PHOTO: In a campy parody of an old telephone company slogan, "Can you Hear Me Now?," the Oregon State University Pride Week took back the word "queer" from the homophobes, who have historically used the word "queer" as an insult, and used it in the headline for a student newspaper story by Kat Kothen, associate news editor, Jasmin Vogel, news reporter, "'Can You Queer Me Now?' Pride Week critical to celebration, visibility of Oregon State University LGBTQ+ community," OSU Barometer, May 8, 2015, p. 1-2 dailybarometer.com posted May 7, 2015. I would be curious to know how much today's students understand about the history of the word "queer," both internationally and specifically on the OSU Campus where there was a huge fight over whether or not to name the OSU Pride Center the OSU Queer Resource Center. See previous post OSU Pride Week 2015 student editorial and Dr. Sex comments (5/6/15) and OSU Queer Resource Center documentary video review (10/20/10).
See previous posts and related links:
- OSU Pride Week 2015 student editorial and Dr. Sex comments (5/6/15)
- OSU Pride Week flash mob and Dr. Sex on is gay normal (5/9/12)
- OSU Dr. Sex on APA decision, Pride Week and my letter in response (5/10/12)
- OSU Pride Week Homophobia (5/19/10)
- Village People record, Randy Shilts, Lady Bird Johnson and OSU drag show camp (10/21/11)
- Dan Savage to talk at OSU May 9 at 7PM (5/4/11)
- Dan Savage gets screaming ovation at OSU (5/11/11)
- Pegging, santorum, and butt menses advice by Dan Savage (2/27/10) -- Dan Savage, "SL Letter of the Day: Where Are All The Peggers?" posted Mar 22, 2010 -- Dan Savage, "A "Savage Love" Letter From Arizona," posted Tue, Apr 27, 2010 -- more on pegging (women fucking their boyfriends in the ass with a strap-on dildo)
- OSU Pride Week 2009 Barometer coverage (5/16/09)
- OSU Pride GT front page story (5/6/08)
- OSU live homosexual sex acts in MU quad (5/22/07)
