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Transgender youth are being mistreated across the country

Windsor Moore, Contributor April 18, 2023

Since 2020, state legislatures across the United States have taken aim at transgender youth, passing law after law to limit gender-affirming resources and care necessary to their transition. In 2020,...

Gov. Spencer Cox posing for a photo with a child during a reception held on Jan. 19, 2023.

Los educadores contra el proyecto de ley de cheques

Marianna Lopez Luritta, Traductor February 9, 2023

El 25 de enero, el Senado del Estado de Utah aprobó el controversial proyecto de ley 215, el Voucher Bill, con una votación de 20-8. "Este proyecto de ley establece el programa de becas Utah se adapta...

Gov. Spencer Cox posing for a photo with a child during a reception held on Jan. 19, 2023.

Educators against the Voucher Bill

Brisa Odenthal, Reporter February 9, 2023

With a vote of 20–8, the Utah State Senate passed the controversial House Bill 215, also known as the Voucher Bill, on Jan. 25. “This bill establishes the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program and provides...

Many have found the H.I. 11 bill as discriminatory, including the president of Weber States Gender and Sexuality Alliance, Morgan Phelps. Photo credit: Star Neil

H.B. 11: The battle over inclusion and fairness

Simon Mortensen April 13, 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a bill focused on inclusion and equality for female athletes, being passed. Title IX was celebrated in this year's Super Bowl as Billie Jean King performed...

Members of the Weber State University Ballet Folklórico group watch a video of a past performance during a community event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Weber State on Sept. 30. Photo credit: Weber State University

Un ampio sguardo all’inclusività in WSU

Caitlyn Nichols October 4, 2021

Forse Weber State University non appare un centro di diversità. Secondo il meeting di WSU Institutional Research, nel 2020, 268 studenti – meno del 1% della corpo studentesco – erano studenti...

People gather in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the annual Pride Parade (Sara Parker / The Signpost)

OPINION: Why we still need Pride

Breanna Hart July 12, 2021

Throughout the month of June, I wrote several columns highlighting certain events in the history of the LGBTQ community that have made an impact on where we are today. It’s been 51 years since the...

LGBTQ+ pride flags line the entrances to Weber State University on March 26. Photo credit: Weber State University

Encircle creates connections for the LGBTQ community

Ally Nelson April 12, 2021

LGBTQ youth are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. Forty-eight percent of transgender adults reported having made a suicide attempt, according to Encircle’s...

A desire to acquire a new queer studies minor

A desire to acquire a new queer studies minor

Ally Nelson February 1, 2021

Classes surrounding the LGBTQ community have been sparse in the past few years, so Weber State University professors Theresa Kay, Melina Alexander and Richard Price have put into motion the works of a...

Jayson Stokes (Left) and Vladimir Robles (Right) talk to WSU students during the Transgender Day of Rememberance as part of Weber States Sessions on The Ledge (Robert Lewis / The Signpost)

Recognizing the community: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Kierstynn King November 21, 2019

In 1999, Gwendolyn Ann Smith — a transgender advocate — created a vigil to pay homage to transgender lives lost to anti-transgender violence, according to GLAAD. This vigil was the catalyst...

April Skeem and Brooke Cowley who are both Weber State students put on the panel as part of a senior project. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

How LGBT and LDS church members build bridges together

Sierra Hawkins April 12, 2019

It's no secret that there is tension between the LGBT community and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For people who are "gay and Mormon," this tension is not only an outside...

The Supreme Court recently made a ruling on President Donald Trumps policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Do you know your news? Jan. 24

Nic Muranaka January 23, 2019

1. The Trump administration appealed the transgender people military ban case to the Supreme Court last month after the case appeared locked in lower district courts, many of which refused to uphold the...

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chairman, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, questions witnesses on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2017. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Sipa USA/TNS)

Do you know your news?

Kara Mitchell March 28, 2018

1. Which major social media platform is under fire for a massive data breach?a. Instagramb. Twitterc. Facebook2. President Trump is denying rumors that he is struggling to hire who?a. A legal defense teamb....

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