Inclusive sports club fosters much-needed campus community
Sports, the people who play them, and the community fostered around them, have always fascinated me. As a queer person, getting involved in sports organizations…
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My identity is more than two halves
I came out as bisexual when I was around 13. I understood myself as half-gay. A year before I came out, I became a citizen…
To hell with state suppression, embrace lesbian leather
As a kid, I had a fraught relationship with Victoria’s Secret window displays, an experience shared by many current and former queer women. Obviously, the…
Homo Hop returns after five-year hiatus
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association’s (UWSA) 2SLGBTQIA+ themed dance, the Homo Hop, returned for Valentine’s Day after a five year hiatus initially triggered by…
U of M centres to host harm reduction workshop
The Student Wellness Centre (SWC) and Rainbow Pride Centre (RPC) are collaborating on an interactive workshop on harm reduction this Friday. The event will feature…
Why 2SLGBTQIA+ education is so important
Growing up, I was never taught anything about sexual orientation or gender identity. I had to figure that all out on my own. Everyone sees…
Bikers and babes and bingo, oh my!
Bikers, Babes and Bingo, a fundraising event organized by Dykes on Bikes (DOB) Winnipeg, CA, will be revving up at Club 200 on Nov. 11…
2SLGBTQIA+ campus groups unite to oppose transphobia
When Keegan Vergara was asked as a queer representative on the Social Work Students’ Association to make a statement on the 1 Million March 4…
Transphobia is being allowed to thrive in the Prairies
Days after the 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C), I started seeing online articles that celebrated counter-protesters outnumbering the fringe, cross-country anti-trans protest. While there…
To protect trans kids is to demand a better future
It seemed like the fascists wanted to hurt us. The anti-queer 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C) protest in Winnipeg last Wednesday drew far larger…