Razi Michael Zarchy spent a lifetime questioning his gender identity. Born a female, Zarchy always felt he had trouble identifying with his assigned gender. “I felt something was wrong my whole life, but I couldn’t place my finger on it,” said Zarchy, a third-year linguistics and anthropology student. Read more...

Speaking at UCLA’s 1950 commencement ceremony, Ralph J. Bunche told the crowd, “I am a Bruin. I have always been proud of that distinction.” Today, the African American Studies Center is being renamed after Ralph J. Read more...

The bit of good news from Tuesday’s election was that Proposition 54 went down in a landslide. After university students and public health and law enforcement officials spent months organizing opposition to the ill-conceived ballot initiative, voters sent a clear message that attempting to eliminate race and ethnicity from public life is not a good idea ““ a message Ward Connerly missed. Read more...

During National Coming Out Week, thousands of Americans identify themselves as part of a community facing discrimination far too often. President Bush’s recent declaration that the week following Coming Out Week will be Marriage Protection Week, does nothing to help curb this discrimination. Read more...

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Californians were bombarded with messages over the past few months: terminate special interests, oppose the right-wing power grab, vote “no” on the recall, say “yes” to Bustamante, and vote your conscience. Read more...