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Boston City Hall. Councilors passed resolutions to recognize March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility and March 16-22 as “Sunshine Week” and discussed how the city can hire people affected by federal layoffs. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council recognizes Transgender Day of Visibility, discusses federal layoffs, ‘Sunshine Week’

Abigail Hassan March 19, 2025
The Boston City Council passed a resolution recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, discussed ways to employ laid-off federal workers and designated March 16-22, 2025 as “Sunshine Week” during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
Boston University LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center. Boston was officially designated a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community March 12. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston City Council declares city a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ community

Samantha Genzer March 19, 2025
Boston’s City Council voted 12-1 at a meeting March 12 to officially designate the city as a sanctuary for transgender individuals and the wider LGBTQ+ community.
Connie Dai / DFP Staff

Op-Ed: I’m confused, Caitlyn Jenner

Kendall O’Brien April 25, 2022

Caitlyn Jenner has joined Fox News as a contributor following International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31. The Olympic gold medalist, who identifies as a Republican, made it alarmingly clear...

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How to hold yourself accountable

Veronica Thompson March 30, 2021
Once we’re able to admit our mistakes, we can learn from them and mature as members of society.
In its last meeting of the semester on Monday night, Boston University Student Government discussed whether to denounce Kappa Sigma for painting over the transgender flag on the BU Rock during Transgender Day of Remembrance. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

StuGov talks Spring semester plans, approves Greek life action plan

Anna Vidergar December 8, 2020
Boston University Student Government heard from several senators about plans for Spring semester, including how to increase student engagement, in a meeting streamed live to YouTube Monday night.
A Kappa Sigma member painted over the transgender pride flag on the Boston University Rock, which was originally painted in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Kappa Sigma paints over trans flag on BU Rock on Transgender Day of Remembrance, sparks controversy

Ellie Yeo December 2, 2020
Kappa Sigma pledges painted over a transgender pride flag on the BU Rock, located at BU Beach, on Nov. 20. The flag had been painted the day before in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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...

The BU Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism and Students for Justice in Palestine hosted DarkMatter, the transgender South Asian performance art duo, at the #ItGetsBitter spoken word event Saturday night. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

DarkMatter poetry performance inspires, addresses social issues

Shivani Singh April 13, 2016

At a performance Saturday in the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, attendees were met with a creative combination of activism, spoken word poetry and neon blue lipstick. New York City-based...

EDITORIAL: LGBT publications' straight white covers direly need diversity

EDITORIAL: LGBT publications’ straight white covers direly need diversity

Editors April 7, 2016

It seems straight white men have taken over the LGBT realm too. In the past five years, they made up 40 percent of LGBT magazine covers (Out, The Advocate and Attitude), while white LGBT people made up...

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