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What you need to know about gender affirming care: The what, the where and the ways it affects the OSU community

What you need to know about gender affirming care: The what, the where and the ways it affects the OSU community

Riley LeCocq, News Reporter
June 6, 2023

From routine physicals, to sexual health care and beginning transition or continuing transition, access to gender affirming care aims to make healthcare  inclusive for all at Oregon State University while...

Master’s student in gender studies, G Koffink (any/all) helps to set up the memorial table on Nov. 21 in the SEC for those lost in the recent Colorado Springs shooting. The shooting occurred in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19-20, with five people being killed and 17 more injured.

Club Q victims are memorialized by OSU’s queer community

Haley Stark, Reporter
November 22, 2022

In light of the shootings at Club Q in Colorado Springs last Saturday, Queers Studies, the Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center and the Pride Center held a vigil in honor of the victims. Gathered...

First-year mathematics student Ana Bacon (she/her) waves the Pride flag in front of the Memorial Union on Nov. 14. The Pride Center on Oregon State University’s Corvallis, Ore. campus is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and was first established in May 2001.

‘An ever-evolving mission’: Pride Center celebrates 20 years on campus

Riley LeCocq, News Contributor
November 29, 2021

The Oregon State University Pride Center celebrates 20 years as an on-campus home for queer-identifying students thanks to continuous student-driven work. “Twenty years of being a cultural...

On Oct. 2, 2019, the Pride Center relaunched their Ill Go With You campaign. This campaign, which originally launched in May, 2016 is meant to show support for non-cisgender people who wish to use the bathroom matching their gender identity and feel safe while doing so. 

OSU celebrates Queer History Month

Tanveer Sandhu, News Contributor
October 7, 2019

First celebrated in 1994, Queer History Month coincides with “National Coming Out Day”—a celebration of coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or as an ally—held annually on Oct....

The Pride Center

OSU celebrates Queer History Month

Chloe Stewart, News Contributor
October 22, 2018

Queer History Month is nationally recognized in the month of October, and the OSU community will mark this month with a series of events devoted to growth and celebration. “Queer history month is a...

Violet Rue, a pre-chemical engineering student, recently had her birth certificate changed to reflect her preferred gender.

Changing gender on documentation poses challenges

Sydney Sullivan, News Contributor
March 19, 2018

Community reflects on importance of identification that matches preferred gender identity.Violet Rue, a pre-chemical engineering student at Oregon State University, went to her local courthouse on Jan....

OSU has at least 207 gender-inclusive restrooms in at least 75  buildings, according to Gabriel Merrell, the director of access and affirmative action with Equal Opportunity and Access.

OSU expands gender-inclusive facilities

By: David DeHard News Contributor
October 9, 2017

Efforts continue to improve restroom availability.Currently, at least 207 publicly accessible gender-inclusive restrooms in at least 75 buildings are on the Oregon State University. The university is continuing...

Carmen Sutra, Miss Dharma, and Lucielle S. Balls posing for a studio photograph.

OSU Spring Drag Show provides form of self-expression, creates community for LGBTQ+ individuals

Tiffani Smith News Contributor
May 1, 2017

Expression is open to interpretation and can be different for everyone. In the LGBTQ+ community, drag is one of many facets of expression that some individuals use. With this past week being Pride Week,...

Staff members of the Global Community Kitchen prepare food for the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 24. The GCK allows student organizations to rent out the industrial kitchen in the Memorial Union to make food for campus events. Student volunteers prepare, serve and clean up the food through the GCK. 

Global Community Kitchen allows students to prepare food for campus events

Lauren Sluss
January 17, 2017

Student organizations no longer have to cook for their events within their own homes. With the help of OSU’s new Global Community Kitchen, students can now have access to a professional industrial-sized...

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