The Black Student Association hosted the Black Leadership Empowerment Summit (BLES) on Sunday at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. BLES steering committee members worked for four months to put on the event. PHOTO PROVIDED BY BLES STEERING COMMITTEE
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Black Leadership Empowerment Summit encourages dialogue

Over 100 students gathered for the seventh annual Black Leadership Empowerment Summit (BLES) on Sunday to interact with motivational speakers and performers. The Black Student Association (BSA) hosted the event with help from the Multicultural Center and SGA sponsors.



Kathrynne Horine, who identifies as transgender, said public mentors in the transgender community can be hard to find. Horine called Laverne Cox one of the first role models for trans men and women.  PHOTO PROVIDED BY KATHRYNNE HORINE
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Transgender individuals react to Laverne Cox

At 25, Kathrynne Horine met her first real role model on a screen. They never actually talked. In fact, Horine doesn’t even remember the other person’s name. But whoever it was, this internet stranger, she had made a YouTube video detailing her process transitioning from male to female.






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