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HB1557 attacks LGBTQIA+ youth

HB1557 attacks LGBTQIA+ youth

The Hawk Staff March 30, 2022

How the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is harmful Florida Bill HB1557, “Parental Rights to Education,” dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill,  was signed into law on March 28 by...

Preserve LGBTQ nightlife

Preserve LGBTQ nightlife

Regina Schliep February 19, 2020

LGBTQ spaces in cities and the impacts of gentrification R&B singer Blood Orange’s debut album, “Coastal Grooves,” is full of sounds inspired by the 1980s New York City queer ball culture. He...

Letter to the Editor: Student Senate response

Letter to the Editor: Student Senate response

Alex Mark February 4, 2020

The St. Joe’s University Student Senate continues to be disappointed by the lack of respect for human rights and dignities shown on our campus. Although discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation...

Letter to the Editor: Support all identities on campus

Letter to the Editor: Support all identities on campus

Peer Ministers February 4, 2020

We write this letter as a community of peer ministers: students who lead Campus Ministry’s various programs. As individuals, we are students who have exercised our privileges and have been subject...

God in the Gayborhood

God in the Gayborhood

Jess Arends February 4, 2020

A year after a homophobic remark I ripped a pride flag off my wall a year ago. I wanted the rainbow to come off my walls; to come off my body, to come off my soul. I went on an upperclassman retreat...

Standing with our mission

Standing with our mission

The Hawk Staff January 28, 2020

Condemning St. Joe’s discriminatory actions Noel Koenke, a former director of music for Campus Ministry who openly identified as gay, was hired at St. Joe’s in 2010 and said she expected that as a...

Former campus minister sues St. Joe’s for harassment, discrimination based on sexual orientation

Former campus minister sues St. Joe’s for harassment, discrimination based on sexual orientation

Carly Calhoun & Cara Smith January 28, 2020

St. Joe’s is being sued for alleged workplace discrimination in a lawsuit filed by Noel Koenke, a former director of music for Campus Ministry. Koenke, who openly identifies as gay, claims in the...

Coachella owner's anti-LGBTQIA+ history

Coachella owner’s anti-LGBTQIA+ history

Regina Schliep January 21, 2020

The importance of knowing where the money goes January is an exciting month for festival-goers and music lovers. Lineups for festivals all around the country are released this month, from Tennessee’s...

From left to right: Ann Green, Ph.D., professor of English, Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marie Howe. PHOTO: The Hawk

Poets link Catholicism to poetry

Pádraig Ó Tuama, theologian and poet, and Marie Howe, the 2012 State Poet for New York, held a poetry reading in honor of those who are marginalized by the Catholic Church on Oct. 29 in the Cardinal...

Almost is never enough

Almost is never enough

Zach Dobinson October 22, 2019

LGBTQIA+ rights stand before the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to hear three cases relating to LGBTQIA+ rights in the workplace. The cases currently being heard...

This piece, titled “Self-Assured,”was crafted using a combination of bright colors and patterns. PHOTOS: Zach Dobinson ’22

Artists of color highlighted in new Center City gallery

Zach Dobinson September 24, 2019

Philadelphia became a little more colorful over the weekend with the opening of the Streets Dept Walls gallery. The gallery featured 10 murals created by 11 Philadelphia artists in the newly unveiled Fashion...

Liam O'Neil '20, member of SJU Pride, said he was glad other members of the LGTBQ community present at the counter-protest. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

Students respond to protesters’ hateful messages

Ana Faguy and Emily Graham May 1, 2019

About 300 students gathered early this evening on Cardinal Avenue, spilling out from the Sourin Parking Lot to counter-protest seven individuals who identified themselves as “Bible Believers.” The...

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