NYU withholds degree from gay transgender student over commencement speech
“[Logan Rozos] lied about the speech he was going to deliver,” a NYU spokesperson said.
May 16, 2025
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This nonbinary student activist has some powerful words as equalpride's 2024 valedictorian
Scar Rulien is equalpride’s inaugural Valedictorian for the Class of 2024 and a Student Advocate for GLSEN, the nation’s leading organization working to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual and gender identities.
June 14, 2024
Two military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit
The settlement will see that the two are commissioned as officers "in recognition of the status and military careers they qualified for and earned years ago."
April 9, 2024
The graduate and the neatnik
This month our career coach gives a postgraduation pep talk and offers advice to a reader who has found his future running a cleaning business.
June 14, 2005
Photos: Graduation Day in Parkland
Emma Gonzalez and Parkland activists are ready to head into the world and change it.
June 4, 2018
Harvard Graduates to Gay Milestone
In 1920, 14 Harvard leaders and students were found "guilty" of homosexuality and dismissed. Now Harvard boasts the first endowed, named chair in LGBT studies at an American institution of higher learning.
June 3, 2009
Marriage Equality Advocate Told Not To Speak at Graduation
Franklin County Commissioner John O'Grady was told his invitation to speak at his alma mater, a local Catholic high school, was rescinded because of his marriage equality activism.
June 8, 2013
A Gay Oral Roberts University Graduate's Painful Story
Andrew Hartzler's life as a student was hell, he says. Now he's joined a class-action lawsuit to make sure no other LGBTQ+ students experience the same thing.
May 26, 2022
South African Student Graduates in Heels to Fight Homophobia
Letlhogonolo Masinga wanted to make a statement in a nation where homosexuality is legal but stigma remains.
September 18, 2019
Georgetown Alumni Embarrassed of Fellow Graduate Kirstjen Nielsen
A petition of Georgtown alumni want the Homeland Security Secretary to resign after she OK'd putting children in cages.
June 28, 2018
School Won't Read Transgender Student's Name at Graduation
Issak Wolfe's battle to have his name read at graduation ends on a technicality.
June 5, 2013
School Refuses to Use Trans Teen's Name At Graduation
A high school student fights to be acknowledged by the gender he identifies with.
May 7, 2013
Indiana School Reverses Decision to Deadname Trans Teen at Graduation
"I feel like this battle was unnecessary and brought attention to us that we didn't desire," the teen's father told The Advocate.
May 24, 2022
Teen to Skip Graduation After Principal Insists on Deadnaming Him
Bradley Curry's has been respected by teachers and students throughout high school but his principal is standing between him and walking across the stage.
May 6, 2022
A Commencement Address for All Queer College Grads
A very wise activist has a special message to LGBTQ people facing an uncertain future.
May 4, 2020