Protect our migrants

Immigration is the heart of what has built the United States as a collection of diverse communities, rich in varied cultures, languages, backgrounds, but unified in their ability to contribute to the society they call home. The current U.S. administration has been merciless in its campaign of anti-immigrant sentiment and policy. ICE raids terrorize neighborhoods, mass deportation leaves families devastated and tortured under inhumane conditions. Migrants, outstanding reflections of the so-called ‘American Dream,’ must live in fear as the nation that should have welcomed their efforts only punishes them brutally, calling them the ‘enemy.’ It is vital in such challenging times that we stand in solidarity with immigrants, that we support their cause in resisting the injustice they are currently facing. In this way, we recognize the beauty and strength in a U.S. that is defined by diversity, collective unity, and acceptance.

Palomino Festival Displays Country Music’s Progress Toward Diversity

As a queer Indian-American, the country genre has always seemed antithetical to my existence, a mix of hypermasculinity and overwhelming whiteness. Observing country artists like Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, I perceived country as music for the white man and…

“Diversity”: A Piece Lost to the Pandemic

Art by Christopher Ikonomou (Xe/He) Right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, OutWrite participated in the early stages of a still-unnamed Community Issue, a print compiling pieces from all of UCLA’s newsmagazines. Unfortunately, the project fell through in Spring 2020. As…

RuPaul and The Never-Ending Struggle Of Visibility

Graphic by Christopher Ikonomou (Xe/He) After thirteen seasons, RuPaul has finally let his first cisgender, heterosexual performer on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Her name is Maddy Morphasis, and she is a cishet man that does drag! At first glance, this is…