Tag: LGBT
Under the Kilt: On Being Gay and Christian
It’s a strange feeling to be a walking oxymoron. No one really expects you to be gay when you’re a Christian nor are you...
TruEvolution to host first AIDS Advocacy Night
TruEvolution, a Riverside organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and HIV-AIDS prevention and elimination, will host an event on April...
Carmen Carrera empowers the UCR community
“Do I see myself as an older man or older woman?” This was the defining question Carmen Carrera confronted at the age of 25....
UC President Napolitano forms systemwide LGBT advisory committee
On June 4, UC President Janet Napolitano announced the formation of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) advisory group throughout the UC system....
Laverne Cox: Taking a brave stand
Laverne Cox, a transgender woman famous for her role as Sophie Berset in the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” visited UCR last...
CBU discrimination against transgender student
Being expelled from a university is serious business. Students can get expelled for academic dishonesty or failure to uphold a GPA above a 1.5....
Exposure to a world of lipstick, lip syncing and much more
I don’t really know who RuPaul is. I saw the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” once, but only because a girlfriend wanted to. The only...
Outside the binary: AB 1266 gives students gender equity
The new year represents a sense a hope, excitement and whirling possibility of what could happen in the upcoming months, like an ever-elusive fortune...
Riverside City Hall finally reaches out to the LGBT community
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered (LGBT) community has been facing a real struggle with discrimination, especially when it comes to health issues. According to...
LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes US Senate
The U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill entitled Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Nov. 7, which prohibits employers from making employment decisions,...