Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying.
After the mass shooting last November at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs that turned a drag queen’s birthday celebration into a massacre, the conservative community was forced to reckon with its reputation for being unwelcoming to gay, lesbian and transgender people.
Palestinian authorities proposed a red cross supervised evacuation of a hospital beset by fighting in Gaza on Tuesday, Israeli forces have encircled Shifa hospital, inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign that the Federal reserve’s interest rates are continuing to cool, and Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that prices either fell or rose more slowly across a broad range of goods and services.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment.
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender affirming health care, as he slammed the tide of other states rolling back transgender rights. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones that hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity.
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender affirming health care, as he slammed the tide of other states rolling back transgender rights.
As monks chanted evening prayers in the dimly lit Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in a dedicated, Pride flag-lined lounge at the institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away across Minnesota farmland.
One of the biggest rail unions rejected a deal Monday and raised the risk of a national rail strike, hundreds gathered in a vigil in a Colorado Springs park to honor those killed and wounded during Saturday’s attack and Ukraine could face rolling blackouts through March. Sebastian Yang has today’s News in :90.
Angeline Terry argues that laws like the Don’t Say Gay bill aren’t just homophobic and transphobic but are also dangerous. Saying that it is deeply unethical to limit children’s education on the basis of bias and prejudice.
The Opus Business’s Amplifying Voices series held a business panel Thursday, Dec. 9 in McNeely Hall to highlight LGBTQ+ business professionals and their careers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased indoor mask-wearing guidance Thursday and the University of St. Thomas hosted a Lavender Graduation Ceremony on May 13. Ad/PR Representative Sarah Gottfredsen has today’s News in :90.
The University of St. Thomas hosted a Lavender Graduation Ceremony on May 13, which celebrated the accomplishments of LGBTQ undergraduate and graduate students. Owen Larson and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
Throughout history, minority groups have fought for their rights and for federal protection. Charles University graduate student Filip Šourek argues the U.S. government needs to establish protections for LGBTQ Americans.
A record 574 LGBTQ candidates were on the 2020 general election ballot, a 33% increase from 2018, according to a report by the LGBTQ Victory Fund. Design Manager Maggie Stout shows LGBTQ politicians who made history in the 2020 election.
TommieMedia Opinions Editor Maddie Peters has earned the Sapientia Award for Scholarly or Creative Work Focused on Women for speaking out on issues of women and gender. The University Advocates for Women and Equity at St. Thomas presents four awards annually to members of the St. Thomas community.
