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Out on Campus holds Transgender Day of Remembrance event
Peak Web December 2, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of violence, transphobia, and suicide. November 20 marked Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). This year, Out On Campus (OOC) hosted a TDOR event in the Student Union Building ballroom. OOC “is a department of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) dedicated to supporting SFU’s 2SLGBTQIA+ students and allies.” The event was designed “to sincerely remember the trans people around the world we have lost to transphobic, transmisogynistic, and racist violence.” Transgender Day of Remembrance began as a response to the 1998 unsolved murder of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman. The media…
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SFU Queer Collective’s webinar tackles 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in universities
Peak Web June 27, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer and Kelly Chia, Peak Associate On June 5, SFU Queer Collective held their first webinar since the organization’s revival earlier this year. The network includes SFU graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and alumni who…
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