This week on The Update News, we take a closer look at the rising tensions in Iran and how these events are affecting students, with some feeling divided. As graduation season approaches, many students...
Mya Azzopardi, a senior captain, has left her mark on San José State’s women’s swimming and diving program both as a swimmer and a teammate.
With her good spirit at practice and swim meets, Azzopardi...
The LGBTQ+ community has persevered through homophobia, transphobia, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, violence, racism, misogyny and oppression by expressing pride in existence and combatting hate with love.
Historically,...
Trigger warning: includes language that has historically been used as a homophobic slur
In order to achieve equity in a community that is marginalized, one has to consider a concept called intersectionality.
Intersectionality...
Despite drag performances taking place just blocks from campus, drag shows in San José seem to remain unfamiliar to students.
Jazmine Bailey, a fourth-year psychology student, said drag often feels...
As attacks against transgender people continue to rise, the San José queer community remembers trans lives lost and provides a glimmer of hope for trans folks in solidarity on Transgender Day of Remembrance.
On...
While young LGBTQ+ Americans face drawbacks in mental health resources and healthcare, queer elder couples tell their stories of how they chose love despite challenges.
Leonides “Tito” Echevarria...
