In my room, I have a pride flag. It’s a flag that has five stripes: dark green, light green, white, grey and black. When most people see it hanging on my wall, they ignore it or don’t notice it at...
Pride month has rolled around again and with that comes businesses coming out of the woodworks to produce LGBT+ inspired merch from which something often called “rainbow capitalism” is born.
Rainbow...
I remember standing in my living room with goosebumps all over my arm. I watched the interns run to the press while people cheered.
Then the news anchor announced that same-sex marriage is a constitutional...
Since I came out of the closet almost nine years ago, I have experienced and come across several men who are in the closet.
Some of these men are not sure what they are; some are bi and some are flat-out...
Charleston's PFLAG chapter, established in 2015, is a safe place for members of the LGBTQ community to go to for support, education and advocacy.
Co-president Judy Looby said she and her husband became...
Every year in the month of June, the U.S. celebrates LGBT Pride Month to remember and honor the Stonewall Riots in Manhattan in 1969, according to the Library of Congress.
Since 2009, Jessica Ward, director...
The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would require public schools to teach lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history to school children, grades K-12.
Education majors at...
Being black and queer in a predominantly white community is the moment when those who identify as that are aware the most about their identity.
Three Pride members and an adviser of the organization...
As staff members of The Daily Eastern News, we stand with and support the LGBTQA+ community.
There are several people in the world today who still do not support people of this community, whether it be...
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition for the word “censorship” is “the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable,...
As always, I try my hardest to stand up and support LGBT rights, as I am a member of the community myself. As far as we have gotten with our rights, it is sad to see that there are still so many people...
By using a mix of personal stories and interacting with audience members, LGBTQ activist and writer Natasha T. Miller was able to connect with students at the ‘My Black is Beautiful’ poetry slam.
Miller...
