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Bisexual individuals constitute a growing and often misunderstood group in the LGBTQQIA community. Simply put, bisexual people are sexually attracted to both men and women. This should not be confused with pansexual, or people who are sexually attracted to all genders. People involved in this community are frequently stigmatized and incorrectly labeled due to a lack of understanding.
“I [...] may say that if homosexuals in Berlin are now granted such a unique restoration of life, it is mainly due to our enlightening movement, without wanting to be blamed for some of the excesses which have emerged over time,” said Magnus Hirschfield, the founder of the first world gay rights movement, the Scientific Humanitarian Committee (SHC) in 1897.
Disclaimer: The stories and events shared in this piece are subjective to those who shared them with Reporter. Not every person’s story or experience may be similar. “I remember that when I came out to my mom … she said I might have been masturbating wrong,” said Jack Meredith in an interview over the phone. “I don’t want to have sex.”
Sex is a fantastic activity, and like any other fantastic activity, sex comes with risks. However, unlike fantastic activities like sky diving, consuming alcoholic beverages and eating more than your recommended serving size of cake, sex has risks and safety measures that often go unstated or unexplained.
The History of Trans* In 2011, Eliza Gray, staff writer at Time Magazine, boldly labeled the Transgender Rights movement as America’s next civil rights struggle.
When talking about smoking on campus, many students refer to the cloud of smoke outside the library as the area where students, staff and faculty who smoke tend to congregate. With the proposed campus-wide smoking ban still on the table, the discussion should not just include the library’s cloud of smoke but the people within it, too.
Alcohol is woven tightly into the tapestry of virtually every culture on Earth. Deep red wines on the dinner table have become synonymous with France and Italy, while great steins of handcrafted ales bring to mind Germany and Belgium. In the United States, we've established our own place in the world of booze, with wacky, experimental craft beers and bold wines.
Chicken covered in red barbeque sauce, crock pots full of pasta and meatballs, a huge lasagna, roasted nuts, hard-boiled eggs and — of course — cupcakes and chocolate. Platters full of food covered every countertop and table. My aunts were offering me dish after dish, but I couldn't eat anything they had lovingly prepared. My temporary dietary restrictions didn’t allow for any of this food. Or soda. Or milk. I had gone raw.
“Our teacher was scared of the word ‘penis,’” said second year Psychology major Lauren Harradine. Well, not necessarily scared, she clarified. “But she couldn’t say it without laughing really hard.”
Nestled away on a 21 acre parcel of land on an unassuming street in Pittsford, N.Y. sits a beautiful cobblestone house. To the average passerby, this is just another beautiful old farm house, but to the RIT community this residence, known as Liberty Hill, is home to a couple we are all familiar with: RIT President Dr. Bill Destler and his wife Dr. Rebecca Johnson.
The longer people spend on Facebook, the greater the decline in “how people feel moment–to –moment and how satisfied they are with their lives,” according to a recent study conducted by the psychology department at University of Michigan. This finding was independent of factors such as the “size of people's Facebook networks, their perceived supportiveness, and motivation for using Facebook, gender, loneliness, self-esteem or depression.”
We’ve all thought about it. But Pew Research reports that only one in ten people have actually signed up for an online dating site or app. Part of this is due to a long standing social stigma but slowly, as the technology improves, the options expand and society evolves, it is beginning to lift.
Cover: The Rochester Subway in Rochester, NY was originally operated from 1927 to 1956. Today it is in disrepair and home to the homeless. Partly filled in, the city and the public are in talks to renovate this space. Photo: Joe Philipson
Cover: Photo: William J. Ingalls Transgender Day of Remembrance was internationally recognized on November 20. This day is for the trans* community and their allies to remember and mourn the lives of trans* individuals whose lives were taken through hate crime. In years past, November 20 fell during RIT’s November break due to the quarter system. For this reason, this year marks the first celebration of the Transgender Day of Remembrance on RIT’s campus.
Four years ago, the RIT Leadership Institute and Community Service Center created the Women’s Leadership Certificate. Recently, the Center has expanded upon this to create an overarching Emerging Professionals Leadership Certificate that has tracks for both men and women in the workplace.
Cervical caps. Condoms. Diaphragms. Implants. IUDs. The Pill. Plan B. The Ring. Shots. Sponges. Despite the large variety of contraceptives available, a majority of non-permanent contraception methods are designed for female use, leaving few options for men.
For the average American, Halloween costumes cost $28.65 in 2012. Not an exceedingly daunting number. However, there are people who are willing to pay much more.
The Quarter Mile 1968: Stepping out of the dorm building into the blistering cold, even three layers of jackets and four layers of socks is not enough to protect you. And it only gets worse as you see the end of the dorm side and the beginning of the long asphalt path ahead.
On the way back from a Rolling Stones concert in Canada, this is the last question the man driving through the border stop expected to hear. The guard had already double-checked his citizenship, so something must have caught his attention.
llustration by Emily Gage
This article was featured in the October print issue of Reporter Magazine.
Students often harp about RIT’s brick overdose. On more than one, two or three occasions, RIT has been listed as one of the least beautiful or downright ugliest campuses around.