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Writing the Body event brings Wick Poetry Center, Women’s Center together

Caroline Henneman March 18, 2018

“Gender … doesn’t … come … naturally,” begins the blackout poem of a Kent State student writing about her experience with her sexuality.“Girls … worry … about being likeable,” writes...

Rue Monroe, a sophomore theatre studies major, and Jordin Manning, a sophomore zoology major, pose for a portrait in downtown Kent Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.

Gender-neutral clothing becomes new trend

Ella Abbott October 20, 2017

When it comes to gender, the fashion industry is increasingly finding itself shying away from the masculine versus feminine structure that has been in place for centuries and instead favoring a gender-neutral...

Ken Ditlevson, director of the LGBTQ Center stands in his office. THE LGBTQ Center offers Safe Space Ally training in order to create an inclusive space on campus for all people.

Gender-inclusive housing creates safe spaces for LGBTQ students

Karl Schneider October 13, 2015

Gender-inclusive housing options have become more available to students this semester now that they’ve been added to Resident Services’ housing application for the first time.Prior to the gender-inclusive...

Neville Hardman 

Opinion: Gender is over

Neville Hardman September 15, 2015

Gender is over. I saw this phrase printed on Laura Jane Grace’s tank top when she played at House of Blues with Against Me! in June. For anyone who doesn’t follow music as obsessively as I do, Laura...

LGBT studies coordinator, Molly Merryman talks with students at the meeting for the emerging Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

Kent’s Gender and Sexuality Center hosts open forum

Cameron Gorman September 9, 2015

The creation of Kent State’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality is moving forward with newly unveiled visions, programs and values paving the way.Over the summer, several changes and decisions...

Students walk down the Esplanade in women's shoes on April 14, 2015. “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes,” raised awareness for sexual violence and rape.

Mile walk across campus brings awareness to sexual violence no matter the gender

Sabrina Scott April 14, 2015

Tuesday afternoon, a large group of men wobbled down the Esplanade as they struggled to walk a mile in high heels to Kent State’s Fashion School from Risman Plaza. The Sexual and Relationship...

John Hess is a senior political science major. Contact him at jhess14@kent.edu.

Opinion: Let’s talk about the ‘F-word’

John Hess February 1, 2015

Feminism — there I said it. I am a feminist, and you should be too.When I tell other men that I am a feminist there is always a range of responses: Some are amused, some confused, and some even feel...