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Katie MacTurk ’09, M.S. ’11 and Megan MacTurk ’09 with their children.
PHOTO: TARA BETH PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY OF MEGAN MACTURK ’09

Hawkmate heteronormativity raises inclusion concerns

Hannah Pajtis February 21, 2024

While the university’s Feb. 4 Hawkmates Mass was a celebration for some, for others it was a painful reminder of how LGBTQIA+ couples who also met at St. Joe’s are not always included in such events. At...

graphic of an LGBTQIA+ pride flag with text reading "Beyond the Binary"

2023 marks 50-year anniversary of removal of homosexuality from disorders handbook

Allie Miller December 6, 2023

Fifty years ago this year, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) made a historic decision to remove homosexuality from the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...

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