Enlarge As a student of history, I draw inspiration from the tenets of the early Pride Month initiatives rooted in the historical Stonewall Uprising, which proposed a commemorative month to “recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals...
Enlarge Pride Month, to me, signifies a time to celebrate the diversity of humankind. In particular, the diversity of a segment of the population that has historically been maligned, misunderstood, closeted, and cast out just for being different from what society and...
Enlarge Every year the month of June brings the celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride. Pride today is about celebration and community, but it’s vital that we remember that indeed the first Pride was a riot, an act of resistance in the face of overwhelming violence and...
Enlarge I am very proud of my time at Drew first as a student and now as a staff member, yet I think there are always ways in which we can collectively make the Drew community more accessible toward celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. As a queer person, I have been...
A compilation of reflections from Drew students, alums, faculty, staff Enlarge June 2023 – Pride Month, observed annually during June, is a time to celebrate and uplift the LGBTQ+ community. It’s also a time to reflect upon the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots,...