BY MEGHAN BAEHL, STAFF WRITER Lia Thomas is a Division 1 swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is well accomplished and recently won the national championship in the 500-yard freestyle event. But she is also transgender. On the surface level, there should be no issue. She is fully transitioned, has been on hormone therapy…
Danielle Marie Bergan I am a transgender woman and a Bonaventure graduate of the class of ‘75. I was alerted to Matthew Laurrie’s article in last week’s issue of the Bona Venture by LGBT news. As a transgender activist, I receive alerts daily from Google about any news in my community, and I was quite…
By Kiara Catanzaro Staff Writer Violence towards the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has occurred for decades. However, many groups have formed across the nation to help students in the community. Spectrum, Bonaventure’s gay-straight alliance for the campus’ LGBT students and straight allies, created its own support group for these students. Spectrum hosted…
