If you have to decide whether you have a romantic crush on someone, then you very probably don't.

The new exhibition in Atlas, available until December 13th and organized by historian Alex Bakker in collaboration with IHLIA, Compass, and Studium Generale, shines a spotlight on the history of transgender people in the Netherlands. I went to the exhibition’s opening, and, as beautiful as it was to see the deep and rich history of Dutch transgender people, it was rather heartbreaking to realize that so much of this history is marked by decades of struggle, trauma and tragedy, and that the fight is far from over. In fact, the LGBTQ+ community throughout the past several centuries has been defined by the very same struggle for acceptance and human rights, the very same fight that trans people face today. And, of course, it stands to mention the fact that so much of this history has been lost or never recorded to begin with…

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“When I first found out I was intersex honestly I was a bit scared as to what it would mean for me. We briefly touched on Klinefelter's Syndrome in high school biology as an example of a genetic mutation in humans but really didn't go into how it would impact your life and the people around you.

Being intersex is as common as having ginger hair but impacts your life far more than just a hair color. Our bodies are neither male or female…

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Hey everyone,

I am Ymke and I identify as pansexual. As you all hopefully know, pansexual does not mean an attraction to pans (even though I love my wok pan), it means being attracted to a person regardless of their gender identity!

Personally, it took me quite some time to find a fitting label for my attraction and me being queer in any way didn't come to my attention until I was …

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‘‘Next up, in our special days list for next month, we have International Asexuality Day on the 6th of April. I think Asexuality is pretty self-explanatory so we will promote it as a post, what do you think?”. Two years ago I would have reacted the same way if I had to organize a promotion campaign related to Asexuality, and even before that, I wouldn’t have known what Asexuality was in the first place! …

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“Back when I was a teenager, we were smack in the middle of the AIDS epidemic and there was a lot of fear that it would become airborne, so that "normal" people would start to become infected next to "the gays". It was the first time I experienced such extreme hatred and fear of the LGBTIQ+ community …

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During the 2021 pride month a standout article on LGBTQ+ visibility in mathematical research was published by Bonato, Bruce and Buckmire (1). It highlights some of the current challenges LGBTQ+ scientists are still facing, but also emphasises the significant improvements that have been made over the years.

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Hi everyone! My name is Bjorn and here is the story of how Compass was me and my boyfriend’s wingman.

When I first joined Compass, I did it to make more LGBTQ+ friends, not in hopes of finding myself a boyfriend. Well, sure I’m not going to lie, the thought of a boyfriend was maybe in the back of my head as well. But it wasn’t until…

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Hey everybody! Today is International Lesbian Day.

I am Chloe, a Master student in applied physics and science education and communication and a board member of Compass.

Besides being a lesbian, I am also a transwoman, which has had an impact on being comfortable with my sexuality. I was always into women but before I started my transition…

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Hi! My name is Maas (yes, as in the river), and I just started my master data science here at the TU/e. ⁣
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Today is bi visibility day, a day to put one of the many letters in LGBTQ+ in the spotlight. Being bisexual means:"to be attracted to two genders". However, sadly it's also often described as people that are insatiable, often cheat or just want to get their hands on everyone they can. To me personally…