LGBTQ

IDEAL brings back in-person Lavender Graduation to honor LGBTQ seniors

21 April 2022 Eden MacDougall

Lavender Graduation started at Temple roughly a decade ago to increase LGBTQ visibility on campus.

Transgender student organization hosts art show for Transgender Day of Visibility

04 April 2022 Eden MacDougall

Students for Transgender Awareness and Rights displayed art from transgender students in Presser Hall from March 29 to April 2.

Temple students, faculty celebrate National Coming Out Week

20 October 2021 Eden MacDougall

NCOW brings Temple’s LGBTQ community together through events

Students find liberation in learning LGBTQ history

12 October 2021 Eden MacDougall

For LGBTQ students, learning about their community helps them understand themselves.

Temple doctoral student’s book of poems explores gay lifestyle

20 March 2020 Antonia Leao

Chad Newton spent four years writing his book whenever he found time between work and studying in nursing school.

Temple hangs up inclusive Progress Pride flag in Student Center

18 January 2019 Zari Tarazona

The flag’s colors represent transgender, non-binary people, people of color and people living with AIDS in the LGBTQ community.

Trans students express fear, anger at Trump’s new policy

26 October 2018 Claire Wolters

The policy would bar transgender and gender non-conforming people from receiving health benefits and protection from discrimination under federal law.

Professor curates exhibit on LGBTQ video games

23 October 2018 Will Stickney

“Rainbow Arcade” will feature well-known LGBTQ video games and run for five months in Berlin.

Exhibit honors legacies in the LGBTQ community

28 November 2017 Maureen Iplenski

The William Way LGBT Community Center is hosting a historical exhibit about HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community.

Panel discusses historic ‘Ellen’ episode for NCOW

04 October 2017 Maureen Iplenski

About 30 students attended the panel and a screening of the episode in Anderson Hall.