Auburn Spectrum

We are Spectrum, Auburn University's Gay-Straight Alliance. We have provided support and outreach for Auburn's LGBT+ community and allies for over 25 years!

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It is with a heavy heart that we at Auburn Spectrum have received news about the plight of transgender youth in Texas. The South has a history of incredible diversity, and even more incredible attempts to cull that diversity.

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She also spent the rest of her life advocating for better public perception of "transsexuals," speaking at universities and acting in documentaries about the community. She ultimately passed away in 1989 from lung and bladder cancer.
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As a celebration of Pride Month, we will be shining a spotlight on notable figures in queer history every day of June! For June 6, the queer figure of the day is: Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989), American trailblazer for sexual reassignment surgery!

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Though she wished for a quiet life, Christine found that she could only manage to earn a living by making public appearances. Thus began her career as an actress, nightclub singer, and recording artist.

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In 2020, IBM finally issued an apology for firing Conway over her gender transition.
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As a celebration of Pride Month, we will be shining a spotlight on notable figures in queer history every day of June! For June 5, the queer figure of the day is: Lynn Ann Conway (1938-present), electrical engineer and computer scientist for IBM!

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After that, she became more active in advocating for equal opportunity employment protections for transgender people, elimination of the psychiatric pathologization of transgender people, and providing information about medical transition procedures.

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Kuromiya survived lung cancer in the 70s and became friends with Buckminster Fuller afterward, touring the country with him for five years and collaborating with him on Fuller's last six books. In 2000, Kuromiya passed away from complications due to cancer
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As a celebration of Pride Month, we will be shining a spotlight on notable figures in queer history every day of June! For June 4, the queer figure of the day is: Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000), activist for the civil rights, anti-war, gay liberation, and HIV/AIDS movements!

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In the late 90s, he was involved in several court cases regarding various topics related to AIDS. In one case where he pushed to have freedom of speech protect sexually explicit information about AIDS on the internet, the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act.