Lakeland University Lgbtq+ Forum

Alphabet Soup is going to be at the Involvement Fair this Thursday! I hope to meet a lot of new people and recruit some new members for what is going to be a great year!

Promoting Transgender Justice through Sociology Credit: Recently, the United States has witnessed incredible progress toward equality for le***an, gay, bis*xual, transgender, and q***r (LGBTQ) people, as well as the inevitable backlash following such a challenge to the status quo. It is important to note that the most vulnerable segment of the LG...

How the Republican Health Care Bill Will Affect Trans Americans The Republicans' replacement health care bill is currently being jammed through the Senate—to the horror of 1.4 million trans people living in the United States who could be left without health insurance.

LGBTQ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators The LGBTQ+ Identity: A Toolkit for Educators Collection offers a series of digital media resources to help administrators, guidance counselors, and educators understand and effectively address the complex and difficult issues faced by LGBTQ students. The collection features short segments of video c...

June is LGBTQueer Pride month. As pride festival across the country celebrate our successes, remember the struggles of the past that have led us to the now. Enjoy the celebration, be aware of the on-going protesting for our existence and our freedoms, and remember to stay safe this Pride and this summer!

Peace out, Muskies!

The latest training materials for the LU community regarding all things q***r:

http://pub.lucidpress.com/differentships/

(Don't mind the Typos, this is always a WIP)

Different ships

Finally medical professional are starting to try to understand how they can better work with us (the trans and GNC community) and help us

Inside the Landmark, Long Overdue Study on Chest Binding | Broadly Chest binding is an everyday reality for many transgender and non-binary people, but healthcare professionals know little about the practice. The first ever medical study on the practice says that…

PRIDE PARTY IS ON! C'mon over and have some sweets, blow some bubbles, and adorn some glowsticks in celebration of Pride!

Come down to the lounge tomorrow evening, grab some goodies, and celebrate pride with us!

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that there is a meeting for Alphabet Soup today in Reverend Lex's office at 3:15. We are coming together to get the final preparations for the Pride Party next Friday done. So, if you feel like lending a hand, bring your computer! Thanks a lot! I will post the flier on here when we finish it!

How Colleges Can Still Legally Protect Trans Students Without Coverage Under Title IX By Genny Beemyn and D.A. Dirks The Trump administration’s revocation of the “Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students” further oppresses one o...

Summer Internship & Employment Fair is next Thursday (March 30)...be sure it's on your calendar AND pre-register via Career Connect. Professional headshots for LinkedIn will be available with Breanna Weber!

Career/Job Fair: Summer Internship & Employment Fair

Legal experts say Pine-Richland transgender ruling will impact national cases The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided it wasn’t ready to weigh in on the issue of transgender students’ rights in public schools. But attorneys said a federal judge in Pittsburgh, who in February granted an injunction allowing three transgender students in the Pine-Richland School District to use...

The website that is changing the game in transgender health New health website provides more medical options for transgender people.

Wisconsin is similar to Arizona in that it doesn't not protect its trans citizens for employment and housing discrimination based on gender and gender identity.

Report: Transgender Arizonans struggle to land, keep jobs A survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality found a higher percentage of transgender Arizonans are unemployed or face job discrimination.

Four must-see documentaries about transgender youth Trans students' rights have been front and center in the news. Here are four documentaries that put faces to those whose rights are being debated.

Trans/Nonbinary Educators Network This is an outreach form for a listserve of transgender, genderq***r, and/or non-binary identified educators, primarily those working with K-12 populations. This includes classroom teachers, administrators, school staff, paraeducators, and anyone who works with youth. Depending on response rate, the...

Supreme Court Sends Gavin Grimm Case Back Down to Appeals Court WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced today that it is sending a landmark transgender rights case back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to be reconsidered in light of the Departments of Justice and Education rescinding of a Title IX guidance clarifying protections for transgender students.

No, Trans Women Are NOT ‘Biologically Male’ “Trans women are women, but they’re still biologically male.” If you’ve thought or said this, this explanation will give you a much better understanding of s*x and gender.

Who We're Leaving Out of S*x Positivity – And How to Make It More Inclusive You're probably familiar with the traditional vision of “s*x positivity” – talking about all the ways that s*x can be great. But do you know who's being left out? This comic shows how we can make a…

Please welcome Tyler Yost, junior Psychology major, as the new page admin and leadership of LUs newest LGBTQ student group: Alphabet Soup. And bid me a fond farewell as I collect my diploma and step into the next journey in life!

It's been great folks, I look forward to checking in as an alumnus in the near future!

Just keep swimming, 🐠🐳
Alister D Kohls
Lakeland University '16
BA Sociology

(Promotion) Letter to the Editor: Alphabet Soup election statement To my fellow Muskies, In light of the election results this week, I would like to take this time to remind us all of the purpose and mission of the LGBTQ and allied student group, Alphabet Soup: Alphabet Soup, exists to educate, support, and encourage respectful discussion, expression, and build a s...

Medical coverage is a hot topic right now and even more so for those it is still frequently denied.

These are some of the barriers to health care faced by trans, gender non-conforming, inters*x, and q***r people. These are not all the barriers, and knocking them down is a massive effort on multiple fronts.

But it is RAD Remedy's goal.

RAD has put together a for and by the community national database of care providers that the community can review.

RAD develops health literature not only to help folks care for themselves, but to help teach providers and organizations about competent care.

RAD works directly with organizations and providers to increase competence.

YOU can support this work today with a small monthly donation of just $5. Donate at https://radremedy.nationbuilder.com/

"“Religious freedom does not justify discrimination against women, nor does it justify depriving women of their rights to the highest standard of health care,” Raday said.

While the delegates were shocked by many things they saw in the U.S., perhaps the biggest surprise of their trip, they said, was learning that women in the country don’t seem to know what they’re missing. "

The UN Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified. The human rights experts concluded that the country falls far behind most others.

S*xism hurts everyone from internal turmoil because of s*xist cultural values to the dangerous natural of fragile masculinity and its place in daily interactions. everyone needs feminism not to end domestic abuse, catcalling, or r**e. But because we all benefit from the equality of the s*xes in ways it takes centuries to fully accept. *xism

This Comic Perfectly Captures How Feminism Helps Everyone A comic artist known as Rasenth wants to set the record straight on s*xism.

Rasenth, a 25-y...

Victory for Inters*x Client! Lambda Legal is urging the State Department to issue accurate passports for non-binary people.

Huzzah!

VICTORY: Nevada passes the most progressive birth certificate gender change policy in the nation! NCTE is incredibly pleased to salute the Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral Health for passing an updated birth certificate gender change policy for people born in Nevada. The policy became official last week and is groundbreaking as the first non-medicalized birth certificate gender change…