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Campus Pride Index recognizes NIU for being LGBTQ friendly

By Elisa Reamer | March 3, 2022
NIU received a five out of five score on the Campus Pride Index scale. The university was recognized for being a safe and inclusive campus.
Charles Schumann and Tammy Taylor talk about how the men and women members of the gay community did not get along during their time at NIU during an open discussion with alumni in the Diversions Lounge held by the LGBT resource center Monday evening.

Alumni discuss experiences during LGBTQ panel

By Hailey Kurth | April 9, 2012

Alumni spoke of their experiences before, during, and after attending NIU at the first annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Alumni Panel Monday night. “We wanted current students to have an opportunity to find out what...

Senior women's studies major Nicole Arteaga presents part of Lesbian? Bieber? Lesbieber?!, a talk given Wednesday night in the Holmes Student Center. The event discussed the socially-concieved correlations between hairstyle and sexual orientation.

The locks that link lesbians and Bieber

By Troy Doetch | April 6, 2011

In Nicole Arteaga's professional opinion, my haircut is Bieber-esque. Like a classy bowl-cut, it's shaggy and swept to the side. Could it be said that I look like a lesbian who looks like Justin Bieber? Confused? You should be. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...