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Take Back the Night
By: Adriana Navarro, Kalila Bell, Ky Cobb
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Over a hundred Ohio University students, staff members and Athens community members poured out of Baker University Center and onto Court Street on April 5 to demand for safer streets. People from a wide range of gender identities and ages attended the march, their chants filling the street. Over the years, the debate of whether… Read More
Activism Through LGBTQ+ Centers
By: Adriana Navarro, Michael Kromer
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The sound of presenters at the Ohio University LGBT Center discussing craftivism rings through the room. Today’s craft is feminist banners, and the participants challenge their peers for short but witty words to display in their craft. The center is quite literally the center for a lot of activism at Ohio University from members taking… Read More
The Pride of Queens: Celebrating Drag in Athens
By: Adriana Navarro, Seth Eggenschwiller
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Tucked away among the many venues of Athens, Ohio sits the wine bar Athens Uncorked. A rainbow flag hangs from outside, welcoming all who come. The music is subtle and calm, but at least once every month there’s a new track, the volume turned up and accompanied by the quips of queens. The bar is transformed into a venue fit for a drag show…. Read More
The Ghosts You Never Ask About: How These LGBTQ+ Ghost Hunters are Preserving Queer History
By: Adriana Navarro, Salgu Wissmath
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On the fifth floor of Ohio University’s Alden Library lies the “Spook Files,” a black folder that holds 64 pages of newspaper article copies of paranormal activity in and around Athens, Ohio. The county of Athens has an extensive history of hauntings, and there are several ghost hunting groups throughout Ohio. One group of ghost… Read More