LGBTQ

Jul 18, 2023

THEE Drag Ball: A Celebration of Being Yourself

Emily Peedin Drag queen Erica Chanel performs at THEE Drag Ball inside Talley Student Union on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. On Tuesday, April 4, NC State’s Black Students Board (BSB) put on THEE Drag Ball as part of Pan-Afrikan Week. THEE Drag Ball was a drag show hosted by Drag Queen Erica Chanel, with fellow…

Apr 11, 2023

Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving This Country Backwards

Image from Creative Commons The United States of America, the proclaimed “land of the free,” a place that supposedly values life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, is now in the spotlight once again for actions that work directly against these ideals. The United States is no stranger to hypocrisy. The Constitution wasn’t written with…

Mar 23, 2023

Jane Crow: The Story of Pauli Murray

She wore many faces — an unabashed feminist, legal scholar, civil rights activist, prolific writer, Episcopal priest and more. Pauli Murray was a multifaceted, multihyphenate revolutionary in American history, and yet, few say nor remember her name — let’s change that. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray was born Nov. 20, 1910, in Baltimore but was raised…

Oct 30, 2019

Q&A with Channel Blond’s Founder

Yesenia Jones | Editor-in-Chief A new student group has arrived on campus. Channel Blond is the first group on-campus created for and by Black queer students. The mastermind behind the group is Jordan Bullock, a fourth-year majoring in animal science. The Nubian Message sat down with Bullock to discuss the purpose of the group and…

Oct 30, 2019

Panel Dives Into the Triangle’s History of LGBTQ+ Movement

The panel featured four Triangle leaders apart of the LGBTQ+ community each with longstanding ties to the region.

Oct 21, 2019

Raleigh Moves Left After City Elections

Kevin Moye | Managing Editor Last Tuesday, Oct. 8, municipal elections were held in Raleigh with city council spots and the mayor’s seat up for grabs. The election cycle resulted in a progressive wave with representatives of this side of the left winning key positions. With the incumbent mayor, Nancy MacFarlane, choosing not to run…

Jan 17, 2019

Self-Care is Not the Only Radical Act

A famous quote by author Audre Lorde says, ‘Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Nubian Message used this quote as the cover for our self-care issue because of how much it resonated with my fellow colleagues. But there is an even more radical action: the act of caring for others.

Nov 29, 2018

Staff Editorial: Self-Care Is Not Self-indulgence

Self-care has recently become the public’s automatic response to any stressor; the endless results of articles that pop up when you google “self-care” shows this. Had a bad day at work? Take a bath with a bath bomb. Overwhelmed with a project? Do a face mask! Is your calendar too full with brunch meetings and...

Nov 29, 2018

The Black Community’s Love for Homophobia

The black community is notoriously known for uplifting one another with an intense amount of passion. We tend to treat the accomplishments of individuals as an accomplishment for the community. It’s apparent that the constant support and validation we show for each other bring us closer together.

Apr 4, 2018

Sex Ed Must Include Non-Hetero Information

Photo of Aditi Dholakia; sourced from TechnicianOnline.com Aditi Dholakia | Guest Columnist My first ever comprehensive sexual education class was in the eighth grade, taught by my science-teacher-and-sometimes-basketball coach at a non-religious private school. The details from the class are fuzzy, but I do remember, with startling clarity, the demonstration of how to roll a…

Oct 4, 2017

Pass The Mic: Taylor Sprague

Photo contributed by Taylor Sprague. Submitted by Taylor Sprague. I am a Residence Director in Wolf Village Apartments for University Housing and also a graduate student in the Higher Education Administration Master’s Program. Interacting with out faculty and staff members during my undergraduate career at George Mason University helped to challenge the stigma and fear…