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The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at Penn State is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with programming that celebrates and honors two decades of inclusivity in the University community. Continuing throughout the month, the center will present the exhibit “Penn State Queerstory" on the lower level of the HUB-Robeson Center.

Penn State Homecoming has selected Brian Patchcoski, assistant vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion for Penn State Student Affairs, as the 2021 Honorary Grand Marshal.

IMAGE: Penn State In this role, Wilmoth will oversee the center, which provides a comprehensive range of programming, education, information and advocacy services for the entire Penn State community around sexual and gender diversity. "The extraordinary progress made nationally on issues of sexual and gender diversity and inclusion has been reflected by wonderful progress on this front at Penn State. Sonya Wilmoths advocacy and leadership promise sustained commitment to these purposes on behalf...

On Feb. 9, the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity announced it would be renamed after alumnus Jeffrey A. Conrad, a 1983 Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate. Conrad, the president and founder of AgIS Capital, made a $1 million donation to the CSGD in hopes of creating future scholarships and increased services at the center. “I want to make sure that it helps those of lesser income and helps get them through Penn State,” Conrad said. “Also, just help them grow...

IMAGE: Provided A native of Pennsylvania and 1983 graduate of the College of Agricultural Sciences, Conrad said his gift to the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity was inspired by his lifetime journey as a gay man and by his dedication to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. As a first-generation student coming from a small, rural community, Conrad faced many challenges in his undergraduate experience, compounded by his experiences struggling with his sexuality and negative stigmas about the LGB...

Close A caravan of fast food workers circle a McDonalds restaurant as they demonstrate for higher wages, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Workers in 15 cities demonstrated to demand $15/hr from corporations like McDonalds and to challenge President-elect Joe Bidens administration to raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15/hr in his First 100 Days. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

The University Park Student Fee Board met Friday morning to hear allocation request presentations from Penn State’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (CSGD), the Gender Equity Center, and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center (PRCC). Brian Patchcoski, former director of CSGD, kicked off the board’s meeting with a presentation of his organization’s request. Patchcoski shared that about 42% of the LGBT youth say the community they live in is not accepting of LGBT people. Depression, family ...