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Media stereotypes of LGBT characters set misleading standard, isolate viewers

Media stereotypes of LGBT characters set misleading standard, isolate viewers

Sarah Mosteller April 6, 2020
Today’s LGBT representation, while improved, still sets an unrealistic standard for society of how queer people should look and behave. Only showcasing a small portion of the queer community sets the unrealistic standard of which LGBT personalities are acceptable for viewers at home. Before assuming sexuality based on personality traits, remember queer people can present themselves in all the same ways a straight person can and should be written in TV and movies as such.
‘Welcome to Chechnya’ documents the horrors of Russian anti-gay purge, empowers international change

‘Welcome to Chechnya’ documents the horrors of Russian anti-gay purge, empowers international change

Maddie Orr March 9, 2020

An ocean away a horrific injustice is occurring under Russian supervision: a massacre labeled an anti-gay purge. Since 2017, the Chechen government has been kidnapping, torturing and killing LGBTQ men...

Art by Rachel Stevens.

LGBTQ athletes find community within athletics

Bailey Stover February 25, 2020
LGBTQ athletes share their coming out stories and discuss how the athletic community accepted and alienated them during their lives.
LGBT youth remains resilient in face of discrimination

LGBT youth remains resilient in face of discrimination

Nikol Slatinska May 24, 2017
In the face of legal and social turmoil surrounding LGBT rights, bruins continue to act in bravery in spite of discrimination.
Columbia unites in love for downtown Peace Walk

Columbia unites in love for downtown Peace Walk

Cassidy Viox November 16, 2016
Columbian citizens gathered with signs and songs to participate in the Peace Walk Against Hatred. Walkers united with the goal of accepting diversity and spreading love to others.
Religious freedom should not trump human dignity

Religious freedom should not trump human dignity

Jenna Liu May 1, 2016
SJR 39, sponsored by Sen. Bob Onder (R-Wentzville), presents the same kind of discriminatory policies that evoked so much backlash in Georgia.
Katie Huddlestonsmith

Huddlestonsmith overcomes religious conflicts through freethought

Jay Whang April 14, 2014

On March 15 and 16, Skeptics, Atheists, Secular Humanists and Agnostics hosted their first annual conference at University of Missouri-Columbia. Secular speakers came to discuss about their activism in...

art by Jennifer Stanley

Boy Scouts of America to reevaluate gay ban

Trisha Chaudhary March 5, 2013

  [dropcap style="1" size="3"]M[/dropcap]Members of the Boy Scouts of America organization will know in May whether or not BSA volunteers will vote to lift the ban restricting gay members. The proposal...

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