June 10, 2026
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Life & Arts

The Leader

The life of the American Lesbian: sex with a straight girl

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Reading Time: 3 minutesA FULL-BLOWN, FLANNEL-WEARING, ‘L-WORD’-WATCHING, TEGAN AND SARA LISTENING, CONFIDENT LESBIAN Special to The Lampoon There is one lesbian in this country, and it is me. While you may have it in your head that the lesbian population in the country is increasing by the hour, you are wrong. If you...
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The affect of gay representation on the health of gay men

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKIPLING TARSIO and RILEY STRAW Special to The Leader and Copy Editor The American media is a powerful presence in our everyday lives. Within the field of communication, media is the term used to refer to the particular medium that deliver a message to a large, anonymous and diverse audience....
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Princesses and minions and superheroes … oh my! Phi Mu Alpha hosts Safe Halloween for ninth year

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMEGHAN GUATTERY Staff Writer On Saturday Oct. 25, a seemingly endless number of Cinderellas, minions and woodland creatures took over Mason Hall for the ninth annual Safe Halloween. Hosted by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Safe Halloween has been a tradition at Fredonia since 2006. “It’s hard to be able to...
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Times have changed The evolution of queer culture at Fredonia: 1950s to today

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Managing Editor “It was another world back then.” As queer America has changed, so, too, has Fredonia. Professor Emeritus John Malcolm was a student at Fredonia in the late 1950s, faculty until 1970 and sat as the founding chair of the communication department from 1977-98. “I watched the...
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A ‘British Invasion’ of Rosch Recital Hall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJORIAN HOLKA Special to The Leader This past Thursday, Oct. 23, Fredonia’s very own Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall was filled not only with eager and enthusiastic audience members of all ages, but also with the all-too-familiar sounds of a number of classic British rock bands. However, the night’s performance...
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Male sports players ‘come out,’ face different consequences

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Reading Time: 3 minutesNICOLE DEFILIPPIS Special to The Leader On May 6 2013, NBA free agent Jason Collins made history by being open with his sexuality and coming out as gay on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He was the first athlete to do this in any of the four major North American...
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‘Orange is the New Black’ sets new standard for mainstream media Characters shed new light on the representation of the queer community on TV

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Reading Time: 3 minutesATHENA TORRES Special to The Leader The year’s most talked about show, “Orange is the New Black,” has proven to be not only incredibly funny and heartwarming, but extraordinarily diverse. According to GLAAD, “Orange is the New Black” features more queer characters than almost any other broadcast or cable series...
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Fredonia Pride Alliance renames Gay History Month Queer History Month encompasses all outside heterosexual norm

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTYLER DEGENFELDER and S. L. FULLER Special to The Leader and News Editor In 1994, the first ever instance of Gay History Month was celebrated in the U.S. Since then, it has expanded and is now celebrated all over the world. But this year, Fredonia’s Pride Alliance has decided to...
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