President Donald Trump waves during a campaign stop at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Nov. 3. Hundreds of parents across the country have called on President Donald Trump to embrace Obama-era protections for transgender students that call for letting them use school bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity. During the election campaign Trump said that transgender students can use the bathroom they like.
DeKALB — With President Barack Obama’s term coming to an end, students and faculty interested in leadership and activism are paying attention to his final words.Obama delivered his farewell address at 8 p.m. Jan. 10 at McCormick Place in Chicago....
For many, watching the 2016 election results was devastating; it is an unfortunate reality that not only do we have Donald Trump as our next president, but the Republican Party will now control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.I know...
Progress has been made in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning acceptance on campus, but as October nears, which is LGBTQ history month, students should recognize the importance of continued awareness on issues members of...
PRISM, NIU’s student-run LGBT organization, will hold "The Art of Barebacking: Sexual Liberation and the Freedom to Fuck" 9-11 p.m. Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Room 406.This lecture will discuss the criminalization of gay sex and the resistance...
Prism, NIU’s student-run LGBT organization, will hold Bisexuality, Biphobia, and the Sexual Spectrum 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center, room 406.The discussion will include the misconceptions surrounding bisexuality that lead to bi-phobia,...
Prism will hold a Spring 2016 Kick-off Pizza Party 9-10:30 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room.Prism is NIU’s student-run LGBT organization that holds events such as the Gay Jam variety show and the Day of Silence/Night of Noise,...
The 21st Pride Dinner is 6 p.m. April 24 in the Holmes Student Center, Capital Room.The winners of the Eychaner Award will be announced at the celebration. The award is given to a student and faculty or staff member who "honor and celebrate the goal of...
A free screening of "Pride" will be held Wednesday."Pride" is based on the true story of a group of British gay and lesbian activists who raised money to help miners during a strike in 1984. The film received the Queer Palm award at the 2014 Cannes Film...
Illinois legalizing gay marriage was great news, but it didn’t signal the end of the fight for equality.The country is slowly making its way to marriage equality, and adding another state to the list is what we need. Although it’s an important step,...
After a “successful” tailgate Saturday, the LGBT Resource Center hopes to hold a Homecoming tailgate next year and possibly make it an annual event.Charles Schumann, a member of the Presidential Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,...
