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From the archives: 51精品视频 Pride

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As Pride Month begins, revisit some of the achievements, research and conversations going on at the 51精品视频 about and with the LGBTQ+ community.听

This year鈥檚 events at 51精品视频 begin with a Rainbow Alliance and 51精品视频 Figure Skating conversation with听听on June 2.听

In 2020, 51精品视频 was recognized for the fourth time as a 鈥淏est College鈥 for LGBT+ students. Take a look through the eyes of a student to see what makes 51精品视频 earn this ranking, and how 51精品视频 can continue to progress. 51精品视频 also made big gains last year in the听.

This spring, 51精品视频鈥檚 Minoritized Orientation and Gender Identities Graduate and Professional Alliance (MOGI) convened a panel of transgender members of the University community to share their own experiences and offer thoughts on what 51精品视频 does well 鈥 and what it could do better.

Relive this semester鈥檚 51精品视频 Program Council conversation with the 鈥淨ueer Eye鈥 host and activist.

During her time at 51精品视频, now-alumna Kate Koenig created the 鈥淚 Am_鈥 Project to chronicle the lives of transgender young people through in-depth Q&A interviews and photos. Her work was awarded the Iris Marion Young Award for Community Engagement.

Postdoctoral associate Daniel Jacobson L贸pez, who studies sexual assault survivors in the Black, Latino and LGBTQ communities, says the problem is a public health crisis that is getting little attention.

Now an alum,听Regina Futcher听used their Summer Undergraduate Research Award to examine a decade of gay print media from the 1960s and 1970s. 鈥淚 like looking at the archives because history tends to repeat itself. If I can see trends in the 70s and 80s, I can extrapolate from that and see what we can learn in 2020.鈥

As the pandemic began, members of AQUARIUS, a 51精品视频 student group supporting Asian American members of the LGBTQ+ community, jumped to support communities on and off campus.

In 2018, 51精品视频 student Amy Kelley received a $10,000 scholarship and $2,500 in funding support from the first-ever, nationwide Live Proud on Campus contest, sponsored by AT&T and the Human Rights Campaign. The contest鈥檚 charge: Develop a project to increase LGBTQIA+ awareness and acceptance on their college campuses.听