At tonight's discussion, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Image and Identity in the LGBTQ Community, we had 22 people show up to our event!
We had a lot of freshmen students including a couple new ones and a lot of upper class-men and RAs. The discussion surrounded how TV, movies and news play a role in how the world views the LGBTQ community. I think there was a general consensus that the image shown has grown over time from just a shell of a "queeny" man to a more well-rounded human being with a family, job and personal life outside of fashion.
We touched on the recent tragedies with the students who have killed themselves over gay bullying and if the media has a responsibility to make statements for or against certain gay issues. The room was split, but what was agreed upon is that adults do have a responsibility to not perpetuate hate or stereotypes and that people do not see an issue with LGBTQ hatred, but that they should in the future and that hate is a learned behavior.
In the end we all left with a lot to continue to talk about and it was certainly a great discussion. I look forward to what is coming next!
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