![HANDS UP — A student raises his hand as Miller teaches surrounding students in her class. Photo Courtesy of Miranda Miller](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4916-1200x900.jpg)
Profile — Becoming an ‘unapologetically queer’ teacher
Katarina Rothhorn
• March 14, 2024
![THE MOMENT — Drag star BoyJ basks in the crowd after their performance.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240209213428__MG_2939-1200x800.jpg)
More than 500 people attend NMU drag show
Antonio Anderson
• February 14, 2024
![Queer Prom offers prom re-do for LGBTQ+ community](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LGBTQ-Prom-pdf-900x900.jpg)
Queer Prom offers prom ‘re-do’ for LGBTQ+ community
Jackie Phillips
• April 10, 2023
![Graphic courtesy by Queers & Allies](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Transgiving-675x900.png)
Queers & Allies celebrates ‘Transgiving’
Dreyma Beronja
• November 17, 2022
![DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY - NMU students gathered in the atrium of Hedcock to celebrate a queer prom on April 1. For many LGBTQ+ students, this was the first prom they were able to comfortably celebrate in their identity.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220401_213914-900x675.jpg)
Students celebrate identity, music, dancing at Queer Prom
Andie Balenger, Staff Writer
• April 7, 2022
![PROM NIGHT - Members of the LGBTQ+ community have been invited to attend Queer Prom. Queers and Allies are offering a safe space for queer students to dance, have fun, and be themselves in a traditional prom setting.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LGBTQ-Prom-pdf-900x900.jpg)
Queer Prom to provide night of inclusivity and fun
Andie Balenger, Staff Writer
• March 30, 2022
![Aurora Gozmic poses in style during her second solo performance.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Aurora-Gozmic-506x900.jpg)
Chicago queens dazzle at drag show
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• February 15, 2022
![Aurora Gozmic performs at Michigan Tech Universitys drag show on Sept. 25, 2021. Aurora Gozmic is one of the professional drag queens who will be judging the amateur drag show and performing the following night.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PXL_20210926_014943920.MP_-506x900.jpg)
Students take to the stage in amateur drag show
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• February 10, 2022
![LGBTQ+ workshops to delve into queer history, butch/femme identities](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LGBTQ-pdf-900x900.jpg)
LGBTQ+ workshops to delve into queer history, butch/femme identities
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• February 8, 2022
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Finding a middle ground: how student orgs navigate online challenges
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• January 26, 2022
![QUEER TREES - Mossy Schumann plants a young pine tree along the Lake Superior shoreline. Schumann organized the PRIDE Tree Planting Event which encouraged queer youth to plant trees together and help restore the eroding shoreline.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PXL_20211022_195048189-506x900.jpg)
LGBTQ+ groups, Great Lakes Climate Corps plant 100 trees
Katarina Rothhorn, Features Editor
• October 27, 2021
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