Tag: LGBTQ
Tweeting towards collective action
Last weekend, thousands of people around the United States and the world paraded through the streets for the 2018 Women’s March. When the first...
A bathtub is for spiritual cleansing
In Jewish tradition, the mikvah is a rite of passage primarily for women that involves a ceremonial bath. The qualification to partake in this...
How colourful is the Toronto Pride Parade?
Every year, on the first weekend of July, Yonge Street closes for the annual Toronto Pride Parade celebrations. Now, before you continue reading this...
Long Red Hair (Meags Fitzgerald)
People spend their lives discovering who they are, with the most formative years occurring in adolescence. Meags Fitzgerald’s graphic memoir, Long Red Hair, provides...
Free speech rally incites controversy
Transphobic comments
Ever since U of T psychology professor, Jordan Peterson, refused to recognize genderless pronouns in his YouTube lectures on September 27 and October...
All-gender washrooms installed
All-gender washrooms have been installed across UTM, including Deerfield, CCT Building, and the RAWC, following an announcement by interim principal Ulrich Krull in a...
U of T responds to transphobic threats
U of T has sent an email to its community members, students, and faculty, addressing threats it alleges were made on social media against...
Paint your way into Queer Orientation
Queer Orientation is an annual tri-campus event that offers LGBTQ-focused programming over the course of one week. This year’s Queer Orientation at UTM continued...
UTMSU fall elections begin this week
Students will elect the representatives this week for Division I, first-year representatives, and Division III, the central directors, of UTMSU’s Board of Directors.
Plebiscite question
This...
Get on the playful side
You’ve almost made it. There are only a few weeks left before the end of classes. Not only that, but the weather’s warming up...
Man arrested by Peel Police for vandalism at the RAWC
Jakub Bernad, a 26-year-old male from Mississauga, has been charged after being arrested for allegedly vandalizing posters in the RAWC.
According to Peel Regional Police...
OUT@UTM executive director resigns
OUT@UTM’s executive director, Zara Rizwan, has resigned following claims of an unsafe working environment and an intense workload, among other claims.
In Rizwan’s resignation letter...