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Boston City Hall. City Councillors recognized International Jazz Day, approved a Youth Works Grant and discussed establishing an office and a commission for LGBTQIA2S+ advancement and oversight respectively.

City Council celebrates International Jazz Day, approves $4 million for YouthWorks Grant, discusses establishment Office of LGBTQIA2s+ Advancement, Oversight Commission

Elizabeth Mehler, Associate Campus Editor April 30, 2025

Boston City Council recognized International Jazz Day with a guest performance, approved $4 million for the YouthWorks Grant and discussed the establishment of an Office of LGBTQIA+ Advancement and a Transgender,...

Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

OP-ED: I can’t travel to Florida. You shouldn’t either.

Guest Writer April 20, 2023
Until Florida and DeSantis agree to “say gay,” they shouldn’t see a dime of our money.
Action Hour is the Boston University Queer Activist Collective’s weekly commitment to anti-racism activism. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU’s Queer Activist Collective calls on community to fight for social justice

Julia Furnari October 28, 2020
The LGBTQ+ advocacy group holds a weekly "Action Hour," where members call representatives to demand justice for victims of police brutality and race-based violence.
Boston University’s Queer Activist Collective, UMOJA and Student Government hosted a virtual LGBTQ+ POC Ally Training event on Tuesday to address “whiteness” in queer spaces. CAMERON MORSBERGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Allyship training pushes BU community to address “whiteness” in queer spaces

Cameron Morsberger July 9, 2020
Often forgotten in historic LGBTQ+ moments are the Black and Brown voices within the community that spearheaded the fight. Modern activists and scholars say they are trying to rectify this erasure.
PHOTO COURTESY STEVE DEPOLO/FLICKR

EDITORIAL: Boy Scouts show social progressivism with new policy

Editors January 31, 2017

The Boy Scouts of America has been shrouded in controversy because of strict rules over what type of members and leaders are eligible to join the historical organization. Since the late 2000s, the Boy...

EDITORIAL: Disney's opposition to Georgia's anti-LGBT bill welcome, financially motivated

EDITORIAL: Disney’s opposition to Georgia’s anti-LGBT bill welcome, financially motivated

Editors March 24, 2016

A bill passed by the Georgia legislature now awaiting the governor’s signature would allow religious leaders and organizations to refuse performing and attending same-sex marriage ceremonies, The Washington...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REYNOLDS: The Not-So-Scary Truth About a “Gay” Assembly

Rebecca Reynolds January 29, 2015

I was perusing Facebook and stumbled upon this article shared by a friend entitled “Middle School tries to sneak in ‘gay’ assembly — but MassResistance intervenes!” I was led to a webpage with...

EDIT: The End of The Great Debate

EDIT: The End of The Great Debate

Editors January 20, 2015

One of the most divisive social debates of our time could soon be coming to a close, at least from a legal standpoint. The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the legalization of same-sex marriage in June,...

EDIT: Let’s not get too excited

Daily Free Press Admin February 26, 2014

Arizona Senator Jan Brewer announced Wednesday evening that she vetoed Arizona Senate Bill 1062. If passed, this bill would have given Arizona businesses the right to deny service to gay and lesbian customers...

RYAN: From Russia, with (same) love

Daily Free Press Admin February 13, 2014

Last Friday, I opened up Chrome to find the Google logo all decked out for the Olympic opening ceremonies. However, rather than the typical Google color scheme, the designers had chosen a rainbow palette....

EDIT: Macklemore: does he really get it?

Daily Free Press Admin January 28, 2014

We all know the story. When Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, was in the third grade, he thought that he was gay because he could draw, his uncle was and he kept his room straight. He told his...

EDIT: Sweet, sweet freedom of speech

Daily Free Press Admin September 4, 2013

Sweet Cakes By Melissa, a small bakery in Gresham, Ore. that reportedly refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple’s wedding closed its retail location on August 31. The bakery shut their doors and...

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