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The University of Pennsylvania’s English Department announced that it would replace a picture of William Shakespeare with one of a more representative writer. But that was a few years ago, and the picture of Shakespeare remained untouched. So the students decided to do something about it themselves. Students reportedly removed the picture of Shakespeare from […]

“We are conspicuous in our absence” says the democratic openly gay Senator Mark Leno. This statement is honest, but not the full story. The fight to get gay history integrated into the curriculum of schools in California is heating up.  The importance of gay history has come up before in my life as I wrote […]

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players”- William Shakespeare. Shakespeare couldn’t even begin to imagine all the actors, players, and player-haters that are all trying to upstage each other in the 2011 Chicago Mayoral Election. Unlike the show “The Game”, the script for this epic political race seems to […]

Is a half-truth a whole lie? When looking back over my 6 years elementary school, 3 years of middle school, and 4 years of high school, I realized that not once did my classes teach me about any gay or lesbian figure in history. As a matter of a fact, if it is public education’s […]

    Legendary actor, choreographer and overall entertainer Geoffrey Holder has died.  The 84-year-old star passed away due to complications from pneumonia Sunday.