Call Ed: Education equality
October 4, 2019
Overlooked, ignored, excluded. Imagine going through years of school and never learning about yourself. This is the reality for LGBTQ+ students throughout the United States. As an established community, LGBTQ+ studies deserve to be included for a non-discriminatory education. On Aug. 9, Illinois passed legislation requi...
(Same) sex education?
Jonathan Munroe, news features writer
March 6, 2019
*Name changed for anonymity “If you're not having straight sex you’re on your own,” Suzy* said. “When I first thought about having sex, I knew there wasn’t any information, not even a pamphlet in the nurse's office.” For the 26% (81/314) of students like Suzy, LGBT sex education is not prev...
LGBT+ Podcast | The Chick-fil-A controversy feat. Spencer Kates
Logan Crews, editor-in-chief
February 13, 2019
In this episode of The Kirkwood Call's LGBT+ podcast, Logan Crews sits down with Spencer Kates, junior, to discuss political stereotypes and LGBT people as well as the recent controversy over Chick-fil-A. ...
Complicit consumerism
Logan Crews, editor-in-chief
February 4, 2019
I’ve heard a million times that I’m lucky. I’m lucky I was born in 2000 to the Crews family in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. I’m lucky I came out as queer and transgender to open arms and only slight awkwardness. I’m lucky I don’t have to shield myself from violent discrimination. I...
LGBT+ Podcast | LGBT+ students answer anonymous questions
Logan Crews, editor-in-chief
December 10, 2018
Today on The Kirkwood Call’s LGBT podcast, five LGBT students (Logan Crews, Rosie Doyle, Stella Luciano, Ryleigh Palmer and Aaron Wise) will be answering anonymous questions submitted by other KHS students. We cover topics from pronouns to what it means to “look” gay, and we hope to cover even ...
Creating a change to be proud of
Amara Harper and Ryleigh Palmer
November 30, 2018
At Pulse Nightclub the red and blue lights flashed following reports of gunshots in the club. Nobody knew how many were dead. Friends and family anxiously awaited as they crowded around their loved ones, wondering if they made it out alive. 49 members of the LGBT community died in the second most deadly mass shooting America had ever seen June 12, 2016 at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Flor...
LGBT+ Podcast | Current events
October 8, 2018
Logan Crews and Izzy Colón talk about the most recent and prevalent news in the LGBT community. Have ideas for more LGBT+ Podcasts? Let us know by leaving a comment. ...
Using the restroom in peace
Logan Crews, opinions editor
February 24, 2018
I didn’t realize how much of a luxury it was to pee in public until I no longer felt safe in a binary bathroom. Even though my body didn’t physically change when I came out as transgender, I no longer feel welcome in women’s restrooms. Even though my mind is male through and through, I’m not ...
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Logan Crews, opinions editor
January 22, 2018
Ding. I rolled over to grab my phone that hadn’t stopped vibrating since the night before. Pressing the home button, I already knew what I would find. Another question dropped in my ASKfm inbox from a bewildered classmate. There were about five or six anonymous messages waiting for my reply already,...
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