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#3971 Can the people who don't identify as queer please stop bashing Spectrum and the Lavender Graduation? It's really, really not your place as a part of the dominant group to be criticizing the ways in which queer people celebrate each other and their solidarity. To the person complaining about the gay activism on campus, you clearly know nothing about what it's like to identify as queer OR about gay activism. Your response (and this goes for the other people questioning Lavender Graduation [which by the way doesn't affect you in any way so why do you feel entitled to question it on an anonymous public forum]) is in some ways equivalent to when people say "racism will go away if we stop talking about it." Gay activism shouldn't be about making gay people "fit in" and making everybody the same, gay activism should be about ending the microaggressions (aka people anonymously bashing Lavender Graduation) that happen between groups of people who share similar experiences. Also, there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about somebody making their sexuality into a spectacle, because that may just be their way of dealing with all the shit in the world. Like, damn.
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#3970 My favorite kind of lesbian/gay person is one that doesn't let there sexuality define their identity or who they are. Just as my favorite intelligent person is one that doesn't let their grades or academic accomplishments define who they are. This isn't because they define themselves in this way, its because of the sequential habit of shoving it down everyone's throats that results from doing so.
@3962 it's just another example of how shitty lgbt "activism" is here. Instead of working to make sexuality no big deal they work to isolate themselves and make it a huge deal. It's never about fitting in or being accepted, it's about making themselves stand out. It's why so many people who are gay choose not to associate with them. Most know they are people who happen to be gay, not the other way around, and they don't feel like their sexuality needs to be made into a spectacle.
I'd like to think that I'm a fairly open-minded and nice person, but I always try to be extra-super-nice to minority and LGBT people to try and make up for all the crap they get from society. I'm not sure if it's because I'm trying to contribute to progression, or if I'm scared I'll somehow be perceived as prejudiced if I don't do it. I mean, it can't hurt, right?
Still I can't help but wonder how that would make them feel if they knew that a white girl was being especially nice to them because of the sheer fact that they're black/gay/etc.
To #3962 Calm down. Lavender graduation isn't an official graduation ceremony. It's just an event hosted by Prism (faculty and staff LGBT+ group) to recognize graduating seniors who have been active in the LGBT community at Rollins. And it's not just for LGBT people. Everyone who has been involved with Spectrum is recognized, regardless of sexual orientation.
#3969 @3950 and Ed, that is not a budget. A PowerPoint presentation with hand selected information does not tell us how our tuition is being spent. I want to know where all the money we pay in fines is going. I want to know how much my professors and the college administrators are making. I want to know how much we spend on stupid campus events that no one attends. They are talking about budget cuts but if we are struggling then why do we have all this new outdoor furniture on campus? Why are they constantly landscaping? How much did it cost to redo Strong? That PowerPoint doesn't tell me that.
#3968 I wonder if I'm abnormal for enjoying sex and wanting it on a regular basis. It makes me wonder if I think about it as much as men do, then again, I'm young and healthy. No, I am not sleeping around with half the campus, I'm in a committed relationship. Just to clarify, before all the dumb slut comments ensue as a result of this post.