LGBTQA

Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community marched around campus carrying around the group's flag as well as wearing its colors.

Penn State holds its first pride rally in three years

Deitric Murphy

Penn State students held a pride march and rally that took them from the HUB to the Old Main Steps. April marks Penn State pride month for the university.

Altoona held its first Pride parade on Oct. 11, 2019. Members of the Pride Alliance at Penn State Altoona carried a balloon display that said "PRIDE."

State College To Hold First Pride Parade This Summer

Brannon DeWolf

State College is planning to have its first Pride parade this summer.

The Human Rights Campaign released its annual Municipal Equality Index in State College Tuesday. State College is among the 88 cities nationwide that achieved a full score.

Human Rights Campaign Releases Municipal Equality Index In State College, Highlights Its Progress

Min Xian

More cities are becoming increasingly inclusive when it comes to LGBTQ rights, according to the Human Rights Campaign, which released its eighth annual…

Altoona Celebrates Its LGBTQ Community With First Pride Parade In Blair County

Min Xian

Altoona saw its first Pride parade Friday, coinciding with National Coming Out Day.Forty-four organizations, including Penn State Altoona student groups…

Some members of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in State College say their church is more progressive than other congregations. The global Methodist Church voted earlier this year to uphold bans on same-sex wedding and gay clergy.

Religion

Opinions Split In United Methodist Church On Decision On LGBT Weddings, Clergy

Every Sunday morning, the choir at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church sings for hundreds of people at the church's historic stone building in downtown…

Lars Stoltzfus-Brown reviews "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" by Emil Ferris.

Arts and Entertainment

BookMark: "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" By Emil Ferris

Emil Ferris’s 2017 graphic novel “My Favorite Thing is Monsters” is at turns beautiful, haunting and heart wrenching––and it took the comics world by…

Tamar London, chair of the Centre LGBTQ Support Network, said the rainbow crosswalks meant a tremendous amount.

Rainbow Crosswalks In State College A Welcoming Sign Toward LGBTQ Community

Min Xian

Four crosswalks in downtown State College have been painted the colors of a rainbow in celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month.The Borough of State College and…

Malcolm Kenyatta, who won the Democratic nod for the 181st district in the Pa. Legislature, cheers during the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016.

Pa. Statehouse Likely Getting First Openly Gay Lawmaker Of Color

Annette John-Hall

The Pennsylvania Legislature is poised to soon make history as it welcomes its first openly gay lawmaker of color.Malcolm Kenyatta won the Democratic…

Misha Demchuk (right third), a senior at Penn State, leaned onto Aaron Kreider (right second) during the “Stand in Solidarity” vigil on Penn State’s University Park campus on June 13th, 2016.

Candlelight Vigil Held At Penn State To Memorialize Victims Of Orlando Shooting

Erin Cassidy Hendrick

Over a hundred people gathered on Penn State University Park’s campus last night to memorialize the victims of the recent mass shooting. It was named…