For a long time in my transition, I felt the need to perform. To be hyper masculine (masc), and to subscribe to this rough and tough image society portrays of cisgender (cis) men.
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Right-wing fanatics wish to silence and erase the LGBTQ community – from our history and culture to everything in between. This is why we launched OutFAU. LGBTQ students need a voice. And we will be that voice.
Who we are: Welcome to OutFAU – An Act of Defiance | Opinion
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The controversy began on June 20, during a meeting of the FAU Boca Raton House of Representatives, when the body was considering the appointment of Olivia Catino as Associate Director of the Council of Student Organizations (COSO).
Maybe you were student government president in high school. Maybe you spent lunch crying in the bathroom. Maybe you were both (hi, me too).
Hello Owls, and welcome to OutFAU’s 2025–2026 New Student Edition! To our returning readers, we hope your summer was as refreshing and recharging as a Glinda-approved bubble bath — at least for those of you who didn’t spend it in summer classes. And to our incoming freshmen and new students: welcome to Oz — oh, wait — FAU.
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