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Title: Super Queer: Ball State University student creates gay superhero to advocate for
Post by: Shana A on March 06, 2008, 07:21:26 AM
Super Queer
Ball State University student creates gay superhero to advocate for LGBT rights
Julia Terruso

Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: News

http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2008/03/06/News/Super.Queer-3255113.shtml (http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2008/03/06/News/Super.Queer-3255113.shtml)

Jennifer Dietsch sat in the student union at Bowling Green State University studying for an upcoming test when a faculty member approached and thanked her for her visibility.

Dietsch was wearing a black triangular facemask and rainbow cape draped over her tie-dye T-shirt. She was dressed as Superqueer, a gender-neutral superhero she created to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender awareness on her campus.