Tag: LGBTQ
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Open-Up: Show Your Drag
By Eva Andrews Photo provided by Open Up Pizazz. Snazz. And a whole lot of sass. Drag Shows pull out the true performer. It’s an intensive practice that results in a spectacular performance. From makeup to costumes to lip-syncing, drag shows are a lot of work. Historically, men dressing as women wasn’t unheard of, and…
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Asexual & Agender
LGBTQ+: An Educational Series By Sarah Vick Earlier in the fall, The Salemite covered the first six letters of the LGBTQIA+ initialism. Now we are continuing our journey through the alphabet with definitions provided by the Gender Equity Resource Center at the University of California at Berkeley. This is the third installment of an…
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Proud at Pride
By Claire Smithers The pride parade and festival is hosted by Pride Winston-Salem, one of the fastest-growing groups of its kind in the region. Several residents of Winston-Salem and surrounding areas look forward to the event where they can freely express their identities and true selves without judgment. This year’s event was themed after “We…
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What is Intersex?
LGBTQ+: An Educational Series By Sarah Vick Last month, The Salemite covered the first five letters of the LGBTQ+ initialism. This month, we’re going beyond the basics with definitions provided by the LGBTQ Center at Wake Forest University. This is the second installment of an educational series that gathers LGBTQ+ terms from scholarly resources and…
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LGBTQ+ An Educational Series: #1, The Basics
By Sarah Vick Navigating the ever-expanding alphabet soup of the LGBTQ+ initialism can be tricky, but we’re here to help! This fall, The Salemite is launching an educational series to explain the different LGBTQ+ letters and how they are defined according to the Gender Equality Resource Center at the University of California at…
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Students Showed Salem Spirit at Pride
Around twenty students from Salem’s Open Up club walked in Winston-Salem’s Pride Parade for Salem College this October. After meeting on the stairs of Main Hall an hour before the start of the parade, they walked downtown in a flurry of rainbow colored clothing. The day before the parade, Open Up sponsored a paint your…
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Students Against: A Letter
Amendment One is an issue that has unified the Salem College community. Across racial, ethnic, religious, and partisan lines, students have taken a stand against this loose and discriminatory measure. The student legislative body of Salem College voted to pass a resolution standing firmly against Amendment One, making Salem the eighth college campus in North Carolina to do…
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