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Janet Mock addresses an auditorium of NU students Tuesday night. As the speaker for a Multicultural Student Affairs event, the transgender journalist and activist spoke about her experiences with LGBT visibility.

Activist Janet Mock discusses transgender visibility

October 13, 2015

Author and activist Janet Mock discussed privilege, visibility and inclusive representation as well as her work as a journalist and transgender public figure on Tuesday. The Multicultural Student Affairs...

Kane: Build gender-open bathrooms tomorrow, but hang signs today

Kane: Build gender-open bathrooms tomorrow, but hang signs today

January 22, 2015

When I moved into Allison Hall on my first day at Northwestern, I was struck by the strangeness of the bathrooms. The men’s and women’s restrooms — though separated according to the traditional...

In Focus: Northwestern community evaluates culture, resources for transgender students

In Focus: Northwestern community evaluates culture, resources for transgender students

April 21, 2014

When Bea Sullivan-Knoff played a drag queen in an adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last year, she connected with a part of herself she never knew existed. “That was the first time I...

Evanston’s Jennifer Pritzker named first transgender billionaire on Forbes 400

September 17, 2013

Evanston resident Jennifer Pritzker on Monday was named the first transgender billionaire on Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. Pritzker, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and heiress to her...

Between the sheets: Gender-Bending 101

February 21, 2013

When I wake up every morning, I make a deliberate choice about how female I’m going to be. I can wear a lacy dress with a hair bow. I can wear a pair of Chuck Taylors and a Rolling Stones T-shirt. Biologically,...

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