LGBTQ+
The Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment findings are in. Led by 5XÉçÇø’s College of Public Health, in collaboration with 120 local organizations and nonprofits, this groundbreaking initiative marks a significant stride toward understanding and addressing the unmet needs of LGBTQ+ individuals across Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties.
Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the Kent State Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.
Kent State Ph.D. candidates Beau Shaniuk and Dana Oleskiewicz provide a historical context for the transgender experience and discuss the challenges the community faces in light of the increasing number of anti-trans bills being introduced across the country.
As a spouse, a mother and a member of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community, Meghan Schwind shares her thoughts for Women's History Month on challenges women face and her hopes for rising generations of women.
Members of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness.
Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.
A groundbreaking interorganizational initiative led by 5XÉçÇø's College of Public Health aims to identify and address the most pressing needs of the LGBTQ+ community in Greater Cleveland.
Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at 5XÉçÇø, PRIDE! Kent is the country’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQ student organizations. This campus organization owes its existence in large part to the boldness and courage of one person, Dolores Noll, Ph.D.