Dear Body Party, It’s been a rough year– all I can seem to muster the energy to do is masturbate constantly because I hate myself and feeling lonely. I can’t seem to meet anyone in this god forsaken town to sooth my existential shit, I just want to meet new […]
Evergreen Queer and Trans Center Coming to Campus this Fall The Center is Being Created After Student Pressure
By Sylvie Chace The Queer and Trans Center (QTC) will open it doors week 3 of fall quarter on the second floor of the library building in room 2147. The center will occupy First People’s Multicultural Center’s old location, as First Peoples is relocating to library room 2151 on the […]
Everybody Pees A Conversation About the Importance of Gender Free Bathrooms
By Jamine Kozak Gilroy Having spent the break with two small children, with a household ban on “potty talk”, I’m coming back to the adult world, and I want to talk about bathrooms. Everybody pees, and I believe strongly that anywhere you take your pants off should be a safe […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20th
By Nix Chace Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is held on November each year to memorialize trans people who lost their lives due to hate crimes, prejudice, and cases of suicide. The event is held in November due to the death of Rita Hester in 1998, whose murder ignited the […]
TQPOConnect Support for Queer & Trans People of Color in Olympia
By: Nix Chace Far too often local communities are disconnected from one another, especially within marginalized groups such as queer and trans people of color. The need for safer spaces among people of all ages, and mixed identities is prominent, especially in a white-dominated community like Olympia. “Being in Olympia […]
Queer Resources
(image used with permission of Stonewall Youth from their facebook page) By Nix QUEER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU AT EVERGREEN AND IN OLYMPIA Looking for a safe space? Or just ways to be involved with your community? At Evergreen and in Olympia there are resources available for queer […]
Exploring Me: LGBTQ Style & Identity
BY SARA FABIAN Identity is one of the most compelling and controversial concepts within human nature. Fashion is inevitably intertwined in the constructions and reconstructions of identity—how we represent the contradictions within ourselves in our everyday lives. Through style, individuals announce who they are and who they hope to become. […]