Reporting
A collection of Nappier's own written works, including features from The Webster Journal and the Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG).
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Ziwe Fumudoh announced as fall headliner
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Not ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race,’ Webster’s drag ball showcases a variety of performances
The entire audience stood, clapping in synchrony as the performer strutted across the stage. Guests were encouraged to join in, with each clap adding to a sense of community among the crowd. An all-embracing, gospel-service ambience surrounded Webster University’s Winnie Moore Auditorium as drag queen Ming Lee held the gaze of audience members eagerly awaiting her next move.
“A Really Gay Drag Show,” Webster’s LGBTQ+ Alliance’s first drag ball since the pandemic, took place April 17. The ball was previously hosted for 20 years prior to 2020; and after three years without a drag ball on campus, many in the audience got to experience their first show featuring different artists, styles and inspirations....
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Photo by Styx Nappier
‘Founders, Keepers’ comes home
“Founders, Keepers” is a play written by Webster graduate Aurora Behlke. She began the piece in her sophomore year at Webster for Professor Taylor Gruenloh’s playwriting class and hasn’t put it down since.
The passion project tells the story of five girls in 5th grade banding together to rewrite the U.S. Constitution and save the nation. Since its creation, it’s been performed in Texas and Washington with a full production in the works in Scotland.
Campus resources work to educate, tear down sex stigma
Sex. For many, it's an uncomfortable topic to talk about - if mentioned at all. But it's necessary for providing support and resources to those who may need it, like individuals sexually experimenting or those victimized by power-based violence. Gorloks Aware, a campus organization, aims to provide a more comprehensive sexual education to students, sharing violence-prevention methods for stalking, dating and sexual abuse.
I’m the queer of my hometown
“I’m tired of fighting battles just to survive school when I should be focusing on the high school experience … Instead, I’m here because school has hurt me and others, where we can no longer pretend that there is safety for us when we go to school.”
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Learn more about my experience growing up queer in my midwestern hometown and how it changed me.
"But how do you know?":
A journey of self-discovery and acceptance
A common question to members of the LGBTQ+ community is how they ended up learning and feeling confident in their identity. Whether it's self-doubt or being asked by a friend, this reflection encompasses the journey and celebration of identity. Styx Nappier explores how he ended up finding, learning and accepting their labels.​
Ziwe Fumudoh has been selected as Webster University's fall headliner. Fumudoh, a satirical commentator and writer, will visit the Loretto-Hilton Center on Oct. 8.
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Campus Activities announced the news to students at their Headphone Disco event on Aug. 23. Freshman Park Moser screamed at the announcement, as he had seen videos of Fumudoh on YouTube.
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"Is it the girl with the talk show," Moser asked, awaiting confirmation before cheering out "Oh my.. god!"
Newsrooms need more transgender journalists
My existence is a patchwork quilt: tearing pieces off, then rearranging and adding new colors and textures to redefine me. This fluidity is the very basis of my being, never being tied down to just one idea of a gender or self as I take what the world gives me and make it my own.
But there are plenty who are ignorant to the art of sewing, so to speak. Imagine admiring a quilt but not knowing how to make one on your own. Just glancing at the surface of a quilt does not tell you the stories behind every piece, each inner lining or the labor of love that went into making it.
So, too, can many overlook the experiences that have shaped the transgender community and the manners in which we sew and mend together each “hole” or “imperfection” with a new fabric.
To tell transgender stories accurately, it must be ensured there are trans voices within the newsroom.