Transgender rights activists and fiancées, Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed, spoke to around 200 WashU students and visitors on Thursday, Nov 7. They discussed their relationship, the state of transgender rights in America, how transgender rights are connected to other social issues, and how to find hope in dark times.
In an op-ed published on July 17 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jamie Reed — whistleblower and former case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center (WUTC) of St. Louis Children’s Hospital — wrote that the WUTC “quietly announced” last week that they will be “permanently closed.” However, sources from other news outlets deny the closure allegations.
After a two month long investigation, an Overview Committee compiled by the University concluded that “allegations of substandard care causing adverse outcomes for patients at the Center are unsubstantiated,” as written in a public summary of conclusions.
A group of Washington University students and faculty organized and participated in a counter protest to the Westboro Baptist Church’s demonstration on Friday against the Transgender Spectrum Conference held on campus over the weekend.
Panelists offered a diverse set of perspectives on being transgender, touching on issues from police brutality to the history and future of the trans* rights movement in the keynote panel of Wash U Pride Alliance’s Trans* Awareness Week.
Attendees expressed concerns about how Washington University planned to address the high rate of sexual assault reported by transgender, genderqueer or nonconforming and questioning (TGQN) students at a forum to discuss recent campus sexual assault survey data.
Beauty pageants have always befuddled me. Apparently certain beautiful women need to go beyond mere peer validation of their perfection, to also compete in televised contests to see who truly is the fairest of them all. But until recently, these events seemed to be left to their own devices to primp women who prance around stages in bathing suits.
A new support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students has sprung up this semester to fill what founder Brian Kline says has been a relatively empty niche on campus.
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