{"id":11519,"date":"2015-04-06T23:05:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T04:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T15:59:29","slug":"the-real-gay-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2015\/04\/06\/the-real-gay-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Gay Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Monday, March 30, members of Sinclair Community College LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) community hosted a Sinclair Talks in the Library loggia titled \u201cthe real gay agenda.\u201d It was hosted by members of the organization \u201cLove Wins,\u201d which is a group of faculty from different disciplines. The talk consisted of 6 speakers sharing their stories of struggle and acceptance of being part of the LGBT community.
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\n\u201cThere is more to the LGBT community than just being gay\u201d said Richard Miller, a teacher from Indiana who is a member of Love Wins. \u201cWe are teachers, parents, preachers, even. I know I don\u2019t have a gay agenda, I have a life agenda.\u201d
\n\u201cWhen I hear about a gay agenda, all I can think of is whose ideas are these and why do they think LGBT have an evil agenda?\u201d said P.J. Carlisle, a creative arts teacher at the University of Dayton. \u201cCome to think of it, gay people do have an agenda, they want to be different without persecution.\u201d
\nAlso discussed in the presentation were the portrayals of LGBT in social media, such as films and television of the past. \u201cWe were always portrayed as perverts with an agenda, tragically flawed and even psychotic,\u201d said Richard Miller, \u201cthese portrayals do not represent us at all.\u201d
\nWhen asked if any of them had advice for any students struggling with their own sexual identity, Nick Daily, a teacher at Antioch College, said \u201cIt\u2019s all about safety and community. It\u2019s important finding others willing to accept who you are but it\u2019s most important to accept yourself\u201d.
\n\u201cBe strong and know that you are not alone,\u201d said Miller, \u201ccoming out may not be easy but it\u2019s different for everyone\u201d.
\n\u201cI just want those struggling to know that there is hope. I struggled with my sexuality to the point where I originally dropped out of college and painted houses,\u201d said Carlisle. \u201cBut when I was able to be honest with myself, I returned and eventually got my PhD.\u201d
\nCarlisle added, \u201cYou know one person who had a gay agenda? Harvey Milk, his agenda was to fight for the rights of the LGBT community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jimaur Calhoun
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