Prism IIT

The purpose of this organization is to be an alliance for gender and sexuality.

Prism seeks to facilitate social awareness of the les/b/ian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and qu/e/er (LGBTQ+) community on Illinois Tech’s campus, assists campus entities to provide a tolerant and accepting campus environment for those that identify with the LGBTQ+ community, and works to involve the Illinois Tech LGBTQ+ community within the larger Chicago & collegiate LGBTQ+ communities.

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ogies for the weird slashes near the start, those words were getting censored otherwise and we don't know why - Prism exec)

04/19/2025

Walk-ins are still available and encouraged! Come out to the show in just under 9 hours! We can't wait to see you there!!!

04/18/2025

Photo from last time O'Laysia performed here! Remember to come out tomorrow for the drag show. Walk-ins always welcome, tickets close at 10 AM Saturday. Link in bio!

04/17/2025

Big fans? Check! We're almost ready, and we hope you are too! Walk-ins always welcome, but if you want to guarantee your seat, use the linm below! Sign-ups will close at 10 AM on Saturday (just under 48 hours). Also, check out our story for a quick reminder about tipping etiquette! https://forms.office.com/r/1rC4tBCqLP

04/16/2025

Hi everyone. Long post incoming, please read the caption.

First, please know that we are not going anywhere. We are going through with our drag show. We are continuing as an organization. And we will be louder moving forward. We are here to stay.

Now into the main part of the post. It's come to our attention that at least some of our posts have been artificially suppressed by Meta. Since September of 2024, but renewed in early January of 2025, Meta has instituted policies - particularly on Instagram - that censor and suppress q***r identities, hashtags, posts, and accounts. It's an active attempt to silence q***r existence.

The initial journalist who broke the story discovered this by searching hashtags under different political and "suggestive content" sensitivity settings. When we started to suspect our posts were being suppressed, we tried this. One of our exec board members temporarily unfollowed the Prism account, strengthened their sensitivity settings, and searched one of the hashtags on the post. Our show announcement never showed up.

Now, we don't think that this one, random hashtag that we made for our drag shows is one that's uniquely targetted by the algorithm. But we have posted political content in the past that could have gotten our account reported, or it could be one of the larger hashtags on the post. Both of those are substantially more likely.

Regardless, the effect is the same. Our content, and thereby our public voice, is suppressed and censored. We don't know exactly when this started or how many posts are impacted, but it is happening.

If you have not already done so, we recommend people unsuppress these types of content on their accounts. Otherwise, voices like ours will continue to be censored. You can do this by changing your settings under the "Content Preferences" tab.

Beyond this, we want to make sure people are aware of this issue. Prism is far from the only individual or organization who has been suppressed and censored like this. Sharing when this happens and who this happens to can increase awareness of this very real problem.

This is part of an active effort to remove q***r identities from public life. And f**k that.

02/06/2025

Hi everyone! A few things:

We apologize for our recent radio silence. We've been handling a couple internal issues, but should be back to you soon with a big announcement. In the meantime, we want to make it clear we are not going anywhere. If you'd like to get involved, please DM us on Instagram, join our Discord (link in bio), or email us at [email protected]. We're always looking for more people to get involved, especially if you'd be interested in helping out. Just know that we are very much active and you'll be hearing from us again soon.

And just remember... pride has always been a protest.

08/18/2024

Thank you to everyone who made it out to mocktail night yesterday! We hope you enjoyed the rainbow of mocktails and chatting with other students over games!

08/10/2024

Come out to our first event of the semester, our Rainbow Mocktail Night! It's on Saturday, August 17th (the last day of Welcome Week) from 5-7PM in the Prizker Club. All are welcome! All drinks are alcohol-free, and we have multiple options that are available for all major dietary restrictions (including all common allergens, vegetarian, halal, kosher, and vegan). Hope to see you there for a night of good drinks and fun party games!

09/26/2023

Here it is! Our official Pride Week schedule is here! Join us for the week of October 10th-14th for some fun and educational times! All events are free. We encourage you to bring your friends and celebrate Pride Week with us!

04/11/2023

Join Prism, Cosplay Club and 33rd Street for IIT's first official drag night: Drag@IIT. There will be four professional performers and the admission is free. Tell your friends! Saturday April 22nd 7:00 PM @ The Bog.

10/23/2022

Join us for our first meeting of the year this Tuesday in Perlstein 109 from 12:45 to 1:45pm! We’ll have light snacks, but feel free to bring your own lunch!

09/23/2021

Join us and the Delts this Saturday 9/25 at 1pm! There’ll be food, outdoor games, and a chance to learn more about gender and gender identity 🏳️‍🌈

09/18/2021

Discord link: https://discord.com/invite/rC2jGyQRz7

Address

3201 S State St
Chicago, IL
60616

Website

http://sites.google.com/iit.edu/prismiit

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