Colores Aims to Spread LGBTQ+ Diversity
Lawrence students tend to take on a personal responsibility to broaden the campus community’s views on diversity and and inclusion. Colores is a new club at Lawrence aiming to empower LGBTQ+ people of color and educate all students on what it means to be an LGBTQ+ person of color. Weekly meetings for Colores have been…
Letter to the Editor: LGBTQ Faculty and Staff
To Gay, Lesbian Or Whatever (GLOW) and to all Trans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and Ally (TLGBQIAA), genderqueer, and Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) students on campus, We are your LGBTQ faculty and staff at Lawrence University, and we are impressed. We have known improvements have been needed for a long time; and while…
Who’s discriminating against whom?
Last Saturday, as my boyfriend and I held hands and walked back to campus from our date at Victoria’s, a grey Chevy Silverado pulled into a nearby parking space and rolled down its window in an attempt to have us approach. When we failed to do so, it pulled out of the parking space and…
Gender rights and social justice at Lawrence
Among the 9 million lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered adults, many have grown up with horrific stories of bullying or harassment by officials or simply not fitting in amongst their peers. Because of this, many who identify as LGBT hide their gender, fearing rejection by society or family. According to the Williams Institute, 40% of…
Ask a fifth-year: Coming Out at Lawrence
Dear Will, I’m a gay guy and I’d like to come out to the Lawrence community. Lawrence is pretty friendly to the LGBTQ community, but I’m not sure how my friends will react—especially my guy friends. Should I come out, and how should I tell them? -Closeted in Colman Dear Closeted, I was in…
Preview: Second annual Queer Thanksgiving to take place on Nov. 22
Lawrence University’s second annual Queer Thanksgiving will take place on Friday, Nov. 22 at 3:00 p.m. in the Diversity Center. The event serves as a way for Lawrence LQBTQIAP+ students, staff and faculty to connect with each other and share a Thanksgiving meal together in an accepting, family-like setting. The meal will be provided entirely…
Letter to the Editor
I believe the removal of the Main Hall bathroom signs was wrong, but let’s put this in perspective here. Trans* people have been oppressed virtually without exception in all of Western culture for a couple thousand years or so. You can assume that there will be a bit of pent-up frustration after that. When, in…