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LGBT+ employment fair receives warm welcome

Riley Simko, Staff Reporter • October 12, 2018

The Case Western Reserve University LGBT Center hosted its first annual Professionals with Pride event on Friday, Oct. 5. Kent State University (KSU), Cleveland State University (CSU), John Carroll...

LGBT Center strives to improve gender inclusiveness on campus

Jasmine Gallup, Staff Reporter • November 4, 2016

Recent national controversy over how schools should treat transgender students and national conversations about the rights of transgender people has prompted Case Western Reserve University to plan a University...

Partnership with Cleveland Rape Crisis Center brings rape crisis advocate to campus

Miriam Ridge, Staff Reporter • September 30, 2016

A new school year is bringing about new developments in partnerships with off-campus organizations at Case Western Reserve University. After having received a $1.4 million grant from the Ohio Attorney...

Student performers shine at Drag Ball

Sierra Cotton, Staff Reporter • February 19, 2016

Held on Friday, Feb. 12, the Case Western Reserve University Drag Ball promised to break transgender stereotypes and donate all its funds to the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland. Without a doubt, the event...

Drag Ball challenges misconceptions

Sierra Cotton, Staff Reporter • February 5, 2016

When people think of a drag ball, they might imagine members of the transgender community getting dolled up and putting on a show. But the event is much more than that, and Spectrum’s CWRU Drag Ball...

Billboards call on Republicans to address police violence

Nardine Taleb, Staff Reporter • August 7, 2015

We boil down what happened in Cleveland this week. Billboards call on Republicans to address police violence “#BlackAugust He was a child playing at the park.” Messages like this, seen...

While CWRU moves forward on Greek transgender acceptance, national organizations lag behind

Jasmine Gallup, Staff Reporter • April 9, 2015

Senior Lyall Glait is one of the few transgender students involved in Greek Life at the university. The senior systems biology major and president of Big Games Club rushed in the spring of his freshman...

LGBT Center interim director talks programming, trainings

Miriam Ridge, Staff Reporter • February 20, 2015

This week we sat down with Shemariah Arki, the Interim Director for the Case Western Reserve University Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Center. For working purposes, LGBT is inclusive for all...

Strut your stuff

Temi Omilabu, Staff Reporter • February 13, 2015

Spectrum, the LGBTQA+ Allies student group, will be embracing the culture of drag on Feb. 20 at the Drag Ball. A little known fact about drag is that it actually stems from fourth century B.C. Athens,...

New study focuses on the oft-ignored “T” in LGBT

Aquene Kimmel, Opinions Editor • January 22, 2015

The recent death of 17-year-old transgender girl Leelah Alcorn brought attention to the need for greater acceptance and support of transgender people. How to accomplish that support, though, remains unclear....

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