Pride and achievement radiated from the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Thursday, May 1 as Kent celebrated its LGBTQ+ graduates in the newly renamed Lavender Celebration.
The Lavender Celebration,...
When Tori Swarm helped plan Kent’s first Lavender Graduation, a low budget and minimal support left her and her fellow coordinators scrambling for materials, borrowing space and defending the very idea...
Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated annually on March 31 and shines a light on the achievements and resilience of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Kent State University students and faculty...
The Kent State LGBTQ+ Center's celebration allowed transgender people to share their experiences for Trans Day of Visibility.
Erica Pelz, a facilities mechanical systems specialist for laboratories,...
According to the Trevor Project, 29% of transgender women and nonbinary people assigned male at birth have reported an undiagnosed eating disorder, and that number is even higher for transgender men and...
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...
A tacky plastic flower arch covered in a thick layer of dust in front of a clerk of courts is not everyone’s dream wedding. Before same-sex marriage was legalized, it was Ken Ditlevson's legal marriage....
Members of the LGBTQ+ Center have spoken out about protecting members of the LGBTQ+ community.
In May, Ohio Senate Bill 83 passed the senate after it was revised to exclude people of all sexual orientations,...
The Wick Poetry Center and the LGBTQ+ Center concluded its one-hour informal creative writing workshop series Friday. This was the last of the three workshops happening this month.
The workshops aimed...
The LGBTQ+ Center's a one-hour round table discussion Thursday, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, aimed to provide a safe space for dialogue and reflection, highlighting the intersectionality of these...
The LGBTQ+ Center has a mission to support an inclusive environment on all KSU campuses.
"We are welcome to everyone," Meghan Schwind, assistant director for the LGBTQ+ Center, said.
The Center...
Messages of empowerment, inclusiveness and love filled the Kent Student Center Ballroom Friday for Lavender Graduation, an event honoring and celebrating the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates.
Guests...
