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From the archives: Pitt Pride

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As Pride Month begins, revisit some of the achievements, research and conversations going on at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 of 窪蹋勛圖厙 about and with the LGBTQ+ community.泭

This years events at Pitt begin with a Rainbow Alliance and Pitt Figure Skating conversation with泭泭on June 2.泭

In 2020, Pitt was recognized for the fourth time as a Best College for LGBT+ students. Take a look through the eyes of a student to see what makes Pitt earn this ranking, and how Pitt can continue to progress. Pitt also made big gains last year in the泭.

This spring, Pitts Minoritized Orientation and Gender Identities Graduate and Professional Alliance (MOGI) convened a panel of transgender members of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 community to share their own experiences and offer thoughts on what Pitt does well and what it could do better.

Relive this semesters Pitt Program Council conversation with the Queer Eye host and activist.

During her time at Pitt, now-alumna Kate Koenig created the I Am_ Project to chronicle the lives of transgender young people through in-depth Q&A interviews and photos. Her work was awarded the Iris Marion Young Award for Community Engagement.

Postdoctoral associate Daniel Jacobson L籀pez, who studies sexual assault survivors in the Black, Latino and LGBTQ communities, says the problem is a public health crisis that is getting little attention.

Now an alum,泭Regina Futcher泭used their Summer Undergraduate Research Award to examine a decade of gay print media from the 1960s and 1970s. I like looking at the archives because history tends to repeat itself. If I can see trends in the 70s and 80s, I can extrapolate from that and see what we can learn in 2020.

As the pandemic began, members of AQUARIUS, a Pitt student group supporting Asian American members of the LGBTQ+ community, jumped to support communities on and off campus.

In 2018, Pitt student Amy Kelley received a $10,000 scholarship and $2,500 in funding support from the first-ever, nationwide Live Proud on Campus contest, sponsored by AT&T and the Human Rights Campaign. The contests charge: Develop a project to increase LGBTQIA+ awareness and acceptance on their college campuses.泭