Phoebe Smith – The Volante

Biannual Drag Show is Free for All

October 24, 2024 Nathan Degreef0Tagged Biannual Drag Show, board of regents, Cindy Struckman Johnson, Drag Show, free, MUC ballroom, Phoebe Smith, Sid Salas, Spectrum, Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance

USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance will host their biannual drag show on Oct. 24 free to all. Spectrum and their drag show have been around since the 1990s when it was started by Professor Cindy Struckman-Johnson, who saw a need for a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) group on campus. […]

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USD Hosts Candlelight Vigil to Honor the Life of Non-Binary Student Nex Benedict

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Juliana Oltmanns0Tagged Activists for Equality, Candlelight Vigil, LGBTQ+, Nex Benedict, non-binary, Phoebe Smith, Sage Corvus, Spectrum, The U.S. Department of Education

On Wednesday February 28, USD’s Activists for Equality alongside Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance held a candlelight vigil to honor the life of an Oklahoma non-binary student, Nex Benedict. Benedict was a 16-year-old Owasso High School student who passed away this past month after an altercation broke out between themselves and their peers in a […]

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