By Autumn McGowanWeb Content Contributor Happy Pride Month! Things are slowly opening back up after Covid, which means that this month can be the glorious celebration of queerness it was meant to be. While we are celebrating, let us not forget that this month was chosen to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, when fed up drag queens and trans women of color decided to fight for their right to […]
By Andrea MauWeb Content Contributor With June coming to an end, major events such as the second wave of COVID-19 and racial tensions are hot topics on our minds. However, we mustn’t forget that June is also the month of Pride and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community will further contribute to the civil rights movements prevalent today, which work against discrimination and brutality based on race or sexual preference. With that […]
By Nicole Wolf Photojournalist Day of Silence is a day dedicated to bringing awareness to the bullying of LGBTQ+ students. Students take a vow of silence to represent the effects of harassment towards the LGBTQ+ community. This year, Day of Silence took place on April 21. In honor of Day of Silence, I wanted to highlight one of the largest LGBTQ+ organizations on campus, Bobcat PRIDE. Bobcat PRIDE stands […]
(Originally aired in July) This In the Public Interest takes a look at the the inclusionary LGBTQIA community of San Marcos in regards to gender and sexuality, and the events and allys that exist to support this community. Hosted by Matthew Hamill, we bring you stories that specialize in information detailing the resources and prideful events that support San Marcos' LGBTQIA community. Kasandra Garza introduces information about different Texas State University support […]
Hosts: Josh Andrews, Megan Joe and Marissa Parks Stories: Bethany Perales, Allie Ibarra and Josh Andrews. Our first In the Public Interest of the fall semester focuses on the LGBT community in San Marcos. The first story gives a profile on Silvia Sandoval and how she was able to host the first Pride event in San Marcos this year. The second story takes a look at the local Drag community […]
San Marcos will host it’s first Pride Parade this September in celebration of the LGBT community. Erin Andary sat down with the woman who is making it all happen, Silvia Sandoval. Pride is an event that celebrates, educates, and brings together people from all different backgrounds and sexualities that strive for equality under the Gay Rights Movement. Sandoval has been working for years to bring Pride to San Marcos and […]
By Erin Andary News Reporter Pride is an event that celebrates, educates and brings together people from all different backgrounds and sexualities that strive for equality under the Gay Rights Movement. San Marcos resident Silvia Sandoval has been working for years to bring Pride to the city and hopes that being located between Austin and San Antonio, who both, Sandoval said, have large LGBT communities, will help draw in a larger […]
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