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Florida anti-LGBTQ bills make their way through state legislature

Ashley Bu, Reporter March 24, 2022

The amount of support for the LGBTQ+ has increased in the last few decades, but a bill preventing discussions about sexuality has moved forward in Florida. On the website of the Florida House of...

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Celebrating the Second Pride Month In the Pandemic

Talon Smith, Editor-in-Chief June 1, 2021

June of 2021 marks the second pride month since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Traditionally, the month is celebrated with pride parades and events to commemorate the LGBT community’s past and present...

Equality Act Passed in US House to Provide LGBTQ Protections

Talon Smith, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2021

Passed in the House on Thursday 25, the Equality Act is to provide landmark protections against discrimination for LGBTQ Americans. One of the pieces of legislation President Joe Biden pledged to sign...

Deadliest Year for Transgender People Recorded in US

Talon Smith, Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2020

At least 33 transgender or gender non-conforming people have been killed in the United States so far in 2020, according to the Human Rights Campaign. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has been keeping...

Pictured is the Stonewall Inn during Pride Week in 2017.  The Stonewall Riot was a pivotal moment in LGBT+ history.  (Victoria Pickering/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Pride Month moves online in virtual event due to pandemic

Anna Callahan and Talon Smith June 1, 2020

Annually, the month of June is marked by LGBT+ pride parades and events in honor of the community’s past and present struggles. This year, however, COVID-19 casts an ominous shadow over this historic...

Trump administration considering erasing transgenderism via definition change

Talon Smith, Reporter December 5, 2018

The Trump administration is considering defining gender as a biological and unchangeable condition determined by genetics and genitalia at birth, according to The New York Times. This change would effectively...

Micah and Mayah MacColl Nicholson are at the Dickinson Student Leadership Summit this past March. The Summit has participants from all across central Pennsylvania coming together to support LGBTQ+ issues. (Submitted by Mayah MacColl Nicholson)

Gay Straight Alliance Club Celebrates 10 Years at HHS

Alexis Moodie, Layout Editor March 27, 2018

It is the 10th year of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at Hershey High School. The GSA is a club that allows students an open space to discuss LGBTQ+ topics. The GSA was originally started ten...

One of 50,000 marchers carries a sign during New York’s annual Gay Pride Day parade, June 28, 1981. The parade, which commemorated the 12th anniversary of the Stonewall riot, moved up Fifth Avenue to a rally in Central Park. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)

The Stonewall Riots Celebrate its 45th Anniversary this June 28

Abby Shapiro, Managing Editor June 28, 2017

The infamous Stonewall Riots will be celebrating its 48th birthday this June. The Stonewall Riots were a series of violent demonstrations by members of the LGBT community when the Stonewall Inn,...

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