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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Trans* Students Share Their Stories

Trans* Students Share Their Stories

By Sarah Kaplan September 20, 2013

It’s Friday afternoon, and Lexi Dever (COL ’16) is hurrying to get ready for the evening. She’d received a new skirt in the mail and is eager for an excuse to wear it. Her eyeliner is missing,...

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GU Pride members wear T-shirts reading “I am” and walk through a door in Red Square in celebration of National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11.

LGBTQ Continues Fight for Campus Equality

By Kelly Church April 26, 2013

The Supreme Court considered two cases in March with tremendous implications for the future of gay marriage in the United States, the culmination of a year in which LGBTQ policy debates were dominant...

Lovingly Defiant: An Interview With Alexandra Waldon, Hannah Hauer-King, Tim DeVita, and Dillon Brooks

Lovingly Defiant: An Interview With Alexandra Waldon, Hannah Hauer-King, Tim DeVita, and Dillon Brooks

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee April 2, 2013

On March 24th, many students awoke to find their Facebook newsfeeds covered in links to articles about Proposition 8, DOMA and the recent demonstrations in front of the United States Supreme Court Building....

Pride Group Fought Legal Battle

By Lacey Henry March 22, 2013

The history of LGBTQ organizations both at Georgetown and the Law Center is one of lawsuits, setbacks and perseverance. To gain university recognition, GU Pride launched a lawsuit that was decided by...

Housing Change Needs Student Push

By Robert Silverstein December 4, 2012

With nearly 60 percent of our LGBTQ classmates reporting discrimination on campus and with many of our peer universities considering — and implementing — the policy of gender-neutral housing, it’s...

LGBTQ: At the Center of Change

By Madison Ashley October 19, 2012

In the five years since its founding, the LGBTQ Resource Center has helped reframe the issue of sexual orientation at Georgetown. The center, which celebrated its anniversary Wednesday, was established...

Guide Grooves: Macklemore and Ellie Goulding

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff October 16, 2012

Guide Grooves from October 12 from thehoya on 8tracks Radio. This edition of Guide Grooves is probably the most exciting post to date, mostly because my colleagues at The Guide picked two awesome artists...

Students Launch National Network for LGBTQ Acceptance

By Emma Hinchliffe October 12, 2012

The Catholic Association of Students for Equality, a nationwide organization founded by Georgetown students with the mission of promoting acceptance of all sexual orientations on Catholic college campuses,...

TISA: Faith, Sexuality in Harmony

By Nate Tisa October 12, 2012

This column is the first time I acknowledge my sexuality in a public record. From here on out, alea iacta est — “the die is cast.” There can be no return, and I feel entirely at peace. Do not...

Verbatim: National Coming Out Day

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy October 11, 2012

In honor of National Coming Out Day, 4E reached out to GU Pride President Meghan Ferguson (COL '15) for a little insight to this important day. Coming Out Day is something that is celebrated across the...

STERN: Gays Await High Court

By Mark Joseph Stern October 2, 2012

Who gets the equal protection of the laws in the United States? Since the passage of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868, this has been a critical question in American jurisprudence. Do black...

GUSA Group Addresses LGBTQ Safety Concerns

By Annie Chen August 28, 2012

Although school was not in session, the Georgetown University Student Association had plenty to keep it busy this summer. Members of GUSA’s Safe Transitions Working Group have spent the last three...

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