The annual Gender Bender is taking place on March 14th at 8:30 pm in West Gate Social! This year’s theme is Cosplay! Dress up in your best character attire for a night of gender-bending performances by local drag kings, queens, and student …
Pride month is officially ending, but that doesn’t mean the celebration has to! SAMRU’s Pride Centre (PC) aims to celebrate and empower the LGBTQ2S+ community year. This blog post will look at the PC’s history within the Students’ Association and some exciting …
As children, we are taught the gender binary of male and female and what activities, clothing, and hobbies are prescribed to each. As a queer person who is growing up in this very heteronormative world, it tends to be a rough time …
For many of us, we often hear warnings of “red flags” in relationships. Still, the truth is that it can be challenging to spot these warning signs if our caregivers didn’t model positive relationships for us to use as reference. Generally, red …
Pen…what? Penpalling: the act of writing letters to someone you don’t know, but want to learn more about. Penpal: someone who writes letters to another person to share information about themselves, their lifestyle and their culture. In times before social media and instant messaging …
Did you know that sex toys date back over 28,000 years? Ancient phalluses were made from stone, bronze, camel dung, and bread… Yes you heard me bread! While it may be strange to think of your ancestors using sex toys, there is …
SAMRU is teaming up with Sagesse to bring MRU students the BE(lieve in) YOU program, an ongoing online program developed for women who engage in sex work. Since sex workers face an increased risk of abuse and violence, the program aims to …
