OutWrite Newsmagazine

12/01/2025

Millions worldwide continue to live with AIDS and HIV, with transgender and q***r communities especially affected. Today for World AIDS Day, acknowledge the struggle to end stigma around AIDS and commemorate those we have lost. Swipe to learn more about AIDS and resources to help the cause!

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10/09/2024

“One flesh, one end, bitch.” -Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

Gideon Nav, a denizen of the Ninth House is taken as a cavalier by the house necromancer and her hated rival, Harrowhark Nonagesimus. The two are invited to Canaan House, one of the few places that still exist on what was once Earth. There, the two are tasked with meeting the cavaliers and necromancers from the other eight houses, and exploring the mansion to discover the secrets of Lyctorhood.

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09/30/2024

The The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law just announced its awards for best legal scholarship about LGBTQ+ concerns! Swipe to get an overview of these groundbreaking and vital analyses of topics like q***rphobic content moderation and institutional transphobia. Without understanding how the law harms us, we can't fight to improve it 🏳️‍🌈

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09/10/2024

Valentina Petrillo is the only openly trans woman at the 2024 Paralympics and the second trans female Paralympian ever. Learn more about her and her accomplishments!

In the Out at the Olympics series, OutWrite spotlights q***r athletes. Nevertheless, we condemn the IOC for allowing Israel to participate in the Olympic and Paralympic games during an ongoing genocide. As we highlight q***r athletes, we keep in mind the hundreds of Palestinian athletes killed by Israel over the past months.

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09/03/2024

For Labor Day 2024, let's explore homophobia and transphobia in the workplace. Although it's illegal in the U.S. to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, over half of trans people and over a third of all LGBTQ+ people experience workplace discrimination for being q***r. This Labor Day, speak out about your experiences with q***rness in the workplace!

08/26/2024

08/15/2024

Learn about SB 1491, a pending state bill to require public colleges to designate a confidential point of contact for the LGBTQ+ community. While UCs and CSUs already designate resources for the q***r community (like the UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center), nearly two million community college students would benefit.

Check out the action doc (bit.ly/3yxNdPG) made by Survivors and Allies UCLA to make your voice heard!

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08/13/2024

"Our poetry and dreams unlock those wells of power that can lead to true lasting action." Read about q***r liberation, prison abolition and the poetics of social change in "Poetry is Not a Luxury" by Mary Nassar on outwritenewsmag.org!

🎨: Soren Kaur
🖋️: Mary Nassar
✂️: Gwendolyn Hill, Emma Blakely

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05/05/2024

A joint statement from staff across ASUCLA Student Media organizations.

03/12/2024

“It is critical that we keep the only q***r intersectional yield program in the nation running strong” 🐾 Read about UCLA’s Pride Admit Weekend program () and how to help keep it alive in“Pride Admit Weekend Needs More Volunteers: Here’s Everything You Need to Know” by Jessica Rose (she/ her), link in bio!

🎨: Katie Fang
🖋️: Jessica Rose ()
✂️: Gracie Bitting (), Bella (.a.hou)

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02/07/2024

“The fact is: investors don’t find le****ns profitable — at least, those who are not written purely for the male gaze.”🎥 Read about WLW representation in mainstream media in “From ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ to ‘Everything Sucks’: A Lack of Le****ns in Media” by Emerie Avila (she/her), link in bio!

🖋️: Emerie Avila (.avila)
🎨: Catherine Zhang ()
✂️: Ariana Castro (.o2), Bella (.a.hou)

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