Trans students share stories of experience
Yasmine Byungura, Guest Writer
December 4, 2015
On Nov. 18, transgender students held a panel to discuss their experiences with the Guilford community. To the surprise of the panel, this event had a large turnout. Around 15 students. “Personally I’m okay with that right now,” said Hayden Young, first-year and one of the student panelists....
Our community has an obligation to trans students
Abe Kenmore, Managing Editor
December 4, 2015
Recently I was privileged to attend a trans student panel hosted by the Multicultural Education Department. Five Guilford students talked about their experience discovering their identity and navigating systems that are still woefully unresponsive for trans and other gender nonconforming students. The...
News in Brief
Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor
November 20, 2015
France ISIS claimed to be behind the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 that killed 129 people. Though several of the bombers have been identified, there is still a lot of backlash is France against Muslim civilians and the rising population of Syrian refugees. Several Muslims in the area have already started...
#justiceforjane movement ongoing
Clare Forrister, Staff Writer
December 5, 2014
“A lot of times state agencies just don’t know how to handle transgender people, so they do the easiest thing and put them away where they don’t have to deal with them,” said senior Madeline Putney, who identifies as a transgender woman. In an ongoing case in Connecticut, a 16-year-old transgender...
Transgender Awareness Week: a time to understand
Molly Schneider, Staff Writer
December 5, 2014
During the week of Nov. 17, The Bayard Rustin Center for LGBTQA Activism, Education and Reconciliation hosted a weeklong event at Guilford College to provide community members a deeper understanding of what it means to be transgender. The events included performances and panels revolving around trans...
Shore Hall introduces first gender-neutral bathroom
Nicole Zelniker, Staff Writer
February 14, 2014
Deciding which bathroom to use is typically an easy choice for students to make. “Girls” go into the bathroom labeled “girls,” and “boys” go into the bathroom labeled “boys,” but for students that don’t fit this gender binary as easily, that decision becomes harder. Junior and...
