Donate
  • About
  • Rent College Pads
  • Advertise
  • Privacy
Search
News
Opinions
Sports
Classifieds
Comics
BMA
Events
Subscribe

Sunday, May 22, 2022
Print Archive

Eastern Echo
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
  • Search
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
Search

Subscribe to the Echo

Donate to The Echo

You can support the Echo by donating through the EMU Foundation and selecting to apply your gift to a specific fund. Any of the funds listed below will provide support to the Echo.

01049 -- EMU Echo Editor Endowed Scholarship:  Provides financial support for the current EMU Echo Editor.

02414 -- Scott Stephenson Eastern Echo Scholarship:  This expendable scholarship is for the benefit of student(s) in the School of Communication, Media & Theater Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences.  It will be awarded to a full or part-time junior or senior EMU student majoring in journalism and working for the Eastern Echo.  The student should be working to self-finance their education and not be eligible for need-based grants.

00825 -- Student Media Development:  Provides support for the Student Media program.

Thank you for supporting the Echo and EMU Student Media.

Give Now


10/18/2019, 7:41pm

LGBT Resource Center celebrates 50th anniversary of stonewall riots

Students gathered in room 270 of the Student Center to learn about those involved in the event and reflect on their impact 50 years later.

By Megan Girbach

Share

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Mail
  • Print

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village. This raid sparked what we now know as the Stonewall Riots, a six-day protest and fight with law enforcement. These riots were just the beginning of the gay rights movement in the United States.

On Oct. 14, 50 years later, EMU students gathered in room 270 to learn more about and share their thoughts regarding Stonewall. Students had the option of reading five articles, each of them being a different perspective on Stonewall.

Many of the students said they were surprised to see the contrast of how society treated Stonewall back then versus how it's treated today.

Back then, newspapers weren't afraid to use phrases like "dyke" or "queen bees" to describe members of the LGBTQ+ community. In modern times, society applauds the bravery and courage it took for these individuals to stand up for themselves and their community.

Ariana Khan, the LGBT Resource Center’s Queer and Trans People of Color Collective coordinator, believes it's important for students to learn about and remember Stonewall.

"Stonewall is a really interesting piece of history because it exemplifies intersectionality and how things can brew over time," Khan said. "Stonewall was not a planned event, at least not on the side that it's remembered on. It was planned on the side of the current acting of legislation and this was their reaction."

Khan added: "It's an important look at race relations and LGBT history for sure, cause it's the start of pride parades and everything surrounding that. It's also really important to reflect on the fact that law isn't always just or correct."

Khan believes students can learn a lot from these brave, courageous LGBTQ+ individuals who advocated for themselves.

"I think the biggest thing is to know yourself, which is a huge thing that queer culture emphasizes as a whole," she said. "There were some articles that were blatantly dehumanizing and rooted in misogyny. Outlandish to look at now but back then, that was seen as normal commentary of these people."

Khan hopes that students were able to learn a lot at the event and took a message of hope with them.

"In the vast majority of the articles written now, as opposed to then, the tone shift is just unbelievable. It has gone from dehumanizing and cruel to celebratory and recognizing this as a turning point for LGBT history in this country."

Even though there are still a lot of improvements that can be made towards fair and equal treatment of the LGBTQ+ community, we should be proud of how far we have come since 1969.

The LGBT Resource Center has a few more events planned for this month, including QUEST Creativity Night on Oct. 24. Visit their website, emich.edu/lgbtrc, to learn more about their mission and upcoming events.

Share



Related Stories

LGBTailgate 2019

LGBT Resource Center hosts tailgate in honor of homecoming week

By Megan Girbach

Photo Courtesy of the Office of Wellness and Community Responsibility

EMU offers wide variety of resources to help students

By Megan Girbach

LGBTQ+ community underrepresented within the Student Government

By Jenna Robinson


The Eastern Echo welcomes thoughtful discussion on all of our stories, but please keep comments civil and on-topic. Read our full guidelines here.


Most Popular


5/16/2022, 8:00am

Review: Jack Harlow gets hit with the sophomore slumps with new album 'Come Home The Kids Miss You'

By Aaron Hughes

Jack Harlow was a name you could not avoid over the past two years. After seemingly being on fire, his new album may extinguish that flame.


5/17/2022, 9:31am

EMU Digital Divas TV show premiering Wednesday highlights women in STEM


5/16/2022, 8:00am

EMU announces new dean for the College of Education


5/17/2022, 8:00am

Review: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ truly puts the mad in madness


Podcast


2/26/2022, 7:45pm

Podcast: February 23rd, 2022


5/14/2022, 6:20pm

Podcast: May 14th, 2022


4/22/2022, 11:14am

Podcast: April 21, 2022


4/14/2022, 9:26am

Podcast: April 14, 2022


Tweets by TheEasternEcho
Eastern Michigan Echo To Homepage
  • About
  • Jobs
  • Freelance
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Distribution

All Rights Reserved

© Copyright 2022 The Eastern Echo

Powered by Solutions by The State News.