If you’ve walked the Breezeway this semester, you’ve probably seen them — clipboards in hand, tempting you with a free donut, stopping everybody and their mother to ask the same question: “Are you registered to vote?”
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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.
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As 2025 comes to a close and 2026 blossoms, I’m proud (and honestly a little emotional) to say I’ve officially served as OutFAU’s Executive Editor since October 2024, and now for another full semester. This year has been busy in the best way: loud, queer, creative, occasionally chaotic, and always community-powered.
The holiday season comes wrapped in nostalgia and emotional landmines. Hallmark sells us warmth and togetherness. Reality hands us one long group text about who’s bringing what, and who’s bringing baggage. For queer people, that baggage isn’t metaphorical. It’s personal, political, and perennial.
For the first time in over a decade, there’s no drag show on FAU’s fall calendar. Longtime host, producer, drag performer, and alumna Ariel Rimm says no one even told her.
“Technically, it would’ve been my 15th year doing this show,” Rimm said. “I got zero response from anyone.”
For many queer students, college is as emotionally demanding as it is exciting, making it crucial to have an outlet beyond classes and coursework.
Whether that be a friend group, family, or an interest, having something separate from the stressor creates an environment that can help you get through tough times.
During my first week at FAU, I got my class schedule and textbooks. Then I made a counseling appointment.
Have you ever felt like the sky was falling—like you’re one crisis away from everything crashing down? Whether that feels painfully familiar or impossibly distant, it’s the daily reality for many students.
I recently picked up a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor and famous Stoic.
Being fully mindful and aware in this day and age is both a blessing and a curse. Add to that the weight of belonging to one, or many, disenfranchised groups: women, people of color, LGBTQ+, differently abled, living with a mental illness, or simply trying to make ends meet, and it’s no wonder so many of us wake up already tired.
OutFAU’s sponsor, PRISM, offers a deep library of digital resources for LGBTQ+ youth and allies.
More Articles …
- How We Make The Government Listen | Freedom To Petition
- Peaceful, Not Silent: How Law Protects Protest | Freedom Of Assembly
- Daring to Publish | Freedom Of The Press
- Holy Hypocrisy, Fresh Laughs: FAU’s ‘Tartuffe’ Opens The Season With Bite | Review
- Incitement, Threats, Defamation: The Boundaries of Campus Speech | Freedom Of Speech
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