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Fearless Friday: Erin Duran, Christina L. Bassler
Fearless Friday: Erin Duran, Christina L. Bassler
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As we conclude PRIDE Week, we honor Erin Duran, the fearless director of LGBTQA Advocacy and Education. In Erin’s three years at Gettysburg, he has established institutional support for the LGBTQA community and has worked to make the campus more inclusive and accepting of all students. [excerpt]
But, Why Not?, Anonymous
But, Why Not?, Anonymous
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I am the lucky one.
That’s how I’ve felt growing up in backwater Pennsyltucky, yet somehow managing to be openly queer. I came out to my friends and family as bi/pan-sexual in the 8th grade. None of my coming-out experiences resulted in horror stories. At that point most people had already guessed and accepted the fact that I was most definitely a queer kid. Even the most conservatively religious members of my friend group seemed perfectly okay with the fact that my sexuality didn’t fit with their ideas of morality. I was who I was, and to all outward appearances …
"A" Is Not For Ally, Ellen I. Henry
"A" Is Not For Ally, Ellen I. Henry
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Most people can recall their first crush. They think fondly back to age ten or eleven when they first “went boy-crazy” or couldn’t focus on sixth-grade English because that cute girl was in their class.
This did not happen for me. I do, however, vividly remember it happening for everyone around me. [excerpt]
The Queer Truth, Chelsea E. Broe
The Queer Truth, Chelsea E. Broe
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I remember learning about intersexuality (then called hermaphrodism) for the first time in my health class when I was twelve years old. In that lesson, my teacher mentioned that when a child is born intersex, the parents will likely choose a binary sex (male or female) for the child, have the child undergo sex reassignment surgery, and raise the child to fit the corresponding gender. My teacher went on to explain that sometimes the parents pick the “wrong” sex for their child, and the child grows up feeling like he or she should be the “opposite” gender. Implied in this …
Choosing Sides: The Gender Dilemma, Center For Public Service
Choosing Sides: The Gender Dilemma, Center For Public Service
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“You can’t check a box between male and female; you are either a boy or a girl.”
My professor makes this statement often. It is pretty easy to see why he would use gender in this example: he is trying to give us a simple, understandable explanation of a binary. When explaining the binary, he just wants to show that it is a two-option classification: from his experience, male and female fits. [excerpt]
Mobile Activism: What Your Profile Picture Says About You, Laura J. Koenig
Mobile Activism: What Your Profile Picture Says About You, Laura J. Koenig
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I know you’ve all been seeing this image all of your Facebook news feeds. All of the sudden a few weeks ago it became everyone’s profile picture. People were sharing it, along with other images, explaining why Prop. 8 and the Defense Of Marriage Act should be repealed, and were generally expressing their support of marriage equality. [excerpt]
How To Look Like A Lesbian Without Even Trying, Laura J. Koenig
How To Look Like A Lesbian Without Even Trying, Laura J. Koenig
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“Ugh. I hate those pictures. I look like such a lesbian in them,” my cousin explained to me while her family and I sat around their kitchen table. After she said this, her younger brother laughed into his chicken noodle soup and she hit him over the head. “Shut up. I’m telling you. They’re so bad,” she said. As the conversation went on, I learn that she was referring to pictures that had been taken at one of her lacrosse practices. The important part is that she was displeased with the photos. And it’s certainly not because someone had caught …