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LGBTQ Awareness Month Schedule

By Northern Star staff | March 18, 2015

Ask a Lesbian!9-11 p.m. April 1Holmes Student Center, Room 505 ...But You Don't Look Sick: A primer on invisible disabilities in the LGBT+ community6-7:30 p.m. April 6Holmes Student Center, Room 506 11th annual Ally awards2:30-4 p.m. April 8Holmes Student...

Northern Star staff to ask sources for their preferred pronouns

By Northern Star Editorial Board | March 2, 2015

Effective immediately, the Northern Star will require employees to ask sources for their preferred pronouns.The Northern Star recognizes the responsibility journalists have to educate and inform the public while being fair and accurate in the representation...

Question ‘gender boxes,’ masculinity

By Ryan Lee | September 24, 2014

A lack of masculine discourse is being discussed at NIU due to the efforts of the renamed Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.Combining the Women’s Resource Center and the LGBT Resource Center into one facility, the centers were merged to make one...

Centers team up to be more inclusive

By Keith Hernandez | June 15, 2014

The LGBT and Women’s Resource Centers officially united June 5 under a single name and mission in the final step of a merging process which began in September.The centers will now be known as the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and will operate...