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Bruincard Preferred Name Process: What You Need To Know

Imagine, if you will, that the information on your BruinCard was all untrue. The card, although it has your student ID number printed on it, shows a different name than yours, and maybe even a picture that does not at…

Creative Writing
Dance With Me Darling

Graphic by Anastacia Kellogg Dance with me darling, I don’t care who’s looking. I am a man, I am a woman, I am fluidity and impulse and I impulsively decided to love you, You were hesitance and softly-treaded words, But…

Politics & News
Out, Proud, and American

History will be made this month in South Korea as two out American athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics for the first time. Figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy are both openly gay, and join soccer…

Arts & Entertainment
Dyke Drive-In: Fire (1996)

Fire (1996), dir. Deepa Mehta, is an Indian-Canadian romantic drama infamous for being one of the first explicit portrayals of homosexuality in Indian cinema. The plot follows Sita, a young woman recently arranged married to Jatin, a DVD rental store…

Arts & Entertainment
Vanilla: Book Review

As an avid reader and a queer person, it means more than words can convey each time I see myself represented well in a published novel.  The book’s very existence seems to offer a confirmation: “Your identity is valid and…

Politics & News
OutWrite Responds to Los Angeles Women’s March 2018

Photo by Anastacia Kellogg One year ago, the Women’s March in DC and its sister marches across the nation became a symbol of resistance against the Trump presidency. Photos of the crowded Women’s March in DC and the poorly attended…

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Activism as an Expression of Love: A Lesson from the 2016 Election on Meaningful Resistance

Graphic by Shay Suban “Historically low approval ratings for President Trump signal that an overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of – if not despise – this administration. But what good is that when the goal of resistance is, or ought…

Satire
OutWrite EXCLUSIVE: Death Imminent, Nothing Matters

Everyone currently alive will die someday and their memory will eventually be forgotten, OutWrite has learned. Every member of the human race will inevitably cease existing at some point and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. Whether…

Arts & Entertainment
Interview with Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females

New Jersey band Screaming Females returns after a three year hiatus, bursting in with two new singles “Black Moon” and “Glass House.” Born in the New Brunswick basement rock scene, the band is characterized by its gritty, extended solos and…

Opinion
Migos Are Not Our Amigos

Regardless of your taste in music, the rise of rap group Migos has become undeniable within the hip-hop community. However, the rise of a homophobic rap group should not be accepted or undeniable in a time like this. Having formed…

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Fighting for the Queer Youth: In Loving Memory of Nex Benedict
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Campus
How a Queer Disabled Student is Fighting for Health, Safety, and Education
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Politics & News
Seeking Safety: LGBTQ+ Migrants Fight for Asylum
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Campus
Queer Prom: Fantasy is a Radical Reality
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Community
Homelessness and Familiar Faces
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Campus
Pride Admit Weekend Needs More Volunteers: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Community
The Destruction of Queer Public Spaces Has Forced Us Online
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Politics & News
Oklahoma School Bans Gender Change
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Short Story
“What Was I Made For?”: Thoughts of a Queer Barbie
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Community
The Fight Over Flags
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Opinion
Why Queer Education Matters
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Community
Schuyler Bailar’s Intersectional Impact as an East Asian Transgender Man
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Arts & Entertainment
From “I Am Not Okay With This” to “Everything Sucks”: A Lack of Lesbians in Media
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Literature
The Underrepresentation of Sapphic Identities in Literature: A Historical Analysis
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Arts & Entertainment
The Oversexualization of Lesbian Relationships in Media
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Sports
A Try at UCLA Women’s Rugby — Interview with Kelsey on UCLA Athletics and Being Trans
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Politics & News
Asia’s Steps Toward Queerness in 2023
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Creative Writing
A Jigsaw Puzzle Is an Act of Creation
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Politics & News
The Loss of Jesús Ociel Baena, Mexico’s First Nonbinary Magistrate, and What it Means for the Community
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Opinion
“Maybe We Got Lost in Translation?”: The Fraught Relationship Between the Church, Sexuality, and the Bible
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