Friday is National Coming Out Day, a day for LGBTQ individuals to celebrate and express who they are.
For the occasion, EIU’s Gender and Sexual Diversity Center decided to host an event Tuesday...
At Eastern, Pride month takes place in April due to the traditional Pride month being celebrated when most students are home for summer break.
To start off the month, the Progress Pride flag was raised...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• October 24, 2021
A floor in McKinney Hall was dedicated to Doug DiBianco, founder of what would become EIU Pride, on Friday afternoon.
The dedication was celebrated with a commemorative plaque and speeches from Atlas...
The Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity on campus had a table outside of the Doudna Fine Arts Center with pronouns pins available for students to take on Wednesday.
Students who could not find pins...
Staff from Eastern’s Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity rolled out the rainbow door for people to sign in recognition of National Coming Out Day.
Each year, members of the LGBTQ+ community use...
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
• October 8, 2019
LGBTQ+ individuals will share their experiences in the workplace at a panel Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Charleston/Mattoon room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The Center for Gender and...
Every year in the month of June, the U.S. celebrates LGBT Pride Month to remember and honor the Stonewall Riots in Manhattan in 1969, according to the Library of Congress.
Since 2009, Jessica Ward, director...
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
• October 17, 2017
A new, larger space for the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity is now available, giving the Center a chance to host more activities including a bracelet-making session as part of LGBTGA+ History Month.
Students...
Travis Moody, Contributing Writer
• October 15, 2017
Members of the LGBTQA+ community and their allies can learn more about the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity and EIU Pride at a "Lunch Date in the GSD Center” on Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Center...
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
• October 10, 2017
Students can learn how to become an activist for the LGBTQA+ community or any cause at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Being an activist is...
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
• January 25, 2017
To kick off the first SafeZone training of the semester, “SafeZone Core” will give participants a basic knowledge about gender and sexual diversity.
This training session will be from 2 to 4 p.m....
