Articles Tagged “gay”
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Gov. Brown adds LGBT courses to state classrooms
By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| California is the first state to require public schools to educate K-12 students on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, through required textbooks and mandated courses. In July 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown signed off on the historical law that requires California’s public schools K-12 to integrate LGBT into school curriculum. [...]
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Federal appeals court deems Proposition 8 unconstitutional
By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| Proposition 8 has been appealed by a 2-1 ruling in a federal appeals court. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the voter-approved ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional last Thursday. The recent court ruling has some Californians thinking the momentum behind this battle could be geared [...]
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Pride Center gets controversial
By Antonio Sanchez |Staff Writer| Sex, love and spirituality; these topics are not the norm for discussion at many universities, but CSUSB students share their experiences for solidarity. Students shared their life experiences related to these topics in the Pride Center on Nov. 8. The event was a welcomed distraction for many from the cold [...]
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By Antonio Sanchez |Staff Writer| Sex, love and spirituality; these topics are not the norm for discussion at many universities, but CSUSB students share their experiences for solidarity. Students shared their life experiences related to these topics in the Pride Center on Nov. 8. The event was a welcomed distraction for many from the cold [...]
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The SMSU is alive with the sound of music
By Tiffany Batson |Staff Writer| The Out in Music event showcases ultra-talented local acts in a fun and positive environment The Out in Music event, one of the premier events of CSUSB’s coming out week, was a lively and exciting show with impressive local acts in a positive environment. The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, questioning, [...]
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CSUSB encourages embracing sexuality
By Norberto Perez |Staff Writer| October is National Coming-Out Series presented by the Santos Manuel Student Union (SMSU) Pride Center. The week-long event allows for a window of opportunity to come out rather than the single international coming out day that fell on Oct. 11. But coming out doesn’t necessarily occur to planned events. Megan [...]
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NY beats out CA in gay marriage
By R. Anthony Diaz |Staff Writer| Most people have always thought of California as one, if not the most liberal state in the United States. The near past has proven us otherwise. On July 24, 2011, the state of New York proudly legalized gay marriage making it the seventh state to give homosexual couples equal [...]
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Military personnel trained for tolerance
By Omar Guzman |Staff Writer| Nearly five months after the U.S. Senate repealed the “Don’t ask don’t tell” (DADT) law, leaders of all four military services announced that training for the tolerance and acceptance of the new law dealing with gays and lesbians serving in the military is underway and going well. “I was happy [...]
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CSUSB’s “shopping for labels”
By Kara Dement Staff Writer Our generation these days tends to love attaching labels to any and everything we possibly can. It’s in our nature. Whether you’re straight, gay, bisexual, white, black or Hispanic, labels are something that we deal with each and every day of our lives. However, labels affect all of us in [...]
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Obama renounces marriage law, plays both sides
By Matt Edgerton Staff Writer The Obama administration announced on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 that it will no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. What does this mean for gay rights? Attorney General Eric Holder announced last Wednesday that the Justice Department will no [...]
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