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“I’m Angry and Sad and Scared and I Know Nothing is Going to Change”

We invited the parents and educators on our team to share how they’re feeling in the aftermath of the horrifying…

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May 26, 2022

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Let Them Know You’re Here: Queering the College Tour

Keep an eye out for the queers on the tour, and let them know you’re here!

Maddie —

Nov 12, 2013

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These Adorable Lesbian Homecoming Queens Top Off Our Best Queer Homecoming Season Ever

Greta Melendez and Lily Cohen are the latest in a month of queer homecoming winners and a much longer line of kids battling for the right to wear tiaras in…

Riese —

Nov 5, 2013

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Teach Me Your Ways: The Teachers Who Helped Make Us Queer

Many of us were lucky enough to have teachers who didn’t make us queer as such, but they did help make it a little easier on us, sometimes even before…

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Oct 11, 2013

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Nita’s College Lesbianage: I’m Gonna Be Alright

“It was the last day of my last semester of my first year of college, and I was crying because I’d failed. I wasn’t going to continue in the interpreting…

Nita —

Jul 23, 2013

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Claire’s College Lesbianage: This Place Is Not For Me

“At Wellesley, I was never homesick. Not even in the dead of winter, when Boston was buried in snow and Phoenix was at its most palatable, did I miss home.”

Claire —

Jul 19, 2013

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Sunny’s College Lesbianage: Ithaca Is Gorges

It’s the whole experience that makes it so beautiful: driving through the hills to get to the trail, trekking through the woods with your friends and slowly hearing the sound…

Sunny —

Jul 12, 2013

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Lillian’s College Lesbianage: Out Of The Vassar Bubble And Into China

I now realize that Chinese is, for lack of a better metaphor, like a crazy ex-girlfriend. She seemed nice and inviting at first but then I realized she’s hard to…

Lillian —

Jul 4, 2013

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Kate’s College Lesbianage: School’s (Not) Out For Summer!

It might be June, but Kate’s still in school – in England! She’s spending her rainy summer days memorizing Shakespeare and sorting through ancient books.

Kate B —

Jul 3, 2013

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Glitter Brigade: The Magical Beginning of A Queer Youth Group

“Have the meeting. Ask the youth what they want and need from this group. Start over and do those things. This isn’t about you at all, not anymore.”

gabby —

May 9, 2014

You Need Help: Your College Roommates Are Homophobic Assholes

What if you get to college and your roommates are really homophobic?

Rachel —

Sep 13, 2011

The Lesbian Insider’s Guide to 40 LGBT-Friendly College Campuses

Queer girls from 40 different schools give you the uncensored scoop on what it feels like for a gay lady on their campus — from hookup culture to dyke parties…

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Aug 24, 2011

100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Graduation: LGBTs Winning Hearts and Minds

This weekend, one third of Michigan Law’s 2011 class walked out of their own graduation ceremony to protest an anti-gay graduation speaker. Lucky for us, Sarah was there for the…

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May 12, 2011

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“I’m Angry and Sad and Scared and I Know Nothing is Going to Change”

Let Them Know You’re Here: Queering the College Tour

These Adorable Lesbian Homecoming Queens Top Off Our Best Queer Homecoming Season Ever

Teach Me Your Ways: The Teachers Who Helped Make Us Queer

Nita’s College Lesbianage: I’m Gonna Be Alright

Claire’s College Lesbianage: This Place Is Not For Me

Sunny’s College Lesbianage: Ithaca Is Gorges

Lillian’s College Lesbianage: Out Of The Vassar Bubble And Into China

Kate’s College Lesbianage: School’s (Not) Out For Summer!

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All of the Ultimate Back-To-School Advice for College-Bound Queers

Glitter Brigade: The Magical Beginning of A Queer Youth Group

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