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Roundtable Discussion Marks Continued Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusive Housing

By Nola Goodwin February 23, 2024

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA), Queer People of Color (QPOC) and Georgetown University Pride (GU Pride) co-hosted the latest installment of ongoing talks about LGBTQ+ inclusive housing...

VIEWPOINT: Contextualize LGBTQ+ Advocacy

VIEWPOINT: Contextualize LGBTQ+ Advocacy

By Maddie Naisbitt January 19, 2024

On Nov. 6, 2023, Fr. James Martin, S.J., a priest known for his advocacy and a member of Georgetown University’s Board of Directors, spoke at Georgetown, detailing the spiritual lessons from the story...

From Auditions to Opening Night: ‘Rocky Horror’ Directors Calvin Engstrom, Megan O’Malley Tell All

From Auditions to Opening Night: ‘Rocky Horror’ Directors Calvin Engstrom, Megan O’Malley Tell All

By Elizabethe Bogrette November 9, 2023

The Guide sat down with Calvin Engstrom (CAS ’24) and Megan O’Malley (CAS ’24), directors of Georgetown’s fifth annual “Rocky Horror Picture Show” to discuss LGBTQ+ independent productions...

RIVERS: Combat Queer Homelessness

RIVERS: Combat Queer Homelessness

By Grace Rivers October 13, 2023

Washington, D.C. has long been regarded as a safe haven for members of the LGBTQ+ community on account of its impressive queer population.  With 10% of residents self-identifying as LGBTQ+, the...

VIEWPOINT: Protect LGBTQ+ Stories From Censorship

VIEWPOINT: Protect LGBTQ+ Stories From Censorship

By Grace Rivers September 1, 2023

The United States faced its largest ban of books recorded in any year from July 2021 to June 2022. There were more than 2,500 individual book bans across the nation in that period according to Pen America’s...

VIEWPOINT: Unlearn GU Heteronormativity

VIEWPOINT: Unlearn GU Heteronormativity

By Lori Jang April 23, 2023

I knew Georgetown University from the start was not established for students like me: a person of color, female and queer. After all, it wasn’t until 1969 that the university was fully coed. The prospect...

VIEWPOINT: Value All Forms of Queerness

VIEWPOINT: Value All Forms of Queerness

By Juliet Boelhouwer April 21, 2023

I fall into the questioning part of the LGBTQ+ community, which is an under-discussed portion of the queer experience. There is no one right way to navigate the queer experience, but more understanding...

VIEWPOINT: Celebrate Student Allyship

VIEWPOINT: Celebrate Student Allyship

By Maeve McGuire April 21, 2023

“Wow, being gay at Georgetown … you must be fighting for your life.” This is a common refrain that I hear from others when they learn that I am openly queer at Georgetown University. But I disagree.  Georgetown...

VIEWPOINT: Stop the Normalization of Hate

VIEWPOINT: Stop the Normalization of Hate

By Matt Shinnick April 21, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has built a platform and rabid following, not by solving any kind of real issue but by targeting “wokeness,” a word that his General Counsel Ryan Newman defined as “the...

The Corp, AASA Fundraise for Local AAPI LGBTQ+ Community

The Corp, AASA Fundraise for Local AAPI LGBTQ+ Community

By Julia Staley March 25, 2022

The Corp and the Georgetown University Asian American Student Association (AASA) launched a fundraiser to raise money for a local Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBTQ group.   All proceeds...

GU Students Celebrate Virtual OUTober

GU Students Celebrate Virtual OUTober

By Ivy Becker October 9, 2020

This week Georgetown University’s LGBTQ Resource Center kicked off a monthlong schedule of virtual events celebrating Georgetown’s LGBTQ community. OUTober celebrations began Oct. 7 with a group...

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