{"id":15174,"date":"2024-05-21T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=15174"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:52:13","slug":"lgbtq-students-celebrated-at-lavender-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=15174","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ+ students celebrated at Lavender Graduation ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long Beach City College hosted their fourth annual Lavender graduation ceremony recognizing LGBTQIA identifying students on May 17 at the Liberal Arts Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 45 attendees attended this event to honor and celebrate the 18 graduating students who identify within the LGBTQIA community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony began with a few words from Professor Jerome Hunt and board of trustees member Herlinda Chico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing a member of the community, this is very important to me. I have worked at numerous institutions where it wasn\u2019t safe, it wasn\u2019t welcoming or affirming to be out and proud of who we are,\u201d said Hunt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students were presented with a multi-colored honor cord as a token for the students’ successes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Ziggy Huntington Bono walks to receive his lanyard at the 2024 Lavender Graduation in room W-201 on May 17. (Cain Carbajal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it’s important that we can all be recognized here and feel safe,\u201d said graduating student Stuart Soulek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduating students emphasized their need for support throughout their LBCC experience in order to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to me to represent as many students as we can and to provide community for as many students as we can,\u201d said history professor and cohort for Pride Scholars, Vanessa Crispin-Peralta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to provide an opportunity for LGBTQIA students to feel connected to each other and have supportive faculty and staff,\u201d Crispin-Peralta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After honoring each graduating student, students lined up to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean food was served buffet style by the Yalla food truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official 2024 LBCC commencement ceremony will be held in the Veterans Memorial Stadium on June 6, 2024 at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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