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12/1/2020 0 Comments

The Rainbow Wave: LGBTQ+ Politicians Make History

Dyanna Bateman (she/her) // Graphic Design Editor

After four years of increased anti-LGBTQ+ policies being passed under the Trump administration, 2020 had something positive to offer with the largest number of LGBTQ+ candidates ever to appear on ballots in a single year. Of these 570 candidates, over 160 of them secured their office and many made history while doing it. This list is a compilation of LGBTQ+ office holders that are setting new precedents by being one of the firsts in their districts.

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10/26/2020 0 Comments

OUTx Impresses Audience with a Moving Tribute to Coming Out

Shoshana Weinstein (she/her) // Editor-in-Chief

On Thursday, October 1, students at the University of Michigan gathered for OUTx, a presentation of students’ coming out stories sponsored by the Ross School of Business. The event was part of Ross Coming Out Week, which spanned from September 28 to October 2, in anticipation of National Coming Out Day on October 11. The week was jam packed with activities, but the OUTx event stood out as a truly fantastic example of LGBTQ+ community and creativity on campus.

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7/9/2020 0 Comments

Supreme Court Rules for LGBTQ+ Workers

Evan Hall
Staff Writer
​he/him/his

A gay pride flag hanging  in the mosiac landscape of family photos in the office cubical. A transgender pin on the name tag of a Starbucks worker. They/them pronouns printed below the name on a name tag at a national conference. Simple and subtle, but a secret no longer. On June 15, a landmark 6-3 ruling in the Supreme Court changed the landscape for LGBTQ+ workers around the country. The majority opinion states, “An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids.”

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6/26/2020 0 Comments

Queer and in Quarantine: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on LGBTQ Communities

Shoshana Weinstein
Editor in Chief
​she/her/hers

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned everyone’s life upside down, but it is hitting previously-marginalized communities especially hard. Across the United States, coronavirus is making our country’s shortcomings more visible. Gaps in healthcare infrastructure, which have long existed, have been brought to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness, as more and more people die from the unavailability of COVID-19 treatment. ​

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5/23/2020 1 Comment

Blood Battles: Amidst COVID-19, the Fight Over Homophobic Blood Donation Policies Continue, at the University of Michigan and Nationwide

Willa Hart
​Staff Writer
she/her/hers​

As one of the presidents of Blood Battle, each October I dread the date our first mass email goes out to the UMich student body. Blood Battle is a yearly competition between UMich and OSU which challenges each school to collect more blood donations in November, and our mass emails are crucial to get the word out about the competition. We often see a surge in donor sign-ups shortly after the emails go live. Unfortunately, we also see a surge of angry messages in our inbox from LGBTQIA+ students who are upset that the University of Michigan supports blood donation.

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3/5/2020 0 Comments

A Home for Homos: Two Students Put the “Grind” in “Grindr” Working to Create Campus’s First Gay Fraternity

Tyler Kramer
​Staff Writer 
he/him/his

Conner Chinavare
Staff Writer
he/him/his

​In early January of the new decade, two ambitious students embarked on a journey that would hopefully change this campus forever. We, Tyler Kramer (2022) and Conner Chinavare (2023),  decided that they would start the University of Michigan’s first gay fraternity. We both wanted a place in Greek life where we (and others like us) felt welcome and safe, and we believed this to be the best way. Although the group is still in its beginning interest group phase, we hope to achieve the title of Provisional Chapter by April 2020.

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2/17/2020 0 Comments

A Note From MBLGTACC 2020: To Those Stuck at the Intersection of Identity and Health

Dyanna Bateman
Graphic Design Editor
she/her/hers

Even on a LGBTQ+ friendly campus in Ann Arbor that has many queer students and some gay organizations, there’s nothing quite like being in a building with hundreds of queer students from all over the Midwest and beyond. MBLGTACC is the annual student-run Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Ally College Conference hosted at various colleges around the Midwest. I attended MBLGTACC 2020 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI with the Spectrum Center and a group of 15 other delegates. Conferences are exciting, and I highly recommend MBLGTACC as means to educate yourself about queer communities that you are not a part of and to connect with those that share some or all of your identities, but I think it is important to discuss mental health and accessibility while in a conference and/or queer conference environment. 

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2/15/2020 0 Comments

A Green Light on Positive Change: Policy Helps Trans People to Change Sex on Driver’s Licenses

Adrian Beyer
​Staff Writer
​he/him/his

Changing one’s sex marker on a driver’s license once involved hours of legal research, doctor’s appointments, paperwork, and the humiliating experience of working with often judgmental government officials. Now, these struggles been significantly alleviated with a new Michigan law. This new legislation enables residents to change one’s sex marker on a driver’s license with a single form and all of nine dollars. In an exciting development for the transgender community, Michigan residents can now update their sex marker at the Secretary of State with comparative ease.

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2/15/2020 0 Comments

EnginTalks - Gender Identity Monologues: Michigan Students Share Their Experiences with Gender

Oliver Stevens
​Staff Writer
he/him/his

On December 10, in the basement of the Duderstadt Library, the College of Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory Board hosted EnginTalks: Gender Identity Monologues. The event featured four monologues focused on aspects of gender identity from both students and professors interspersed in a presentation by Spectrum Center president Will Sherry.

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2/15/2020 0 Comments

Supreme Court to Rule on LGBT Rights: Gay and Transgender Plaintiffs Advocate for Protections

James Gibbons
​Staff Writer
he/him/his

Three huge cases are hitting the high court this month that threaten to demolish our Title VII protections. Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda and Bostock v. Clayton County concern the legal rights employers have to fire someone over their sexual orientation, while R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is about the unjustified termination of a trans woman. The plaintiffs in all three cases argue that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- which bars discrimination against employees based on sex, race, color, national origin and religion -- also protects against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The employers cite religious reasons for the firings, as well as arguing that the text of Title VII does not explicitly include protections for LGBTQ+ employees.

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