12/1/2020 0 Comments The Tomboy Grows UpStephanie Sorter (she/her)I’m thinking about my friend Kim. Actually, I’m thinking about hair and dresses and the word “tomboy,” but Kim is as good a starting point as any. Kim and I were friends in elementary school, in that way where I consider her an integral part of my childhood but I wouldn’t be able to tell you anything about her life outside of school and the soccer team we were both a part of.
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Dyanna Bateman (she/her) // Graphic Design EditorLooking for some last minute classes to add to next semester? Here’s your guide to all the LGBTQ+ classes being offered at UM for Winter 2021.
This LGBTQ+ Course Guide features classes that are specifically focused on LGBTQ+ topics, and classes that are focused on other subjects but include an LGBTQ+ perspective. (All descriptions have been taken directly from lsa.umich.edu/cg and compiled for your convenience.) 11/1/2020 0 Comments Queer Theory: What is queer?Dyanna Bateman (she/her)Strange. Peculiar. Abnormal. Homosexual. Self-identity. What is queer?
11/1/2020 2 Comments Sigmund Freud: A Queer ReadingDyanna Bateman (she/her) // Graphic Design EditorSigmund Freud. This is a name that many have heard, remembered, and associated with oddly-specific theories about sex. But, what does Freud have to do with sexuality, specifically LGBQ+ sexualities?
Olivia Spicer (she/her)The history of Halloween winds as much as the long, twisted, tree-shrouded road leading to a haunted house. Simultaneously a pagan-based holiday, highly profitable affair, celebration teeming with religious iconography, and extravagant camp-infused party, Halloween holds unique meanings for different groups.
10/26/2020 0 Comments I Cut All My Hair Off Because I’m Gay, Sort Of: A Story of Coming Out and Cutting Off Bi ErasureOlivia Spicer (she/her)A few things to know about me: I have followed a lesbian meme account on Instagram called “lonely_lesbian_gang” for close to a year. I have openly flirted with several girls in my past. I participated in an almost whirlwind lesbian romance that resulted in one party leaving the country and the other feeling lost; I’ll let you choose which one you want to believe I am.
But most importantly, I have also dated a man for close to five years. 6/26/2020 0 Comments A Modern Mormon Gay Experience: Symbolic Violence Within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsAnonymousIn late February, Brigham Young University changed a long-standing policy that restricted same-sex relationships among its students. In the past, any romantic same-sex behavior was punishable by academic probation, or in extreme cases, expulsion. The change itself was relatively minor: a removal of certain wording in the honor code of conduct. This change would have been a historic one for the university, and for the LDS Church, which owns BYU. However, only two weeks later, administrative officials forced BYU to completely reverse their decision; it was as if it had never happened in the first place. 6/26/2020 0 Comments Why Pride MattersCatherine Sullivan |