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Bethany Hill educates the crowd on the history of transgender people. Hill also spoke about some of her own personal challenges with being a transgender student on NIU's campus

LGBT Resource Center hosts transgender history event Tuesday

By Sierra Lowe | October 16, 2012

A look inside the evolution of transgender identity throughout history was hosted by the LGBT Resource Center on Tuesday. With the Elagabalus to Chaz Bono: Trans People Through History event, attendees were able to hear of prominent transgender people...

Trans health is important to all

By Hayley Devitt | September 11, 2012

More and more employers today are expanding company health insurance benefits to include services for transgender workers. Although the American Medical Association does recommend this, not all companies are on board yet. “Transgender” is an adjective...

Trans-insured at NIU

By Kyla Gardner | April 11, 2011

DeKALB | Bethany Hill certainly didn’t identify with the transgender people on Jerry Springer. She wondered if there was even a word for what she was feeling. “I had always felt that there was something a little off but I couldn’t really describe...