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Petition created by Boston University student Alex P. after the University did not allow them to change their legal sex to “X” in BU records. Other transgender and nonbinary BU students have also experienced difficulties with University sex identification rules. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender, nonbinary students report incompetent SHS healthcare — Part 1

Emily Stevenson August 31, 2021
Insensitive healthcare providers and incorrect hormone prescriptions among the issues raised.
“The Princess Bride” film. In a Wednesday webinar hosted by Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy, venture capitalist Lisa Suennen used the film as an allegory to explain health care entrepreneurship. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU hosts health care entrepreneurship discussion, encourages students to be bold

Kyla Denisevich February 2, 2021
BU’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy held their first installment of IHSIP’s 2021 Nexus Series on Wednesday about healthcare entrepreneurship, with a creative twist.
Boston University’s school of Theology hosted the webinar “The Queer Art of Reading and Resilience: Uplifting BIPOC Trans Life and Spirit” Thursday, which included six BIPOC transgender panelists. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

STH celebrates resilience of transgender communities

Julia Furnari November 6, 2020

LGBTQ individuals experience higher rates of violence and death than their heterosexual peers, and this reality can take a toll. To celebrate trans resilience and address topics such as transphobia...

A feminine hygiene dispenser in Boston University’s College of Communication. The newly-formed Menstrual and Reproductive Rights Coalition hosted a panel on sexual health at the BUild Lab Tuesday. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP FILE

Menstrual and Reproductive Rights Coalition holds panel on reproductive and sexual health

Melissa Ellin February 5, 2020
Boston University students are taking a step to bring inclusive conversations about reproductive health and access to necessities to campus with panel hosted by the Menstrual and Reproductive Rights Coalition.
Since November 2018, Boston public health officials have diagnosed six new cases of HIV in the city among people injecting drugs. COURTESY OF PUBLICDOMANPICTURES.NET

HIV outbreak occurs among Boston drug users

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen February 1, 2019
Public health officials have diagnosed six new HIV infections in the city among people who have injected drugs since November 2018 — the majority of which occurred in January, according to an advisory from the Boston Public Health Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Dana Pardee of The Fenway Institute speaks about his experience in the transgender community Tuesday evening at Fenway Health. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston transgender community moves forward together after election

Kalina Newman November 17, 2016

Over a week after Donald Trump was announced president-elect of the United States, Massachusetts transgender leaders have reached a mutual agreement that now is the most important time for the transgender...

Members of the Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus pose for a photo before the group’s concert in Medford. PHOTO BY SHANE FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender chorus pays respects to Orlando shooting and celebrates community

Rachel Rex October 19, 2016

In a world where violent acts often dominate the news, it can be important to find acceptance and support from others. But for many marginalized groups targeted by these attacks, community can be hard...

Representatives from The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health speak to students about how to have better, safer sex. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Safer Sex Decathlon plays games, opens sex discussion

Katrina Uy February 24, 2016

Sex may still be an uncomfortable discussion topic for many, but Boston University Student Health Services’ Safer Sex Decathlon created a fun learning environment in a low-stakes game tournament...

Zohar Fuller, outreach worker and advocate for the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health, speaks to students at “Sexual Assault in Queer and Trans Communities” Monday at the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sexual assault, resources for LGBTQ community addressed in presentation

Ellen Cranley April 7, 2015

The Queer Activist Collective and Trans* Listening Circle at Boston University hosted a presentation Monday to raise awareness about sexual assault in the lesbian, gay, transgender and queer community. Zohar...

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