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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Located in sunny downtown Lake Worth Beach, Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center has long been a strong pillar of our community. Starting in 1988 as the Stop AIDS Project of South Florida Inc., they have expanded to become the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ+ Community Center in South Florida.
Firstly, it is important that you have some idea of who I am: I am an anarchist Mexican-American transgender woman. Your experiences here at FAU might vary from mine, but I at least want to pass down whatever advice I can after some years at this school. If some of what I say is reminiscent of the things they say at orientation, I apologize and must mention I never attended orientation.
Brat summer may be over but fall is just beginning, welcome back students.
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate last week, just hours before their first rally together in Philadelphia.
There is a relatively new discussion of the application of queer linguistics, otherwise known as lavender linguistics, to Latino languages. Specifically, this discussion has revolved around Spanish.
Queer theater made its way to FAU in March through Theatre Lab’s annual New Play Festival, where new works are premiered before they are produced.
The language in LGBTQIA+ community has grown so rapidly over the last couple of years that I often feel ignorant.
For as long as he can remember, Manny Velasquez-Paredes had the names of each LGBTQ Center team member written on a white board.
OutFAU was founded in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the state university system. We believe that this government overreach suppressed students’ freedom of expression, and readers’ freedom to learn and engage with diverse perspectives within FAU.
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