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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Panel: Sex Education Helps Prevent College Sexual Assault

Panel: Sex Education Helps Prevent College Sexual Assault

By Akashdiya Chakraborty October 1, 2021

CW: This article references sexual assault. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Sexual assault can be the result of campus policies, and education must improve...

FAILOR: Take Inspiration From Georgetown’s Queer History

FAILOR: Take Inspiration From Georgetown’s Queer History

By Matt Failor September 9, 2021

Fourteen years ago this October, the president of Georgetown University, John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), addressed a packed ICC auditorium and publicly gave in: Georgetown would become the first...

VIEWPOINT: Develop Gender-Neutral Language in Arabic

VIEWPOINT: Develop Gender-Neutral Language in Arabic

By Donovan Barnes March 25, 2021

I was extremely nervous to begin studying Arabic at Georgetown University. Like most people who study Arabic, I had some valid concerns about learning a language radically different from my first language,...

Provocative and Well-Cast, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Speaks Honestly to LGBTQ Experience

Provocative and Well-Cast, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Speaks Honestly to LGBTQ Experience

By Haley Resnick October 7, 2020

★★★★☆ How does a 1968 off-Broadway production get remade for the silver screen in 2020? Mart Crowley’s surprisingly forward-thinking drama of gay male friends in New York City was revived...

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Radical Love

VIEWPOINT: Embrace Radical Love

By Jordan Brown June 23, 2020

As a queer Black person, I come from a long line of freedom fighters. From the abolitionist Maroons of my family’s home country of Jamaica to movement leaders like Gloria Richardson and Marsha P. Johnson...

EDITORIAL: Expand Winter Break Housing

EDITORIAL: Expand Winter Break Housing

By Editorial Board February 14, 2020

As spring break approaches, Georgetown University students have the option to remain on campus, return home or travel. Students living on campus do not have this choice over winter break, however, when...

VIEWPOINT: In GUSA Election, Consider LGBTQ+ Issues

VIEWPOINT: In GUSA Election, Consider LGBTQ+ Issues

By Finn Thompson February 6, 2020

While this week’s Georgetown University Student Association elections may seem insignificant, they provide an opportunity for new executives to redirect resources toward issues that matter to Georgetown...

Anti-Abortion Conference Draws Student Demonstrators

Anti-Abortion Conference Draws Student Demonstrators

By Anna Ferrazzi January 31, 2020

As students protested outside Healy Hall, speakers at the 21st annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life discussed the intersection of law, morality and human dignity within the anti-abortion argument...

Rabbi Urges LGBTQ Allyship Within Jewish Community

Rabbi Urges LGBTQ Allyship Within Jewish Community

By Grace Buono January 24, 2020

Acceptance of the LGBTQ community is essential, Rabbi Mike Moskowitz said at a Jan. 22 event, drawing from the lessons he learned during his 20-year tenure as an ultra-Orthodox rabbi.  The event,...

OCONNOR: Address Lack of LGBTQ Political Representation

O’CONNOR: Address Lack of LGBTQ Political Representation

By Trevor O'Connor January 23, 2020

Today, our democracy faces a dilemma. As the United States has diversified along lines of race and ethnicity, our legislatures have failed to reflect such demographic shifts. The representation of women...

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...

STORY MEDIA GROUP | Childrens media have begun to incorporate a wide array of voices across gender and sexuality spectra, normalizing these identities for their young audiences.

Children’s Media Start Embracing Diverse, Queer Storytelling

By Kirsten Garino October 31, 2019

When ABC’s “Modern Family” introduced an LGBTQ family as a regular feature of the series 10 years ago and became one of the first shows on broadcast television to do so, only 3% of scripted characters...

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