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Gender Neutral Fashion Show impeded by university

UPDATE: 9/26: This story has been updated to reflect comments provided by the Catholic Diocese.  09/26/2019 Ollie Gratzinger | editor-in-chief Last year’s poster for the Gender Neutral Fashion Show, cohosted by the Gender Forum and Department of Women and Gender Studies (WGS), featured a male-presenting runway model sporting a dress. The event was well attended and favorably received, according to Gender Forum President Emma Shirey. … Continue reading Gender Neutral Fashion Show impeded by university

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SCOTUS to hear three landmark LGBTQ+ workers-rights cases in next term

04/25/2019 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor Searching for the right job is no walk in the park. College grads would be hard-pressed to name a bigger source of stress than answering the dreaded question, “What comes next?” But for gay and transgender Americans, the job search is made all the more difficult by the fact that courts are split on whether or not it’s … Continue reading SCOTUS to hear three landmark LGBTQ+ workers-rights cases in next term

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Arts & Entertainment

Queer Eye even more inclusive, but there’s still work to be done

Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor 03/21/19 Grab a box of tissues, because the Fab 5 made an emotional return to Netflix on March 15 in the third season of Queer Eye. Making the move from Atlanta and surrounding towns, season 3 moves northwest to Kansas City, Missouri. A new set of “heroes” undergo some major lifestyle makeovers with a little help from interior designer Bobby … Continue reading Queer Eye even more inclusive, but there’s still work to be done

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SCOTUS rules in favor of anti-transgender military ban

01/24/2019 By Duke Staff Earlier this week, President Trump scored another judicial victory in his attempt to once again undo any important social progress made by previous administrations in the lead up to his presidency. In a 5-4 ruling, with the court’s conservative wing all voting in the majority, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted the Trump administration temporary permission to move … Continue reading SCOTUS rules in favor of anti-transgender military ban

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‘Paper Girls’ makes a socially-conscious return

By Nicole Prieto | Staff Writer Paper Girls returned early August with its third trade paperback collecting Issues #11-15, following 12-year-old Erin and her fellow Stony Stream paper girls in their displacement to the far past. Faced against long-extinct megafauna and cavemen in high-tech gear, the girls find themselves in another temporal fight for their lives as they hunt for a way to escape 11,000 … Continue reading ‘Paper Girls’ makes a socially-conscious return

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