Men find academic home in gender studies
Sexuality, masculinity, and interracial pornography have held particular allure for David Klein since high school, but only after coming to the U of C did Klein find a theoretical framework for talking...
View ArticleRep. Harris speaks on civil unions
State Representative Greg Harris (D-IL) spoke with University students this Monday at a small discussion group hosted by the undergraduate chapter of the ACLUofC and Queers & Associates (Q&A)....
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Equality for Illinois
Photo: Tom Tian/The Chicago Maroon As media operatives fished around in the goldfish bowl for a story last fall, they stumbled into proving to the world that historians can be newsworthy and even...
View ArticleTransgender students navigate campus attitudes and resources
Earlier this quarter Luka Carfagna and a group of friends showed up at Stagg Field for a kickoff IM men’s soccer match. But after arriving at the stadium, student IM representatives told Carfagna that...
View ArticleTrans students await open housing, dismayed by decision delay
Last week, the MAROON published an article on campus resources for transgender students at the University as part of an ongoing series on transgender campus trends. This second installment of our...
View ArticleIn visiting restrooms, trans students face tough choice
This third installment in our ongoing series on transgender campus trends explores how the University’s efforts to implement single-user restrooms have been received by members of the transgender...
View ArticleTrans students unhappy with perceived SCC faults
This final installment of our series on transgender campus trends explores campus health care options for the transgender community. For many transgender students, the quest for campus health care that...
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Q&A event draws creative reflections on students’ experiences with coming out
Photo: Maroon Staff/The Chicago MaroonAntonia Clifford at the Queers & Associates' "Coming Out Monologues" Wednesday night. Student performers told personal stories in a variety of media and...
View ArticleU of C students join thousands downtown to protest California gay-marriage ban
Around 5,000 demonstrators, including over 25 U of C students, braved near freezing temperatures at Federal Plaza downtown Saturday to protest the passing of Proposition 8, a California ballot...
View ArticleCampaign to raise transgender issues “not about being politically correct,”...
Students across campus celebrated the 10th-annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance on Thursday, part of a week-long series of events aimed at raising awareness for transgender concerns....
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Having a gay old time
Photo: Tom Tian/The Chicago MaroonLuke Dumas It is no secret on our campus that the U of C’s LGBTQ Programming Office, though led by a team of the city’s best and brightest gays, is perhaps the least...
View ArticleQ&A Pride Week events misrepresented
In reading Luke Dumas’s “Having a Gay Old Time” (4/28/09), I found it impossible to resist “straightening out” a few of his most misinformed and offensive comments. The most embarrassing error, of...
View ArticleDumas off the mark
The April 28 Viewpoints article covering Pride Week (“Having a Gay Old Time,” 4/28/09) is massively misinformed. Pride Week was created, organized, and run by Queers & Associates and other...
View ArticleThe third wave of feminism
The U of C Web site describes the annual Take Back the Night event, a campus demonstration with a “focus on ending sexual assault,” as a “feminist event.” A “feminist” event—not a “humanist” event. The...
View ArticleRethinking rights
The debate on gay marriage is oftentimes truly incoherent. One side says shrilly, “Destruction of the family!” To those of us who support gay rights, this makes no sense; same-sex marriage would lead...
View ArticleRainbow revolution
“You mark my words,” Pat Robertson intoned on television last May, legalizing gay marriage means “the beginning in a long downward slide in relation to all the things that we consider to be...
View Article“Outober” draws visibility to queer issues with Coming Out Stories
Campus LGBTQ support groups are aiming to increase visibility this “Outober” as national attention is drawn to social pressures faced by queer youth. Posted by the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, the...
View ArticleO-Issue 2012: LGBTQ resources
If you’re looking for LGBTQ resources, allies, or peers, you’ve come to the right place. This year the U of C campus was deemed one of the most welcoming and queer-friendly by the LGBT-Friendly Campus...
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Activist “comes out” for civil rights
Photo: Ivy ZhangIn celebration of National Coming Out Day, the Office of LGBTQ Student Life hosts author, television commentator, and former White House aide to the Clinton administration Keith Boykin...
View ArticleExpert debunks myth of postwar closeted gay life
Former U of C professor and renowned LGBT historian George Chauncey spoke on gay life in postwar New York City on Sunday as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. In his talk, Chauncey proposed a new...
View ArticleAn all-student affair
Five years ago, the University’s Office of LGBTQ Student Life was established in order to serve as a resource for LGBTQ students, as well as those interested in learning more about LGBTQ issues. Much...
View ArticleOnce an ally, not always an ally
Let us talk about a state where LGBTQ rights are very good, but where others’ rights are not so well maintained. A state that simultaneously allows some young women to love one another while...
View ArticleO-Issue 2013: LGBTQ Resources
Students looking to get involved with LGBTQ student life on campus have come to a university that offers a wide range of programs, discussion groups, RSOs, and support systems. The main hub of queer...
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Parker reflects on role as LGBT pioneer
Photo: Kwambata Ngatia/Maroon ContributorAnnise Parker, mayor of Houston, Texas, shares her trials and tribulations about becoming the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. The first openly gay...
View ArticleSpoiler alert: I’m bisexual
For the past few years, on October 11, at least one of my Facebook friends has made a status announcing their sexuality in honor of National Coming Out Day, always to many congratulations and acclaim...
View ArticleMarriage equality to be law
Fresh off the train back from the state senate in Springfield, the significance of this week finally dawned on fourth-year Mary Ella Simmons. “It’s one of those amazing moments. State senators, they...
View ArticleMarriage is not the answer
On Tuesday, November 5, the Illinois legislature passed a bill legalizing same-gender marriages. After its passage, I was bombarded with celebratory and supportive responses from many of my...
View ArticleLGBTQ activist denounces Israeli “pinkwashing”
Activist author and professor Sarah Schulman (X ’80) spoke against the “pinkwashing” of the Israeli presence in the West Bank last Thursday in Ida Noyes. In a talk sponsored by Students for Justice in...
View ArticleLetter: Equality does not preclude marriage
A few summers ago, I worked at a major LGBTQ organization. I understand many people’s concerns about these sorts of organizations. We do need to continue to hold these organizations accountable, but...
View ArticleFaith and fear
During O-Week, I met an unapologetically Republican housemate, and, even though I don’t identify as Republican, I felt a sense of camaraderie as I listened to him repeatedly defend his views. After...
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Comments at IOP spark controversy
Photo: Courtesy of Ray Whitehouse, Institute of PoliticsColumnist and founder of the "It Gets Better" project Dan Savage (left) and IOP fellow Ana Marie Cox (right) discuss the role of social media in...
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Uncommon Interview: CeCe McDonald
Photo: Frank Yan/The Chicago MaroonCeCe McDonald discusses her challenges with race and gender at the Law School Auditorium Wednesday night. In June of 2011, CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman, was...
View ArticleBooth offers LGBTQA fellowship
Booth School of Business has partnered with a national nonprofit to award a fellowship to an LGBTQ student or an ally. Booth, along with seven other top business schools, will offer the fellowship...
View ArticleNew exhibit showcases LGBT life at UChicago
On March 30, the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center unveiled its latest exhibition, Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles, a set of images, oral histories, ephemera, and personal...
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OMSA and LGBTQ office join to form Center for Identity+Inclusion
Photo: Cairo LewisLast Thursday, the Center for Identity and Inclusion hosted a launch event for the new space at 5710 S. Woodlawn. The space will be the home of the new Student Support Services...
View Article408 sign petition accusing UCSC of transgender discrimination
An online petition aimed at the University Community Service Center (UCSC) for alleged acts of transgender discrimination has gained 408 supporters after circulating for a month. The petition accuses...
View ArticleQUIP calls on Doc Films to cancel screening of “The Danish Girl”
On November 23, Doc Films held a free advanced screening of The Danish Girl, a movie about Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Queers United In Power (QUIP) called...
View ArticleLGBTQ Student Life Sends Students to “Creating Change” Conference
The Center for Identity and Inclusion’s LGBTQ Student Life Office sponsored 20 University students to attend the 28th annual Creating Change Conference, hosted by the National LGBTQ Task Force. Based...
View ArticleCenter for Identity and Inclusion Hosts Discussion on Queer + Asian Experience
On Monday evening, approximately 50 students gathered at the Center for Identity and Inclusion for a discussion held by Queer and Asian, a new student group focused on the experience of being Asian or...
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Bigotry Isn’t a Right
Photo: Wei Yi Ow/The Chicago Maroon Recently, several states have considered measures that some allege would legalize discrimination against gay and transgender people. For instance, North Carolina...
View ArticleCenter for Identity and Inclusion Remembers Orlando Victims
As news of Sunday morning’s mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL, continued to send shock waves across the nation, members of the University of Chicago and Hyde Park communities...
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