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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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,...
