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Eating disorders do not discriminate: Trans teens face greater risk
a teenager looking at their reflection in a mirror in a bathroom at school

(Photo: The Gender Spectrum Collection.)

Eating disorders do not discriminate: Trans teens face greater risk

Research shows that transgender children are at greater risk for developing eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia, even more so than their cisgender peers.

Penn Today Staff

Five events to watch for in April
Dancers striking a pose

Dancers pose as part of Kun-Yang Lin/Dance’s upcoming performance at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo courtesy: The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Five events to watch for in April

Happening around campus this April: an appearance by “Sorry to Bother You” director Boots Riley, a talk from Inquirer critic Inga Saffron, and the 10th annual West Craft Fest.
The Ivy League’s first pre-professional LGBTQ club
Wharton Alliance members smile and pose in business attire

From left to right, Wharton Alliance club members Felipe Gomez, President Maria Escudero, Anders Zhou, Valentina Escudero, and Connor Ling pose for a photo. (Photo courtesy: Wharton Alliance)

The Ivy League’s first pre-professional LGBTQ club

Meet The Wharton Alliance, which, in its 16th year, continues its dual promise of cultivating a network of LGBTQ business students while considering the future of diversity in the workplace.
20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard A family photo of Matthew Shepard. Photo courtesy: The Matthew Shepard Foundation

20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard

Two decades after his murder, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Kelly Writers House, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a memorial reading to celebrate Shepard’s life.
With Pride Month in full swing, a look forward and back at Penn’s LGBT Center
Penn LGBT Center Exterior The Penn LGBT Center Carriage House, opened in 2002, was dedicated to former Director Robert Schoenberg in 2017.

With Pride Month in full swing, a look forward and back at Penn’s LGBT Center

For 35 years, the LGBT Center has been a trailblazer in academia and a resource for students, staff and their families, and helps the University navigate issues around health benefits, pronouns, and even restrooms.