Along with supporters, LGBTA president asked the Associated Students (A.S.) for their support for a queer resource center on campus and for the recent suicides of gay teenagers. Martel Okonji, president of LGBTA, said he wanted A.S. to support their events to show students on campus that they are aware of the issues affecting those who don’t feel safe to come out about their sexuality. “We want A.S. behind us not just as LGBTA, but as CSUN students addressing what… Read more

  CSUN Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance club received $1960 from A.S. to educate and entertain students about the LGBT community. LGBTA president Martel Okonji, 21, sociology major, addressed the Senate Tuesday and requested funds for multiple events including National Coming Out Day celebrated on October 11. Okonji said National Coming Out Day created awareness about the LGBT community and celebrated people who had publicly announced their sexuality and supported people who had not come out. “Typically students will come… Read more

Members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance (LGBTA) club stood under a rainbow of balloons at the Plaza del Sol on Wednesday to celebrate National Coming Out Day. National Coming Out Day is a yearly celebration on October 11 to promote awareness of gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender rights and to provide a safe environment for people to come out. The tradition was instituted after a gay march began in Washington D.C. on October 11, 1988 to demand equal… Read more

Last fall, California was alive with activity centered around Prop. 8, a ballot proposition that sought to constitutionally define marriage as only between a man and woman. The debate over Prop. 8 continued, with both sides, for and against, holding rallies, demonstrations, press conferences and airing commercials. Some churches urged their members to “reserve the sanctity of marriage and family and vote yes on 8.” Gay and lesbian couples rushed to get married before Nov. 4, 2008, fearing that after… Read more