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Erwin Wambi and Atefeh Hamedi hold up transgender pride flags. - Contributor / Isabella Shainline

Transgender Day of Visibility raises discussion on trans recognition within the community

Isabella Shainline April 3, 2024

Transgender Day of Visibility, recognized annually on March 31, is a day to celebrate and honor transgender people and bring awareness to triumphs and struggles within the trans community. The day of...

A collage of photos posted by Rowan's SJICR to honor the memory of trans people who were killed this year. - Photo via @rowansjicr on Instagram

Rowan honors Trans Day of Remembrance

Abigail Twiford November 29, 2023

Trans Day of Remembrance is held every year on Nov. 20 to remember the lives of trans and gender nonconforming people who have been murdered in the year prior. The day was created in 1999 by advocate...

Erwin Wambi poses for a photo outside of Business Hall. - Photo via Erwin Wambi

Erwin Wambi: How one student is using his difficult upbringing to foster change

Sarah Shockey October 2, 2023

Ever since coming to the United States last January, Erukana “Erwin” Wambi has been able to breathe a sigh of relief. After his home country of Uganda passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, a...

The best way to deal with religious protesters is a lot easier then you think: ignore them. - Multimedia Editor / Drew Peltzman

Harmon: The best way to deal with religious protesters is easy, ignore them

Al Harmon September 20, 2023

By now, we've all seen it. The religious fanatics who shout at students as they walk to class or back to their dorms from the sidewalk. They hold signs about premarital sex, the impending return of God,...

Harmon discusses the importance of International Asexual Day. - Photo via Unsplash.com

Harmon: The importance of International Asexuality Day

Al Harmon April 19, 2023

Within the LGBTQ+ community, sexual orientation and gender identity have long been hotly debated issues. While there has been progress in recent years to increase understanding and encourage acceptance...

Students on stage at a Rowan drag show. - Copy Editor / Sylent Michaels

O’Brien: What’s the deal with the anger over drag?

Owen O'Brien April 19, 2023

I want to preface this by saying that I’m not a fan of drag. I have only a passing knowledge of the subculture’s existence, I don’t think I’ve ever watched “Rupaul’s Drag Race” but I know...

Harmon discusses the importance of supporting the transgender community. - Photo via Unsplash.com

Harmon: Trans Day of Visibility is a reminder to protect the lives and rights of the trans community

Al Harmon April 12, 2023

The Human Rights Campaign reports that there are currently 340 anti-LGBT laws pending in state legislatures across the United States, 150 of which expressly target transgender persons. It is a depressing...

Rowan students lined up in front of Bunce Hall lit up in rainbow. - Photo via Rowan University

Rowan’s “Pride Fest” kicks off early pride month celebrations

Elena Laughton April 5, 2023

With Pride Month around the corner in June, Rowan University kicked off its celebrations a bit early since most students will be off-campus during the month of June. Rowan's "Gaypril" began at Bunce Green...

Bunce Hall lit up in support of the LGBTQ+ community. - Former Editor-in-Chief / Miguel Martinez

How does Rowan University’s preferred name software work?

Berry Andres February 22, 2023

In 2021, the most widely used college application software, The Common App, updated its application questions focused on sex and gender to include pronouns and preferred name usage. Because of this change,...

PRISM hosts its annual Sex Toy Bingo. Staff Writer / Kariyah Bennett

Pfleeger? I hardly know her! : PRISM hosts Sex Toy Bingo

Kariyah Bennett December 7, 2022

No one can last 25 rounds, unless you were at Sex Toy Bingo — which took place Thursday, Dec. 1, from 8 p.m. until midnight. Rowan PRISM hosted the event in Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University....

An increasing number of people have identified as nonbinary in recent years and the LGBTQ community has become more recognized as a result. - Photo / Pixabay.com.

Rowan PRISM, Active Minds host dual meeting for mental health in the LGBTQ+ community

Jennifer McGraw November 30, 2022

Rowan University clubs PRISM and Active Minds held a dual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 22, to talk about LGBTQ+ mental health advocacy.  The collaboration came after the devastating mass shooting...

Rowan Lab Theatre presented "Perfect Arrangement" Nov. 11-13. - Photo / Elliot Colahan

Rowan Lab Theatre presents “Perfect Arrangement” for the fall season

Joshua Ayers November 16, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of attending the first showing of Rowan Lab Theatre’s limited run of “Perfect Arrangement” by American playwright, Topher Payne. Senior theater major, Elliot Colahan,...

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