DRC Wellness 360
Yesterday I went to the Douglass wellness 360 event and it was so much fun! I got to go around and get some free stuff while learning about some programs that are on campus such as the scarlet listeners and The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities.
The best part was the breakout sessions. The first one I went to was about partying and the things you should do before, during and after the party. It was really helpful and told me about a lot of things to do and look out for when I go to a party.
My second breakout session was ran by Jeremy and was about LGBTQA. I was so excited for this breakout session. We watched a daily show video about the LGBTQA community but it was specific about people who identify as Transgender. It really made me angry that people are so against people who identify as transgender to use the bathroom that they want to identify as. They want to force them to use the the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on the peoples’ birth certificates. Some people think that people who identify as transgender are people who are perverts and are trying to attack the people in the bathroom that they want to identify. This makes me so angry because people should be allowed to use which ever bathroom that the feel most comfortable in and which gender identity that they want to identify as. People take for granted how much of a privilege it is to be able to go to the bathroom without being questioned. It is so wrong that people get questioned or stopped if they try to use the bathroom of the gender identity that they want to identify as. It also makes me angry that Kansas is trying to pass a bill saying that students will be paid $2500 if they encounter someone who is transgender in the bathroom. This makes me so upset because they are teaching the students the opposite of what they should be teaching them. They are promoting discrimination towards people who identify as transgender instead of teaching them that transgender people are wonderful people who are just like everyone else. Why can’t everyone have the right to identify which ever gender identify they feel comfortable in without getting questions!!!!!!!!!