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The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Prom Royalty winners Patrick Jay and Mae Haggard shared their first dance in front of the crowd. Taken by Nadia Hill on April 18.

Chico State gets all dolled up for Queer Prom

Nadia Hill and Callum Standish // April 22, 2024

On a warm Thursday evening, students and community members gathered, adorned in pink in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium for Chico State’s fifth Queer Prom.  It was a Barbie-themed night of dancing,...

Guests dancing on the dance floor during GSEC's Second Annual Queer Prom Photo credit: Angel Ortega

Queer Prom offers music, dancing and inclusivity

Angel Ortega // April 22, 2019

The second annual Queer Prom, organized and promoted by Chico State’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Coalition (GSEC), was hosted on Saturday at the Bell Memorial Union. Queer Prom was held as part...

A student rallies support from onlookers at the Marketplace Cafe watching evangelist activist "Sister Myrna." Photo credit: Natalie Hanson

Evangelist preachers debate with students on Trans Remembrance Day

Natalie Hanson // April 20, 2019

Two evangelist activists from The Campus Ministry USA came to Chico State and performed an open-air "preach-in" about sexuality and Christianity to a group of students at the BMU Friday. The first activist,...

GSEC coordinators hosted the first ever Queer Prom at Chico State. Photo credit: Deisi Aguirre

First Queer Prom offers free dance, entertainment and community

Alejandra Fraga // March 4, 2018

The Gender and Sexuality Equity Center (GSEC) organized and brought to campus its first queer prom dance Saturday at the BMU auditorium. The event consisted of drag show performances, dance performances...

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