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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Spectrum: Coming out as bisexual is not as sexy as you may think

November 15, 2016

I’m a two on the Kinsey scale. Developed in the late 1940s to categorize sexual orientation, the Kinsey scale is based on a sex-positive, action-based approach. Zero is 100 percent heterosexual, and...

Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian are the members of the artist and activist duo DarkMatter. The pair will be performing on campus on Oct. 25.

DarkMatter uses comedy, spoken word to highlight trans issues

October 21, 2015

A&E Dark energy and dark matter together comprise over 90 percent of the universe, but they are poorly understood by even the most learned of people. This fact inspired Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani...

Daly: The lost letters of LGBTQ

Daly: The lost letters of LGBTQ

May 17, 2015

I worry about the lost letters of LGBTQ. I worry our thoughts about queerness place exclusive emphasis on the first two letters at the expense of the other three. And when we bring the critical microscope...

Northwestern asks graduate student applicants optional question on sexuality

September 29, 2014

Northwestern recently added an optional question about sexuality on its application for The Graduate School. The question asks if the applicant “self-identifies as a member of the LGBTQI community,”...

Northwestern graduate student named Point Foundation scholar

July 8, 2014

A.J. Singletary was walking down the street in Washington D.C. when he was attacked by a group of three men as they repeatedly shouted homophobic slurs at him. After the attack, Singletary, who identifies...

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