Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments that have defined our social and academic lives for the last few years. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. In late August 2022, … Continue reading Hunter Schafer and the Truscum-Tucute Wars
Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments that have defined our social and academic lives for the last few years. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. According to an epochal … Continue reading The new transgender tipping point
Sarah Grace Goolden Opinions Editor Although labels are often seen as restrictive, the past half a century has awarded the LGBTQ+ community with the vocabulary to be proud of oneself. Titles such as gay, lesbian, bi and pansexual and queer have emerged to cover as many bases of sexuality as possible. This is a luxury that many queer folks before never had. However, it brings … Continue reading Teaching LGBTQ+ History: How Do We Assign Queerness?
Austin Horne News Editor PRIDE! Of the Community is a collection housed digitally with the UNCG library system that has been working to create a history of the Triad’s LGBTQ+ community for the past five years. According to TriadHistory, “it is the first large-scale initiative” of its kind. Later this month, the creators of the project, David Gwynn and Stacey Krim, are bringing an exhibit … Continue reading Librarians Documenting LGBTQ+ History in the Triad: A Limited Series
Austin Horne News Editor UNCG celebrates Pride month this April with a cornucopia of LGBTQ+ centered events. The Office of Intercultural Engagement (OIE) kicked off Pride with an at-home campaign for Trans Day of Visibility. The OIE produced an official Zoom background for use in classes on March 31 to show appreciation for the holiday. They also distributed information about non-profit organizations that students could … Continue reading UNCG Celebrates Pride Month
Sydney Thompson Staff Writer On a cold Wednesday morning of Nov. 13, the reading room on the highest floor of the Jackson library had coffee and warm snacks waiting for students. On a table are supplies to make buttons with the signature flags of the LGBT+ identities. Several books lay out, resources for those same students. The Jackson Library had hosted its first Queer Cafe that … Continue reading Queer Cafe invites LGBT+ students
Sarah Grace GooldenOpinions Editor I think labels get a bad reputation. Often times, people believe labels are a way to divide everyone and isolate those who do not fall within that same demographic. I don’t believe that is always the case. One might identify with something because they feel pride in that aspect of themselves, especially in the cases of culture or ethnicity. “Not seeing … Continue reading Identifying as “Queer”
Hannah AstinStaff Writer On April 28, Democratic North Carolina state legislators introduced three bills meant to protect LGBTQ+ individuals from discriminations, outlaw conversion therapy and completely repeal HB2. In the wake of the “bathroom bill” signed by former Governor Pat McCrory in 2016, many LGBTQ North Carolinians have faced struggles regarding their identities. For example, some state employees and their families are denied coverage under … Continue reading LGBTQ-Friendly Bills Introduced in North Carolina House
Peyton UpchurchStaff Writer Per the conditions of a settled lawsuit involving a religious adoption agency in Michigan, faith-oriented agencies benefiting from taxpayer funding will no longer be able to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or cite religious objection in their adoption cases. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel closed the case in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on March 22, working … Continue reading State funded adoption agencies in MI can no longer refuse LGBTQ+ parents
Bruce CaseStaff Writer The Supreme court recently voted to reinstate President Trump’s order to ban transgender individuals from the military, staying true to another one of his campaign promises and another one of his tweets. Starting with a tweet in July of 2017 that said, “the United States Government will not accept or allow… transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” … Continue reading The Trans Military Ban is a Step Backwards
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