Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

VIEWPOINT: Choose Morals Over Chick-fil-A

VIEWPOINT: Choose Morals Over Chick-fil-A

By Claiborne Martell December 1, 2023

Lately, all I’ve wanted is a milkshake.  I’ve voiced this desire to quite a few people, and each time I get the same response: “You know, Chick-fil-A has milkshakes.” And each time, I...

VIEWPOINT: Reject Religious Homophobia

VIEWPOINT: Reject Religious Homophobia

By Maddie Naisbitt February 10, 2023

CW: This article references/discusses homophobia.. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  “Being homosexual isn’t a crime” should not be a revolutionary...

VIEWPOINT: Alumni Association Must Condemn Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ Legislation

VIEWPOINT: Alumni Association Must Condemn Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ Legislation

By Patrick Lenihan March 31, 2022

Georgetown has a decent track record of supporting LGBTQ people, which makes sense. Supporting the LGBTQ community, and understanding and advocating for LGBTQ people, is in keeping with the university’s...

RIVERS: Reject Heterosexual Norms, Uplift LGBTQ Voices

RIVERS: Reject Heterosexual Norms, Uplift LGBTQ Voices

By Grace Rivers January 27, 2022

My girlfriend and I are well acquainted with glaring strangers on the street when we hold hands. While we are fortunate to live in an increasingly accepting society, we must still be conscious of where...

GradGov Faces Bias Complaint From VP

GradGov Faces Bias Complaint From VP

By Harrison McBride and Jaime Moore-Carrillo February 14, 2020

This article directly references content that is potentially upsetting. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown University Graduate Student Government Vice...

Compassion Supports Healing of LGBTQ Youth, Activist Says

Compassion Supports Healing of LGBTQ Youth, Activist Says

By Ashley Zhao December 6, 2019

A greater sense of compassion is needed to combat the persistent homophobia in various parts of the world, author and LGBTQ activist Garrard Conley said at an event Tuesday. The event, titled “Radical...

VIEWPOINT: For Georgetown, Protest O’Connor Conference

By Elianna Schiffrik January 16, 2019

On Jan. 19, Georgetown will host the 20th Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life. Student awareness of the event remains surprisingly low despite its self-proclaimed status as the “largest collegiate...

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL Matthew Shepard will find his resting place at the Washington National Cathedral 20 years after he was targeted and killed for his sexual orientation. Shepard’s parents were initially reluctant to bury their son in 1998 following his murder, fearing potential vandalism at his grave, but have decided to inter his ashes at the cathedral Oct. 26 because of the importance of the Episcopal Church in Shepard’s life.

Matthew Shepard to Be Interred at National Cathedral

By Chelsea Hafer October 19, 2018

The ashes of Matthew Shepard will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral on Friday, Oct. 26, 20 years after his murder in a homophobic hate crime. When he was 21 years old, Shepard was killed...

SINGH & BEAUSOLEIL: Our Failure to Achieve Intersectionality

SINGH & BEAUSOLEIL: Our Failure to Achieve Intersectionality

By Hashwinder Singh and Khendrick Beausoleil June 23, 2017

As we sat listening to activist Shaun King and Georgetown sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson speak to an auditorium full of social justice advocates just days after the 2016 presidential election,...

A Call For More Than Thoughts and Prayers

By Caitlin Opperman June 22, 2016

There’s something really special to me about Latin music. There’s nothing quite like hearing the first few notes of a song from your childhood — the bongos, the cajon, the trumpets. Growing up in...

Solidarity Against Bigotry

By The Editorial Board September 19, 2014

On a campus where most forms of physical or emotional hostility are thankfully rare, it can be especially jarring when we learn of an incident that challenges our notions of safety — both close to home...

GU Student Assaulted on M Street

By Kshithij Shrinath September 16, 2014

In a bias-related incident involving sexual orientation, an unknown attacker assaulted an unidentified Georgetown University student on the 3300 block of M Street at 1:31 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13. The...

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