The Daily Evergreen

WSU student confronts reality of being bisexual, biracial woman

When Samantha King-Shaw was a freshman on the WSU track and field team, she did not feel accepted as a bisexual and biracial person. However, two years later, she found a place she could be herself in the Queer Intersectional Association and PERIOD.

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter

July 13, 2020

Finding accepting people and an accepting community who acknowledge her as a multifaceted being is something Samantha King-Shaw, a biracial and bisexual woman, has been working on for a while now. “Once I was introduced to sexuality as a spectrum ... That was when it clicked,” said Samantha...

Tags: Black community, community, features, gender, LGBTQ+, PERIOD, pride, Queer Intersectional Association, race, sexuality, WSU student

Tax on menstrual products removed

Aydan Garland-Miner, PERIOD president, said the group is working on having free dispensers for menstrual products in all bathrooms on campus.

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter

March 12, 2020

Individuals will soon not have to pay additional taxes for menstrual products after a bill passed the House and Senate during the legislative session in early March. Senate Bill 5147 removes the retail sales and use tax on menstrual products, according to the bill. Placing a tax on products l...

Tags: Aydan Garland-Miner, Menstrual health, PERIOD, Taxes, WSU PERIOD