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From left, sophomore Sam Haney, treasurer of Spectrum, and sophomore Luis Valderrama, co-president of IC Proud, were the emcees of the speakout event, "Elevating Trans Voices," which was held Dec. 3 in IC Square.

LGBTQ clubs host event to provide platform for trans and nonbinary voices

By Ash Bailot, Staff Writer • December 5, 2018
Transgender and nonbinary individuals from Ithaca College and the  surrounding community shared their experiences in an open mic–style event in IC Square on Dec. 3.
Trump's gender proposal could reverse the Obama administration's recognition of gender as a concept that is decided by individuals' "internal sense of gender" and chosen identity.

State laws protect against Trump gender proposal

By Rachel Heller, Staff Writer • November 8, 2018
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering redefining gender based on one’s sex assigned at birth, a plan that would eliminate the federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary people.
One of these events was an Ithaca Virtual LGBTQ Local History Tour guided by Luca Maurer, director for the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services. The tour features sites in Ithaca where LGBTQ history was made.

Commentary: Trump’s gender policy hurts: Here’s how to help

By Luca Maurer • November 6, 2018
Think, center the person impacted, take care of yourself so you can be available if needed, and consciously and thoughtfully reach out and act.
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” tells the story of a gay conversion therapy camp. Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz), Jane (Sasha Lane), Adam (Forrest Goodluck) and Helen (Melanie Ehrlich) are trapped at God’s Promise.

Review: Complex characters carry ‘Cameron Post’

By Jake Leary, Assistant Life & Culture Editor • August 26, 2018
she’s not like the glamorous, self-assured caricatures of youth that plague teen films, but rather a confused and flawed adolescent.
Luca Maurer, LGBT Education, Outreach and Service program director, cowrote a chapter on trans housing policies with Bonnie Prunty, director for Residential Life and Judicial Affairs.

Q&A: Staff members write chapter on trans-inclusive housing

By Meaghan McElroy • April 4, 2018
Opinion Editor Meaghan McElroy spoke with Maurer about the book, the college’s history of trans housing policies and what makes the college’s policies so unique.
Dissertation Diversity Scholar candidate Shahan D. Bellamy speaks about the intersections of blackness and gender identity on Feb. 27.

Diversity Scholar candidate discusses intersectionality

By Brontë Cook, Staff Writer • February 28, 2018
The lecture was part of the Women's and Gender Studies program's efforts to determine the 2018–19 Dissertation Diversity Scholar fellow.
Senior Sloane Kazim (center) writes that mansplaining hurts transgender students, too, and that nonbinary people need to be included in conversations about dismantling patriarchal structures.

Commentary: Mansplaining hurts trans people, too

By Sloane Kazim • December 12, 2017
Nonbinary people have existed all throughout history; we are nothing new, and it is time we are included in feminist conversations.
Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel, author of "I am Jazz" hold up the children's picture book based off of Jazz Jenning's life. The book is the first children's picture book to tell a biography of a transgender child.

Author discusses book based on life of transgender child

By Noa Covell, Contributing Writer • December 9, 2017
Based on the true story of a transgender child, Jessica Herthel’s book is the first children's picture book to tell a biography of a transgender child.
Eliot Willenborg, a sophomore documentary studies major, planned on joining the military as an army broadcaster before Trump’s trans ban.

Commentary: Trans military ban will limit opportunities

By Eliot Willenborg • September 20, 2017
Trans people are treated like they don’t deserve to live in this country, and now we can’t even die for it? Someone tell me how that’s fair.
Sex education and/or HIV education is legally mandated in 39 states and Washington, D.C., but only 11 states and Washington, D.C. require inclusive content with regard to sexual orientation.

Commentary: Even blunders show a lack of respect

By August Miguez • May 3, 2017

Editor’s note: IC View, a magazine published by Ithaca College, recently used a picture of a college employee taken before he transitioned. The editors have since apologized. When I first heard that...

Sex education and/or HIV education is legally mandated in 39 states and Washington, D.C., but only 11 states and Washington, D.C. require inclusive content with regard to sexual orientation.

College to hold Rainbow Reception to honor LGBTQ students

By Brianna Ruback, Staff Writer • March 29, 2017
At 7 p.m. on April 21, Ithaca College will hold its 15th Rainbow Reception in the Clarke, Klingenstein and McDonald lounges in the Campus Center.
The Handwerker gallery will screen "Gen Silent," a documentary about the struggle members of the LGBTQ community face as they reach old age.

‘Gen Silent’ sparks LGBTQ discussion at the Handwerker Gallery

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • February 8, 2017
Discrimination against elderly members of the LGBTQ community may include shunning them, neglecting their care or attempting to convert them.
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