chick-fil-A’s CEO made a stance against gay marriage in 2012 with public comments and anti-gay endorsements.
LGBTQA organizations come together in Thanksgiving potluck dinner
The LGBTQA community’s Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner will allow students who are not accepted by their families to participate in a holiday dinner where they don’t have to worry about going back in the closet.
Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
Last Wednesday proved to be a major victory for the gay rights movement in the United States, when the Supreme Court had a 5-4 ruling to take out a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples.