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Category: Sexuality

November 11, 2021 Community stories / Family / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Sexuality

I’ve Never Met a Stranger

By Emily Steslicki Editor Katie Williams Yolanda Moore is a 39-year-old woman who has experienced drastic socioeconomic changes throughout her

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Smiling Black woman, wears cross necklace, hair pulled back
July 9, 2021 Family / Race / Sexuality

The Burden of Working Hard

By Cienna Buchan My sister Tayana is one of the most incredible people to have influence my life. She holds

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Young Black woman smiles in rain jacket with blurry body of water in the background
May 18, 2021 Identity / Sexuality

Out and Proud

By Katie Rockett Daskyra Hood started her journey at Oakland University in 2012, leaving Saginaw for good and finally living

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Young, blond, white man with facial hair smiles at camera, wears a tuxedo and bowtie
April 15, 2021 Identity / Sexuality

Their Story Taken Away

By Sarah Gudenau Ethan Demarest (he/they) is a self-proclaimed “open book.” They’re an active university student with an incredible path

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Young man laughs looking sideways, marble wall behind him
December 22, 2020 Acceptance / Community stories / Family / Identity / Sexuality

Self Acceptance of Sexuality

By Shannon Gaffney Tristan Riggs, an 18-year-old college student, studies fashion design at the School of Art Institute of Chicago.

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November 24, 2020 Acceptance / Family / Identity / Sexuality

Opening Up to Family

By Emma Carr This is Joshua Ahearn’s story. My family has always been picture perfect; we’re the type to host

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Dried blue flowers, partly grounded into a powder in a mortar.
February 6, 2020 Age / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Religion / Sexuality

Friendly. Biracial. Introverted. Lost.

Time for another class exercise with six-word stories to reflect on diversity and identity. Understanding. Curious. Passionate. Believer. Loving. Brazilian.

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Jada Martin smiles on a bench in Vandenberg Hall, Oakland University.
August 29, 2019 Gender / Race / Sexuality

Safe on Campus

By Eileen LeValley Jada Martin is a full-time student at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Jada has been living on

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Close-up photo of Kaitlyn Radoicic, smiling.
May 15, 2019 Acceptance / Gender / Identity / Sexuality

Asexuality Is Beautiful

Katie Valley created a poster to capture her interview with Kaitlyn Radoicic in a media design class in the Journalism

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