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USG works toward diversity

Hannah Armenta December 4, 2014

The Undergraduate Student Government at Kent State was established to represent the voices of all KSU students, which some say should make it the most diverse organization on campus.At USG’s Nov. 19...

PRIDE! honors victims at Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil

Gabrielle Martinez November 21, 2014

Members of PRIDE! gathered on Risman Plaza to commemorate deceased transgender individuals for National Transgender Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Nov. 20.Despite the frigid weather, the LGBTQ organization...

PRIDE! Kent celebrates Coming Out Week

Teahl Rice October 8, 2014

PRIDE! Kent will wrap up Coming Out Week with a rally and parade Friday.Coming Out Week, held for members of the LGBTQ community, serves as an opportunity for them to embrace and celebrate their identity.Friday’s...

LGBTQ support group offers counseling sessions

Teahl Rice September 21, 2014

Members of Kent State’s LGBTQ community can register for Outspoken, a support group that hosts weekly individual counseling sessions. The sessions will be held for students and faculty of the LGBTQ community...

This semester, PRIDE! Kent plans to shift its programming from a social focus to a focus on education and activism within the LGBTQ community.

Activism, education drive PRIDE!’s fall programming

Arbrion Chambliss September 18, 2014

This semester, PRIDE! Kent’s leadership plans to shift the group’s programming to reflect its roots in LGBTQ activism and education.PRIDE! was founded in 1971 as a liberation front for Kent State’s...

PRIDE to host first Amateur Drag Pageant

Arbrion Chambliss September 10, 2014

PRIDE will host its first Amateur Drag Pageant this Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Governance Chambers located in the Kent State Student Center.An information segment will teach the audience about Ball culture,...

LGBTQ Student Center searches for new director

Elizabeth Randolph September 4, 2014

Kent State’s LGBTQ Student Center is looking to hire a new director this year after its program coordinator, Roxie Patton, left this past summer.As the president of Pride! Kent, junior criminology and...

Kent State set to host first ever Pride Games

Jenna Francis July 30, 2014

Four campus organizations will join efforts this summer to put on Kent State’s first ever Pride Games.        The Department of Recreational Services, PRIDE! Kent, the Women’s Center and the LGBTQ...

PRIDE! hosts special forum on sexual harassment, assault

Blair Donald April 4, 2014

 Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) coordinator Jennie O’Connell presented statistics about sexual assault and harassment Kent State’s PRIDE! meeting Thursday.“It’s real. It happens,” O’Connell...

PRIDE! to host forum on sexual harassment, assault

Blair Donald April 2, 2014

Kent State’s PRIDE! organization will be hosting a sexual harassment and assault discussion today during its meeting. The meeting will be in room 317 in the Student Center at 9 p.m.PRIDE! announced through...

PRIDE! hosts meeting to inform students about LGBTQ-friendly churches

Ashlyne Wilson March 23, 2014

On Thursday, PRIDE! Kent presented “Open and Affirming Religious Organizations,” a meeting that informed students about churches that accepted the LGBTQ community.“A lot of people within the LGBTQ...

Joyce Ng is a senior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.  Contact her at jng2@kent.edu.

Opinion: Living with Compassion

Joyce Ng March 9, 2014

Having grown up in a conservative Christian home in a country where homosexual activity is illegal, open conversation about homosexuality was largely absent for most of my life. When I arrived in Kent...

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