The drag race to acceptance
LGBTea
Back then, I knew that if my family did not like that I was gay, it was going to cost something. But hating myself for being gay was going to cost more.
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HBO Max’s ‘Equal’ is engaging, funky Queer docuseries
The new docuseries “Equal” seeks to be a fresh insight into the earliest stages of Queer visibility — years before the Stonewall riots even began.
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Schools should teach acceptance, expand sex, gender education
CITY AFFAIRS: Berkeley school district’s potential inclusivity policy for gender-nonconforming, transgender students is a step forward
Inclusive sex education across the country must prioritize comprehension over shame, understanding over ignorance, love over hate.
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Evolutionary revolutionary
To the Left
My mother always told me, “Democrats are the good guys and Republicans are the bad ones.” I quickly learned this was just her simplification of the truth.
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UC Berkeley student receives public service scholarship to increase student voting
Although the Big Game may be postponed this year, it is not too late to show UC Berkeley school spirit at the ballot box, according to Miyako Iwata, campus senior and recent recipient of the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship.
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‘Ahead of the Curve’ discusses radical queer visibility
The visual and narrative direction may be understated, but this simplicity allows it to better promote both the old and new guard of queer activism.
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Who We Are S01 E04
Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok address the importance of allyship in the queer community, examining the intersection of queerness with race as they discuss how queer people should be allies — and how nonqueer people can best practice LGBTQ+ solidarity.
She’s fast, they’re furious: What Caster Semenya’s story teaches us about colonialism
Semenya’s story must be understood if the sporting world wishes to dismantle the white colonialism that allows these injustices to repeat themselves.
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Love is love, sports are sports: Title VII and its effect on sports
As the Supreme Court extends the Title VII rights for the LGBTQ+ community, sports will be able to address a few social issues surrounding the topic.
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2020 Activism Impact Issue: Editors’ Note
This June has been a month of change. More than ever before, the world’s attention is focused on the critical injustices marginalized communities face.
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