{"id":21426,"date":"2018-03-29T14:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=21426"},"modified":"2018-03-29T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:02:03","slug":"inaugural-lavender-graduation-held-lgbtq-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/inaugural-lavender-graduation-held-lgbtq-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Lavender Graduation held for LGBTQ+ students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"834\" data-attachment-id=\"21427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/inaugural-lavender-graduation-held-lgbtq-students\/lavendar-graduation-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,834\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Delaney Lay, center, shows off her certificate as Lauren Ouwerkerk, left, and Kat Rushford look on during the first annual Lavender Graduation Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Multicultural Center.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522278879&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;122&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Lavendar-Graduation-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lavendar-Graduation-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Delaney Lay, center, shows off her certificate as Lauren Ouwerkerk, left, and Kat Rushford look on during the first annual Lavender Graduation Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Multicultural Center.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-1024x667.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21427 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-580x378.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-610x397.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-250x163.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendergrad-600x391.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delaney Lay, center, shows off her certificate as Lauren Ouwerkerk, left, and Kat Rushford look on during the first annual Lavender Graduation in the Multicultural Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"740\" data-attachment-id=\"21429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/inaugural-lavender-graduation-held-lgbtq-students\/lavendar-graduation-18-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,740\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Delaney Lay, fourth from left, is one of two graduates honored at the first annual Lavender Graduation Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Multicultural Center. She stands with friends Khaled Momani, Samantha Barber, Drew Lorenzo, Madeline Kiger and Kat Rushford, from left, before the ceremony.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1522277540&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Lavendar-Graduation-18&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lavendar-Graduation-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Delaney Lay, fourth from left, is one of two graduates honored at the first annual Lavender Graduation Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Multicultural Center. She stands with friends Khaled Momani, Samantha Barber, Drew Lorenzo, Madeline Kiger and Kat Rushford, from left, before the ceremony.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-1024x592.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21429 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-580x335.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-610x353.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/lavendargraduation2-600x347.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delaney Lay, fourth from left, is one of two graduates honored at the first annual Lavender Graduation at UTC. 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