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What Is Asexuality?: A Guide to the Invisible Identity

What is asexuality? Of the LGBT+ identities, asexuality is one of the lesser-known and under-discussed sexual identities. Asexuality, sometimes referred to as the “invisible identity,”…
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Diversity and Mental Health: Addressing Disparities in Access to Care

Photo from Pexels.com From childhood to youth and into adulthood, mental health remains crucial. It affects how we believe and how we behave. It also…
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Mental Health Conversations in the Latinx Community

For the Latinx/Hispanic community, mental health and mental illness are often stigmatized, whether that be seeing it as a weakness or simply as something that…
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Why age diversity is important in the workforce 

Photo from Pexels.com Age bias hinders individuals from engaging fully in their community. Age discrimination has to be acknowledged and tackled to be defeated.  Research…
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A Look at the History of Trans Representation in Media with Zoey Luna

Early portrayals of trans characters that I can remember were generally based on stereotypes and pathologization, and while the last decade or so has since…
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Why Menstrual Products should be free for all

Photo from Pexels.com  Period poverty is a global health crisis. Imagine it being that time of the month coming up, and you have to worry…
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Why It’s Important to Encourage Diversity in Education

    Photo from Pexels.com.  School systems are similar to past years regarding diversity, even though the student population is growing more diverse. “Schools remain…
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Why are a Majority of Latinx-centered Shows Getting Canceled? 

So you’ve started watching a show you really like but then you realize it has been canceled and there’s only one to two seasons. But…
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How Could Reality TV Shows Like Too Hot to Handle Promote Body Insecurity?

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How LatinX Women in Leadership Behind the Lens are Repositioning the Scope

The Women's Liberation and Chicano movements began in the 1960s, and now, nearly sixty years later, it's pretty clear that while both minorities have come…
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