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Trans students use joy as resistance following acronym erasure from government websites

Connor Nagy, Reporter February 28, 2025

Official government websites removed any transgender references following President Trump’s executive orders upon entering office, but the trans community at Kent State is remaining hopeful for the future. Recent...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers.

‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’ executive order to affect transgender athletes

Emma Campbell, Reporter February 27, 2025

A new executive order actioned on Feb. 5 by President Donald Trump prevents transgender athletes from participating in college sports teams opposite of their assigned sex. The executive order, named...

Tri-Towers resident hall is located at 1525 Leebrick Drive.

How trans students navigate Kent State

Ruby Rainey, Reporter February 27, 2025

During college, students who are transitioning genders are at a difficult point in navigating identity, making support from their community vital. Despite being further along in his transition, Daniel...

A Pride flag flies alongside the American and POW/MIA flags over the Stonewall National Monument in New York, on February 14, 2025.

Pentagon plans to remove transgender service members under new policy

Haley Britzky, CNN February 27, 2025

(CNN) — The Pentagon plans to kick out currently serving transgender service members who don’t meet specific requirements under its new policy, according to official guidance made public in a Wednesday...

Queer love representation shines in Ohio

Matt Kiraly, KSTV Reporter February 14, 2025

With February being the month of love, members of the LGBTQ+ community are feeling it through queer love representation, the portrayal of LGTQ+ love in various forms of media like movies and TV shows. KSTV's...

Illustration by Emily Riebe

Post-election fear: What’s next for LGBTQ+ rights?

Grace Claxon, Reporter December 19, 2024

Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric dominated 2024 election campaigns on both federal and state levels.  Inflammatory ads from President-elect Donald Trump portrayed LGBTQ+ people, particularly transgender people,...

The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent and Trans*Fusion co-hosted a Trans Day of Remembrance Monday at The Rock. The event followed the recent defacing of a transgender pride flag on the campus monument.

Kent State students, community remember lives lost to anti-trans violence

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter November 19, 2024

Students and members of the Kent community held hands and tea lights as the names of 60 individuals who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence this year were read aloud. The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent...

Trans pride flag on campus rock defaced

Trans pride flag on campus rock defaced

Grace Claxon, Reporter November 15, 2024

A trans pride flag painted on Kent State’s campus rock on Hilltop Drive, with the words “we must live” across it, was recently vandalized. The message was blacked out and replaced with “leave kids...

Upcycled goods for sale at the store Sun in Leo located in Acorn Alley. Oct. 17, 2024.

Sun in Leo provides low-cost, gender-affirming clothing during Rainbow Weekend

Kayla Gleason, Reporter November 1, 2024

Sun in Leo, a queer-owned store in downtown Kent that sells upcycled clothing and accessories, provided a space for LGBTQ+ vendors during Rainbow Weekend. Justine Gallo, owner of Sun in Leo, hosted...

Rainbow Weekend lights up Kent

Grace Claxon and Jillian Flack October 11, 2024

Kent’s Rainbow Weekend returns Oct. 11 and 12 to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with a colorful lineup of events. Rainbow Weekend, first celebrated in 2020, intends to uplift the queer community and...

Kent volunteers decorate Main Street Bridge for LGBTQ History Month

Jonathan Beard, KSTV Reporter October 11, 2024

Volunteers from Kent State University and community members decorated the Main Street Bridge for Rainbow Weekend, a partnership between the university's LGBTQ+ Center and the nonprofit organization Main...

LGBTQ+ students across campus woke up on Sept. 17 to see homophobic graffiti on Korb Hall. After numerous attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, the university’s response has always been silence. | File photo

Kent State must take action against homophobia

Alton Northup, News Director October 1, 2024

On Sept. 17, LGBTQ+ students across campus woke up to see homophobic graffiti on Korb Hall. In an email to students, Chris Jenkins, interim director of public safety and chief of Kent State University...