Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Organizers of Reel Q, the sixth oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the U.S., brought back a previously debuted film for their July summer film screening in response to a crime...
With St. Joe’s students isolated to abide by COVID-19 protocols, chances to connect with fellow students are limited. Each week, The Hawk will offer conversations with various student leaders to help...
Jordon Constantino ’22, who identifies as transgender, now has a student ID that matches his preferred name after two years of being identified by a name that no longer belonged to him.
“My Hawk Card...
SJUPride members, students and other St. Joe’s community members joined a Zoom meeting from their homes to share and listen to common experiences of members of the LGBTQIA+ community during SJUPride’s...
The 51st annual Pride Month was commemorated amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a national and international uprising against anti-Black racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd....
LGBTQ spaces in cities and the impacts of gentrification
R&B singer Blood Orange’s debut album, “Coastal Grooves,” is full of sounds inspired by the 1980s New York City queer ball culture. He...
We write this letter as a community of peer ministers: students who lead Campus Ministry’s various programs. As individuals, we are students who have exercised our privileges and have been subject...
A year after a homophobic remark
I ripped a pride flag off my wall a year ago. I wanted the rainbow to come off my walls; to come off my body, to come off my soul.
I went on an upperclassman retreat...
Pádraig Ó Tuama, theologian and poet, and Marie Howe, the 2012 State Poet for New York, held a poetry reading in honor of those who are marginalized by the Catholic Church on Oct. 29 in the Cardinal...
The former assistant director for music and worship for Campus Ministry filed a civil lawsuit on Oct. 11 against St. Joe’s for discrimination based on sexual orientation according to a federal court...
Dozens of students gathered in the Forum Theater on Oct. 16 for “Queeries,” an event allowing students to submit their questions to a panel of LGBTQIA+ students.
The event was part of Unity Month,...
LGBTQIA+ rights stand before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to hear three cases relating to LGBTQIA+ rights in the workplace. The cases currently being heard...
