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Left: Posted by @wocodiversity on Instagram. Right: An all-gender restroom sign

A Step Forward For Gender Inclusivity

Madeline Brewer November 3, 2020

All-gender restrooms create a more inclusive campus for transgender staff and students Led by Taifha Alexander, Assistant Dean of Students for Diversity & Leadership development, and supported...

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Thrive with Pride logo

Thrive With Pride

Sadie Fink October 20, 2020

Wofford LGBTQ+ share coming out stories On Sunday, Oct. 11, Wofford joined the rest of the nation in celebrating National Coming Out Day (NCOD). The holiday, first celebrated in 1988, was...

Last week, rainbow lights lit Old Main to represent all groups within the LGBT+ community. “What remains unlit?” is the question being asked.

Where’s The Light And How Long’s The Tunnel?

Jacob Hollifield October 20, 2020

LGBT+ History Month in context Imagine explaining to Benjamin Wofford that the rainbow shone across Old Main last week was not in refer- ence to Genesis 9, but rather a sect of sodomites, as he would...

It gets better

It gets better

Contributing Writer November 3, 2015

By: Danielle Sehnert, Contributing Writer As a seventh-grader, Savanny Savath wrote a letter to her parents before school, confessing that she was “bi-curious”. When she returned home, she found...

Gold & black; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, teal, purple

Gold & black; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, teal, purple

Caleb Pierce October 6, 2015

By: Caleb Pierce, Staff Writer Two years ago, the Princeton Review ranked Wofford among the nation’s 20 least LGBT-friendly campuses. Senior Maggie Sessoms, co-president of Spectrum, Wofford’s gay-straight...

Q&A with Patti OFurniture *ONLINE EXCLUSIVE*

Q&A with Patti O’Furniture *ONLINE EXCLUSIVE*

Savanny Savath September 22, 2015

Compiled By: Savanny Savath, Staff Writer Wofford almnus Patti O"Furniture spoke to the OG&B in an exclusive interview. When and why did you start drag performances? I started performing on October...

The rainbow flag has symbolized equality for the LGBT movement since the 1970s.

Have a little pride

Old Gold & Black Web Admin September 30, 2014

UPSTATE PRIDE SWEEPS BARNETT PARK — It’s Saturday, Sept. 13 in Barnet Park. Street performers toss hula-hoops, and young adults with Technicolor hair browse booths decked out in rainbow. Event-goers...

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