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Editorial: Skating culture can contribute to fostering acceptance among LGBTQ+ community

Editorial: Skating culture can contribute to fostering acceptance among LGBTQ+ community

By The Ithacan • February 25, 2025
It’s time to look beyond stereotypes leftover from bygone eras to see how skaters are doing exactly what many groups have never done: creating an accepting community.

Exploring Ithaca College’s LGBTQ+ Center

By Hannah Coulthurst, Henry LaBarge, and Eile Guenego • November 20, 2024

Learn more about the Ithaca College LGBTQ+ Center and some of the resources that it offers to students.

The IPA is a project within the Tompkins Chamber Foundation, a not-for-profit. It partnered with the TCF for a fiscal sponsorship, which means the TCF assists with tax and legal paperwork and setting up a bank account for the organization.

Pride Alliance centralizes Ithaca’s LGBTQ+ community through local programming

By Ryan Johnson, Staff Writer • February 7, 2024
Reusable bags were filled with donated clothing at the Community School of Music and Arts Feb. 3 as about 140 people showed out to support the “All Y’all Clothing Swap,” the opening event for the newly formed Ithaca Pride Alliance. 
Editorial: LGBTQ+ students deserve continued and increased support from the college

Editorial: LGBTQ+ students deserve continued and increased support from the college

By The Ithacan • August 23, 2023

As part of Fall 2023 orientation, the Ithaca College Office of New Student and Transition Programs hosted Pride Fest, an event for students in the LGBTQ+ community and allies to celebrate pride and acceptance...

Jeff Iovannone, a public historian specializing in LGBTQ+ heritage conservation in Buffalo, New York, said he wanted to share the digital mapping of “Stone Butch Blues” with the Ithaca College community because the Ithaca LGBTQ History Walking Tour inspired some of his work.

LGBTQ+ historian presents on historical sites in activist’s novel

By Lorien Tyne, Editor-in-Chief • April 5, 2023
About 10 members of the campus community joined Iovannone in Clarke Lounge to hear Jeff Iovannone, a public historian specializing in LGBTQ+ heritage conservation in Buffalo, New York, speak.
Members of Transpose: Ithaca Queer Singers Alliance take a photo before rehearsal. The group, previously known as the Ithaca Gay Men's Chorus, rebranded to reflect their inclusivity.

Name change rings true for Ithaca chorus group

By Lily Lipka, Staff Writer • April 5, 2023
Performing music together takes collective trust and care for each and every person performing. This has never been clearer than with Transpose: Ithaca Queer Singers Alliance. 
Grace Dosdall, pride fellow at the LGBT Center, helps set up Emerson Suites for the Pride Prom on March 23. The prom was attended by around 120 people.

LGBT Center creates an evening for students to celebrate

By Mariana Contreras, Newsletter Editor • March 29, 2023
Students dusted off their dancing shoes and broke out their best outfits for the first post-COVID-19 pandemic Pride Prom on March 23 in the Emerson Suites. 
From left, Kol (Elias Anton) and Adam (Thom Green) share an intimate moment as they fall in love over the course of a fateful day.

Review: Queer coming-of-age tale blossoms with affection

By Matt Minton, Co Life and Culture Editor • March 1, 2023
Director Goran Stolevski’s queer coming-of-age romance “Of an Age" is truly a testament to the power of human connection and self-discovery.
Sophomore Shyla Mishra is hoping for progress on the legalization of same-sex marriage in India. She thinks discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community must end through new laws and society’s input.

Commentary: India must secure LGBTQ+ community’s human rights

By Shyla Mishra • January 31, 2023
India needs to legalize same-sex marriage. This fight has been going on for far too long and even if the court legalizes it, it won't end there.
The Ithacan Diversity Report 2022–23

The Ithacan Diversity Report 2022–23

By Zhannz Gomez, Former Community Outreach Manager • December 8, 2022
This year, The Ithacan is revisiting last year’s diversity report. The new diversity report was formulated by the current community outreach manager.
Column: Stop forcing celebrities to come out

Column: Stop forcing celebrities to come out

By Matt Minton, Co Life and Culture Editor • December 6, 2022
Recent cases of celebrities like Kit Connor and Rebel Wilson being forced to come out are part of a problematic trend in Hollywood.
From left, Patrick (David Dawson), Marion (Emma Corrin) and Tom (Harry Styles) find themselves at the center of a story about forbidden love.

Review: Story of suppressed queer love disappoints

By Eleanor Kay, Managing Editor • November 15, 2022
"My Policeman" spans the course of 40 years, with flourishing cinematography keeping the viewer's attention despite an underdeveloped storyline.
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