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LGBTQ+ Center

Ken Ditlevson and others decorating the Main Street Bridge for Rainbow Weekend

Students coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ and, for some of them, living away from home for the first time can struggle with the transition. The transition can even be more difficult for LGBTQ+ students, particularly for those who have recently "come out." Ken Ditlevson, director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's LGBTQ+ Center, talks about the many resources available at Kent to support them.

Volunteers decorating the Rainbow Main Street Bridge

Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the city of Kent encourage people to attend any of the LGBTQ+ events on campus and downtown this week. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ student speaking at Lavender Graduation

Lavender Graduation 2023 celebrated Â鶹ÊÓƵ's spring LGBTQ+ graduates. 

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Trans support at The Rock

Â鶹ÊÓƵ student organizations painted the Rock on Front Campus to show support for the trans community. 

Transgender flag banner

LGBTQ+ Center event celebrates transgender people and their contributions to our world.

Sign outside of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's LGBTQ+ Center

In the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in Colorado, Â鶹ÊÓƵ gathered to process and reflect with the LGBTQ+ community.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted the GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference for the seventh consecutive year

Students and faculty from 20 area high schools came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ for GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference.

Stock photo of doctor diving a patient a vaccine.

The DeWeese Health Center Electronic Health Record portal is now open for Â鶹ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff to schedule appointments for the Kent City Health Department Jynneos Vaccine (Monkeypox) clinic.

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A familiar blue and gold Flash was on hand to welcome Rainbow Run runners.

A familar Flash in blue and gold cheered on runners at the start of this year's Rainbow Run.