Close Up: Pride Month BBQ

From BU Today by Jackie Ricciardi. June 4, 2023 BU Academy students Coco Mueller (from left), Owen Bergstein, Kaela Harrison, and Andrew Chao took advantage of the gorgeous spring weather to enjoy a game of Jenga at a campus barbecue hosted by the Dean of Students Office in celebration of Pride Month, on June 1. […]

Creating a Visual Diary

From BU College of Fine Arts Magazine by Sophie Yarin. Rebecca Ness, a queer 30-year-old artist from Brooklyn, has no problem being compared to the 20th-century American painter Norman Rockwell.

Lavender Ceremony and Reception

Drag queen Linda Marie Possa performs at the second annual Lavender Ceremony, a celebration of BU’s LGBTQ+ graduating seniors. The event, sponsored by the Queer Activist Collective (Q) and the LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network took place in the Questrom auditorium May 20. Photo by Doug Levy. BU Today “Closeup” on May 25, 2023

Widen Your Horizons—Read a Banned Book

From BU Today by Cydney Scott. February 5, 2023 Sydney Villegas (CAS’24) was among the book lovers attending BU Diversity & Inclusion’s Banned Books Story Time, held February 2 at the Howard Thurman Center in observance of World Read-Aloud Day. During the reading marathon, those attending took turns reading aloud banned picture books featuring LGBTQIA+ […]

BU LGBTQIA+ Center’s Club Q Memorial

From BU Today by Cydney Scott. December 17, 2022 Alexis Fearing (CAMED’23), LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff programming and communications graduate assistant, putting some finishing touches on the center’s memorial for those murdered at Colorado Springs nightclub Club Q in November. The memorial is on display in the center’s office, and on December 21 […]

New Illustrated Book by CAS Alum Introduces Young Readers to LGBTQ+ History

From Bostonia by John O’Rourke. June 30, 2022 Sarah Prager says she wrote Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ People Who Made History so middle grade readers could enter adolescence knowing something about “the incredible LGBTQ people who shaped our world.” Rainbow Revolutionaries features stories about an Angolan queen, an Olympic athlete, a Civil War soldier, and […]