As a queer girl from a small high school, I was predictably excited to come to the University of Texas. I thought that I would finally find the queer community I never had in high school.
However,...
In the last 20 years, the University has greatly increased the number of resources for LGBTQ+ students. In 2004, UT established the Gender and Sexuality Center as a space for LGBTQ+ clubs and conferences...
Imagine your great-grandparents’ graves are upturned, and their remains are unearthed to build a fence or maybe a ticket booth. Official law has validated requests for their reburial, but these requests...
Less than 35% of disabled students are projected to graduate with a four-year degree, and this number grows substantially smaller when you include completing the program in four years or less. In a country...
Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic illness and disability that requires a number of daily rituals to ensure my health and longevity. As a child, my parents took care of my accommodations...
Attending a large university is challenging. Making it to campus from an off-campus home or apartment, getting from class to class in the set 10 or 15 minutes and finding a place to park that’s not...
In June, Austin City Council voted to decriminalize sitting, laying down, sleeping and panhandling in public places. Prior to the new law, people experiencing homelessness were repeatedly fined for sleeping...
Let’s get one thing straight before we jump into this: Nobody wants to see people sleeping on the street. In the fury of our conversations about how to best address the challenge of homelessness...
First they came for the homeless, and I spoke out — despite having a home — because I didn’t want to be the punchline of an updated version of that poem.
To make sleeping outdoors...
You’re at a party Friday night. Talking with friends or people from one of your classes. “What about them?” your friend asks, trying to point from behind their drink. “They’re...
“I’ve never even seen you kiss a girl,” said the guy that I had been casually dating, just within the past few weeks. “You can’t be bi.”
“That doesn’t...
I’m lucky enough to have never needed braces. I’ve got great teeth — naturally pretty white, and all except one are uncrooked. I was probably about 16 years old when I started comparing...
