Reflecting on my experience with Pride parades; they’re important
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
July 4, 2019
The hot summer sun beats down on the thousands of parade participants and what is estimated at a million or more attendees on a Chicago Sunday. The forecast calls for rain, but that’s for at least another two hours, and right now it’s blazing. This was my third year walking with the Rockford...
Charleston’s PFLAG here to support LGBTQ community
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 20, 2019
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 a part of PFLAG once their son came out to them in 2009. They decided to go to the closest PFLAG...
FEATURE PHOTO: Celebrate Pride
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 18, 2019
Rosa Coit (left), a sophomore from Charleston High School, colors patterns on a coloring sheet during Celebrate Pride at the Rotary Room of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Monday afternoon. She said she decided to attend Celebrate Pride because members of the LGBTQ community should feel...
Carnegie Public Library to celebrate LGBTQ pride
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 10, 2019
People can mingle over cupcakes while celebrating LGBTQ pride at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library's second Celebrate Pride social gathering next week. Library associate Daniel Briscoe said the gathering, which will take place on June 17 at 6 p.m. in Rotary Rooms A and B of the Carnegie Public...
Marketing the rainbow can be dangerous
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
June 9, 2019
Pride month has begun, and with comes a time of reflection, remembrance, shared experiences and shameless cash grabs from companies like Oreos to Smirnoff. The first Pride parade took place on June 27, 1970, organized by the Chicago Gay Liberation movement; in the days following, several more cities...
9 students perform in drag show
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
April 7, 2019
Student performers lip-synched and danced in drag for a packed crowd at the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Friday night. Nine students, both new and old to drag, performed in the event. New performer Karen from Finances performed for the first time Friday and said they de...
Throwin’ it back to drag: Student Drag Show set for Friday in Union
Rylee DeLong, Contributing Writer
April 4, 2019
Wigs, makeup, dancing, lights and costumes are what students will find in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union this Friday. Every semester the LGTBQ organization, PRIDE, puts on The Student Drag Show, which will start at 7 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. The doors will open a...
Women’s, gender and sexuality studies has plans to expand in future
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
November 29, 2017
The women’s, gender and sexuality studies department at Eastern has plans to expand and offer new classes as part of a nationwide movement. Jeannie Ludlow, English professor and coordinator of the program, said this movement began about 10 years ago. Ludlow said when women’s studies originall...
