Genderqueer Students Navigate Life at Whitman

Georgia Lyon • April 28, 2016

Many transgender or gender binary people feel as if the Whitman community accepts their gender identities but may not understand them.

Reactions to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Detract from Bigger Issue

Ben Shoemake, Columnist • April 21, 2016

What interests me most, though, aren't the particularities of the bill or the conversations surrounding it, but the complete and total lack of perspective surrounding trans rights in general, which these recent events have served to make apparent.

ASWC Passes Gender-Neutral Housing Resolution

Emily Lin-Jones • February 27, 2013

On Sunday, Feb. 24, ASWC Senate adopted a resolution calling for a gender neutral housing option for first-years. Senators showed unanimous support for the resolution, passing it through a vote of acclamation.

In the closet: Some students mask LGBTQ identities at Whitman

Josh Goodman • May 3, 2012

LGBTQ students who are not out describe their experiences at Whitman. Junior Marcos Garza* is in many ways a typical Whitman student: he’s studious, a member of a fraternity and active in campus clubs. Yet there’s a part of him that only a small number of his friends know about: “I guess, to tell you, I'm gay,” he says hesitantly.

Everett Maroon discusses ‘Bumbling into Body Hair’, gender transition

Allison Bolgiano • April 12, 2012

The Pioneer recently sat down with local author Everett Maroon, whose book "Bumbling into Body Hair: A Transsexual's Memoir" was published in March. It tells the story of Maroon's transition candidly and humorously. "Bumbling into Body Hair" was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's 2010 literary contest for memoir.