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

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 […]

The Key to BU’s Diversity Efforts? Powerful Allies

From BU Today by Doug Most. April 23, 2019 David Coleman isn’t black. He isn’t gay. He isn’t transgender or disabled. He is a white, gray-haired infectious disease physician, a Boston University Medical School professor and chair of medicine. He is also exactly the type of person Crystal Williams, the University’s first associate provost for […]