2SLGBTQIA+

This is an illustration of SFU students engaging in protest. Many are holding signs in support of Palestine and TSSU. Some are wearing masks.
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2023 — A Year in Review

Eden Chipperfield and Olivia Sherman January 12, 2024

TSSU Strikes for improving working conditions, June–October Learn more: The TSSU Strike Vote: A Timeline of Events TSSU members form picket line in labour action SFU’s response to the TSSU picket lines has been poor TSSU hosts BBQ in solidarity with strike BCGEU donates $200,000 to TSSU Strike Fund TSSU engages strike action at Surrey campus TSSU initiates full work stoppage Council Chats: SFSS discusses their lack of response to TSSU strike TSSU members discuss the end of the strike Beginning in June 2023, teaching assistants (TAs) at SFU engaged in a strike following the expiration of their collective agreement…

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NHL pride tape ban politicizes 2SLGBTQIA+ allyship

Kaja Antic October 27, 2023

The week before the 2023–24 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season was set to begin, commissioner Gary Bettman banned specialty warm-up jerseys, explaining how pride jerseys had become a “distraction” last season. Hours before the first puck was even dropped,…

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This is a photo of a student in the libarary. There are rows of bookshelves behind them, and they are holding a book titled, “Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens.” They are also standing in front of a rainbow poster which reads, “Libraries show every colour of the rainbow, you are welcome here.”
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The 1 Million March 4 Children brings out fierce support for SOGI 123 curriculum

Eden Chipperfield October 24, 2023

Content Warning: mentions of anti-2SLGBTQIA+ violence. A sea of protesters gathered in Vancouver on Wednesday, September 20. The 1 Million March 4 Children protest crowd was split between those protesting against the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI 123) curriculum…

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A film still featuring two protagonists of Bottoms, PJ and Josie, in a school gym looking to the side, looking bewildered. PJ has a slight black eye and a bandaid on her nose.
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Bottoms is unabashedly gay, unhinged, and bloody

Emilio Gutierrez September 28, 2023

When I first read the synopsis of Emma Seligman’s Bottoms — two girls start a fight club at their high school to meet girls and lose their virginity — I thought I knew what I was in for. I expected…

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This is a photo of a pride parade. There are multiple people walking under a large rainbow flag. The camera is behind the people, so only their backs are visible.
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2SLGBTQIA+ panel discusses the past, present, and future of queer communities in Canada

Eden Chipperfield July 11, 2023

Content warning: mentions of transphobia, queerphobia, and conversion therapy. As Pride month ends for 2023, discussions regarding the future of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community have come into mainstream conversation. The conversation is especially aggravated by the increasing anti-sexual orientation and gender…

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Photo of a Trans Flag, with blue, pink and white stripes.
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Remembering Marsha P. Johnson

C Icart November 15, 2022

Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945. She was a Black trans woman, an activist, a sex worker, and a drag queen. Today, she is mainly remembered for her involvement in the 1969 Stonewall Riots, also known as…

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