Westhem: Treat Griner the way you treat Collins
For the past week, ESPN broadcasts and newspaper sports’ sections have been analyzing the announcement made by Jason Collins that he’s gay and the effect… Continue Reading »
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Stanford community reacts to Jason Collins’ announcement with pride, hope
As former Stanford basketball star Jason Collins ’01’s announcement that he is gay continues to reverberate around the nation, Stanford community members reacted with surprise and pride to the news that the first openly gay active male athlete in a major U.S. professional sport was a Stanford graduate.
Q+A: LGBT activist Jason Galisatus
Jason Galisatus ’15 is the founder of the LGBT anti-bullying group Bay Area Youth Summit (BAYS)
Sex Talks with the Tree: Labeling sexuality
Am I gay? Many claim that there is a spectrum of homosexuality, but what is the extent to which we can be attracted to or experiment with the same sex without labeling ourselves or being labeled as bisexual or gay?
Weiland Initiative plans new LGBT health programming
The Weiland Health Initiative, an interdisciplinary program chartered to promote health and wellness across the spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations, began its second official year with plans for new programming.
Students share experiences of being black, male and queer at Stanford
Kyle is a recent graduate of Stanford. He identifies as male and as either gay or queer. Michael is a senior who grew up in the South and identifies as gender-fluid and gay. John is a senior from the New York metropolitan area who identifies as gender-queer and asexual. All three students are African American. They agreed to speak to The Daily if their names were changed for privacy purposes.
Half-Invented: Christianity and LGBT: An addendum
Maybe the Christian God is less concerned with etching the line between right and wrong in order to distribute points, and more concerned with rescuing people of all sexual orientations and identities through grace and for goodness.
Half-Invented: Let this be the end. Let all be forgiven.
Given how political the conversation has become in the last couple years, it’s easy for those disconnected from the LGBT community to drown in the stats and figures and forget how truly personal and individual the difficulties are.