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LGBT Center celebrates who you are

LGBT Center celebrates who you are

Sharon Valverde Vargas August 27, 2019

The LGBT Resource Center at Weber State University strives to provide a safe and welcoming environment while offering educational opportunities and support for the LGBT community, their family, friends,...

(Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

Finding a home away from home

Danya Gil April 3, 2019

For a Spanish translation, click here.The most unfulfilling years of my college career were when I was just a bystander. I attended classes and got out before professors could utter what the homework was....

Minority organizations need help from the majority

Minority organizations need help from the majority

Ally Nelson February 28, 2019

Thirty-nine percent of Weber State University’s student body is non-Caucasian or identifies as LGBT. With a plethora of scholarship money and programs like Dream Weber, WSU attempts to represent...

Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, UT. (Sara Parker / The Signpost)

WSU highlights purple in pride flag

Danya Gil October 6, 2018

Weber State’s LGBT resource center is looking to rally members of the community and their allies this upcoming Oct. 8-12 with multiple events for pride week. The resource center hosts pride week...

Keynote speaker of the March 23 Marquardt Peace and Possibility Speakers Series Kate Kendell, Weber State alum and Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Wildcat alumna encourages activism through authentic living

Juliana Palacio March 26, 2017

The LGBT Resource Center at Weber State University featured Kate Kendell for the inaugural Marquardt Peace and Possibility speaker series on March 23. Kendell addressed the over 130 individuals in attendance...

Race, gender identity and sexual orientation will be put on discussion at WSU Diversity Centers talk on being both black and queer on Feb. 16. (Source: Pixabay.com)

Diversity Center to discuss overlaps of race and sexual orientation

Leah Higginbotham February 5, 2017

Each individual has different facets of identity that overlap and intersect in a variety of ways. When it comes to being a part of multiple minorities, these overlaps provide people with unique social...

The student senate voted in favor of creating a new senator position for gender equality and sexual diversity in March. The WSUSA Supreme Court has found the proposed senate seat to be unconstitutional. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Gender equality student senate seat deemed unconstitutional

Rachel Badali October 23, 2016

The LGBT community at Weber State University isn’t represented in the student senate, despite efforts to give them a voice. In March, the student senate voted in favor of creating a new senator position...

Couple Phylicia McCord and Karlee Berezay celebrate the opening of the LGBT Resource Center at Weber State University last year. The center has planned multiple events for Pride Week. (The Signpost Archives)

WSU to celebrate LGBT history throughout October

Doug Manifold October 9, 2016

The Weber State University LGBT Resource Center staff said they are proud the campus will celebrate LGBT National History Month in October, National Coming Out Day on October 11 and LGBT Pride Week on...

Young women hold a photograph of a loved one lost at a suicide prevention candlelight vigil in 2015. (The Signpost Archives)

Suicide rates climb, Utah’s rates among the highest in the U.S.

Doug Manifold September 15, 2016

Suicide is a growing problem in both the United States and Utah. According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 43,000 people in the country commit suicide each year.The...

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