UF celebrates queer history, progress and acceptance
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students will celebrate their history and progress this week.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students will celebrate their history and progress this week.
"What is wrong with you and your sister?" Carolyna Guillen’s father asked after he found out both his daughters identified as a lesbians.
Buttons wait to be picked up by visitors on the information table at the National Coming Out Day event on the Plaza of the Americas on Oct. 12, 2015. LB Hannahs (not pictured), director of LGBT Affairs and social justice coordinator, said that pronouns can put a gender on someone that they haven’t chosen. “They are very small words, but they have a lot of meaning to them,” Hannahs said.
Veronica Cinibulk, a 19-year-old UF psychology senior, reads about influential people in the LGBTQ community during the Pride Student Union and the Office of LGBT Affairs’ event celebrating National Coming Out Day on Oct. 12, 2015. Cinibulk said she understood why there was conflict over LGBT issues with the lack of education at that time. “We still have a long way to go,” she said.
Pride Student Union ambassadors discuss the history of LGBTQ rights and the resources offered for LGBTQ students at UF at the National Coming Out Day celebration on Oct. 12, 2015. Maggie Creegan (right), a 23-year-old graduate assistant at LGBT Affairs, said the timeline teaches people about LGBTQ individuals who have been a big part of history. Students may not have learned about them any other way, she said.
The newly expanded Reitz Union includes a wing that will make UF the first university to have more than one space to serve black and Hispanic students.
UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures is nearing the final stretch of its search for a new director.
Transitioning is expensive.
Tessa Arthur is a butch lesbian. She says so herself, and so does the backward baseball cap she wears with the words “bad butch” printed on it.
Turlington Plaza was silent except for the humming of the vending machines Monday night as people gathered to commemorate the lives of transgender women.
The civil rights activist approached the lectern and faced a silent crowd Saturday.
Tonight on campus, LGBT Affairs is hosting a vigil for the thousands of trans women who lose their lives to violent hatred annually.
This year, the Student Experience in the Research University survey asked UF students about their gender identities, offering more options than just “male” and “female.”
Tia Smart’s first experience in Student Government was through the UF Freshman Leadership Council during her first year at UF.
When it comes to extracurricular activities, Kevin Doan isn’t shy.
While the legality of same-sex marriage is spreading across the nation, some LGBTQ+ activists are concerned the success of the fight for marriage equality will shift attention from the remaining struggle for equal rights.
Supermarket giant Publix is now offering full insurance benefits to married same-sex couples.
Dr. Stephanie Ryan wants to break the stereotypes associated with LGBT patients.
UF’s Department of Multicultural Diversity and Affairs will be relocating to the Reitz Union next Fall.
About 100 people gathered Friday night to listen to a woman talk about being transgender, while also channeling Beyoncé with her confidence.