QNotes, August 20, 2021

Aug. 20-Sept. 2, 2021
Vol 36 No 09
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feature
4 Advice for Transgender
and Non-Binary Students
10 Study of Gen Z
Shows More Youth
Identify as LGBTQ
11 College Search
Process for LGBTQ
High School Students
12 Getting Involved in
LGBTQ Student Life
13 Choosing a Major
and Career as Out
LGBTQ Students
19 Our People: Peyton-Namire
news
6 News Notes
6 Briefs
8 ‘We’ve Always Created
Our Own Resources’
a&e
16 Barbra Streisand’s
‘Release Me 2’ and Morly’s
‘Til I Start Speaking’
17 Tell Trinity
life
18 Olympic City
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4 Resilience and
Remembrance
14 The Spiritual Journey
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