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
Elliott VoorheesStaff Writer There is really no way to ease into a subject like this and quite frankly, I do not want to. On March 16, The Economist published an article discussing a Japanese Supreme Court ruling made earlier this year. When publicizing the article, The Economist tweeted, “should transgender people be sterilised before they are recognized?” followed by a link to the article. This … Continue reading Japan’s Law Requiring Sterilisation for the Legal Recognition of Transgender Citizens
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
Hannah Astin Staff Writer The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is sponsoring a campaign to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX. Title IX is the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive federal funds. With this definition, the Trump administration is attempting to define gender as a biological, immutable condition determined at birth that … Continue reading Trump Administration Attempts to Narrow the Federal Definition of Gender
Hannah Astin Staff Writer Four transgender women have been shot this year in Jacksonville, Florida, and three of these victims died from their wounds. Many activists are outraged over the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s handling of the cases and are calling for a better relationship between the Sheriff’s Department and the LGBT community. Violence against transgender people is not limited to Jacksonville; the Human Rights Campaign … Continue reading Activists Call for Change After Rise in Transgender Homicides
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