by Madison Rose

When someone graduates high school and college, they face an immense amount of pressure to know exactly what they want to do with their life and to know how to do it. With a pandemic still raging around us, though, our vision of the future is even more muddied than it ever has been before. This should be the start of normalizing gap years, odd jobs, change of degree, and self-exploration. …

by Isabella Zollner

What we know about the Capitol Riot only scratches the surface of a much more sinister truth. As I write, the FBI is investigating the collusion and planning that may have gone on behind the scenes to create an insurrection of this size. Several FBI officials have confirmed that this was not only planned beforehand, but hints at a deeper collusion and possible inside job.

Look, we all remember what happened at the Capitol. But so few of us understand the layers of symbols and codes that Trump’s extremists decorated our Capitol with. Flags, shirts, hats, and…

by Judy Bokao

Every day, are there hundreds of gay men in Africa dying from HIV-related illnesses due to homophobic laws that makes it difficult for them to be tested and treated. According to the Lancet HiV Journal published in 2019, a study of the data of 45,000 gay men in 28 African countries including Kenya, Malawi and Nigeria found only one in four living with HIV were taking medication.

According to the research, only half had taken an HIV/AIDS test in the past 12 months and researchers said the low rates were due to anti-LGBT laws in many African…

by Ryan Shea

Holy moly — we are getting old! Millennials, especially ones like me who straddle the line between that generation and and Gen-X, are constantly being reminded of how different things are now compared to our younger years.

Back then we spent our days after school actually hanging outside with no cell phones in sight where JNCO’s, Aeropostale and Hot Topic were common clothing brands we rocked. Shows like Total Request Live took over our universe and became our first version of other things like it in years to come like Facebook and MySpace.

Something our generation couldn’t…

by Christine Kinori

Human rights are global. However, if we all campaign for human rights without mentioning the specific groups of people suffering from discrimination and violence, we are not making any difference. Over the years, feminism has positively impacted the fight for equality in the lives of LGBTQ people worldwide.

When we focus on the concept of human rights, it is common knowledge that we all have equal rights irrespective of our sexual orientation, sexual identity, or gender. However, this is not usually the case as LGBTQ+ people are subjected to inequality in several areas of their lives. …

by Sassafras Lowrey

JoJo Siwa— the giant hair-bow wearing, super talented dancer, singer, actress, and all-around social media personality who got her first start on Dance Moms — is in the spotlight in a new and exciting way. JoJo came out! It turns out there might have been some queer symbolism in all those rainbow hair bows, rainbow sequins, and rhinestone outfits that have taunted so many of us in the Target kids clothing section (why don’t they come in adult sizes?!).

Over the weekend, JoJo posted on Twitter: “My cousin got me a new shirt,” and the accompanying photo…

by Isabella Zollner

Disturbing images from the Capitol Hill have hardly been scarce because domestic terrorists who infiltrated the Capitol believed that videoing themselves committing federal crimes was a great idea. But there are a few images that especially stick out to me. These pictures tell stories of heroes, like Eugene Goodman, and depict the true depth of insanity that sent these people to the capitol in the first place. Here are 4 of the most impactful pictures and the stories behind them:

Eugene Goodman

You can find a very explanatory video of how Eugene Goodman quite literally saved our country here…

by Sassafras Lowrey

As a kid, I imagined that most of my toys were living fantastic, strange, artistic independent lives. Even before I had a complete language for LGBTQ+ life, I was the kid whose toys always lived with their “best friends’’ and who had no interest in my toys getting married, or having babies (whenever I got stuck playing house with friends, I always insisted on getting to play the dog). In so many ways, my play life growing up really mirrored the kind of queer adulthood I would go on to build. As an adult toy collector, I…