Weekender Briefs: Learn about pride and passion projects, explore flameworking
By Isabel Nissley | June 2, 2021Here’s what you can do in and around Athens this weekend.
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LGBTQ+ organizations on campus offer safe spaces for incoming queer freshman
By Lauren Serge | May 27, 2021The numerous organizations and resources on campus offered to LGBTQ+ students are especially beneficial to incoming freshmen, as they offer them a new sense of community and belonging while they navigate their sexual and gender identities.
Students can engage in social justice activism on campus, in Athens
By Riley Runnells | May 27, 2021At Ohio University and in the surrounding Athens area, there are a lot of opportunities to join the fight for social justice that don’t necessarily require being right on the front lines of the protests.
Weekender Briefs: Learn how to support Asian/Pacific Islander populations, destress with therapy dogs
By Isabel Nissley | Apr. 21, 2021Here’s what you can do in and around Athens this weekend.
Chris Witherspoon to be keynote speaker at OU Pride Graduation
By Isabel Nissley | Apr. 18, 2021OU’s 2021 Pride Graduation ceremony will be virtual. The keynote speaker is entertainment journalist and entrepreneur Chris Witherspoon.
Lydia X. Z. Brown discusses disability justice in virtual presentation
By Isabel Nissley | Apr. 8, 2021Lydia X. Z. Brown, disability rights advocate, writer and attorney, discussed ableism in the university setting, especially during the pandemic.
‘Beyond Binaries’ presentation highlights complexity of sexual orientations, gender identities
By Isabel Nissley | Mar. 24, 2021Robyn Ochs, bisexual+ speaker, author and activist, discussed the fluidity of sexual orientations and gender identities at the “Beyond Binaries” presentation.
City Council: Future Union Street District redevelopment plans; plans to update current city code with more consistent, inclusive language
By Mary Jane Sanese | Mar. 1, 2021An ordinance introduced Monday would designate the Union Street district as a downtown redevelopment district improvement project.
Campbell’s Corner: Hollywood needs to feature more diverse actors
By Hannah Campbell | Feb. 25, 2021We need diversity in the actors in addition to the diversity being portrayed on the screen.
LGBTQ+ advocates in Ohio optimistic about current legislature’s ability to pass further protections
By Abby Miller | Feb. 21, 2021With a new legislative body in session, some think 2021 is the year for LGBTQ+ equality to improve.
Rural Voices Summit educates on healthcare needs for various genders in Southeast Ohio
By Lauren Serge | Feb. 21, 2021The conference will consist of several panelists who will offer insight into the experiences of transgender and gender diverse individuals in rural areas in respect to their healthcare.
OU's Career and Leadership Development Center hosts Diversity & Career drop-in corners
By Kayla Bennett | Feb. 2, 2021Through virtual appointments, OU hosts virtual drop-ins and academic advising appointments to help students feel supported.
A Critique of Film: Gay film is actually very straight
By Jack Hiltner | Jan. 20, 2021Hollywood has been increasing the number of queer and gay films which has been great for visibility, but it’s rarely LGBTQ+ people on the silver screen.
Student Senate: Body rounds out the semester with four new appointments
By Grant Ritchey | Dec. 2, 2020A LGBTQA+ Affairs Senator was one of those positions filled.
Transgender Day of Remembrance honored by festival
By Keri Johnson | Nov. 18, 2020The Trans (Plays) of Remembrance Festival wraps up Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: Amy Coney Barrett is not who the LGBTQ+ community needs on the Supreme Court
By Kelsey Boeing | Nov. 8, 2020Just five years after gaining the right of same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ rights are under attack.
OU LGBT Center SafeZone training goes virtual
By Abby Brown | Oct. 27, 2020The LGBT Center’s virtual SafeZone curriculum has adapted to an online format.
Pope Francis voices support for same-sex couple civil union laws; Joe Burrow's food pantry promotions help those during COVID-19
By Melody Feazell | Oct. 22, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter. Catch up on all the latest news, from OU football to Joe Burrow’s latest philanthropic venture.
Welcome week is jam packed with virtual events
By Erin Gardner | Aug. 25, 2020The events started Aug. 21 and end Aug. 29.
Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: Thom Brennaman is just the tip of the iceberg of homophobia in sports
By Kelsey Boeing | Aug. 25, 2020Sports have always produced a negative stigma around being gay or members of the LGBTQ+ community, yet Thom Brennaman using an anti-gay slur is just the tip of the iceberg that represents homophobic behavior in the MLB.
