#lgbtqstudies

[hofculctr]

Hofstra University

Film Screening: Heightened Security

Join us for a screening of Heightened Scrutiny (2025; Sam Feder, director), an award-winning film that follows fearless civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio as he fights a high-stakes legal battle before the Supreme Court to overturn Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth (United States v. Skrmetti). The film confronts not only anti-trans legislation but also a media landscape that distorts public perception and threatens democracy. With the SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving health care, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice.

Tuesday, April 7, 1-2:40 p.m. Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor South Campus

This event is FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required. More info and to RSVP visit https://tinyurl.com/57d5zs7e.

[4evermyavalon]

Hello everyone. I'm hoping you can help me with my master's thesis survey.

I am studying the Master's in Tourism Marketing and Management at the University of Eastern Finland, and the title of my thesis is A Study of the LGBTQ Community's Perspective Regarding Finland as a Tourist Destination.

It is a survey-based study and I need LGBTQ people who have an interest in travel to fill it out, which would take around 10 minutes to complete.

The results of this study will potentially help LGBTQ tourism in my part of Finland. I would greatly appreciate your help with this, so if you can spare a little time, it would contribute to better results and a stronger thesis.

Here is the link to the survey: https://lnkd.in/emVhXsHG

[craftygal65]

So....how can you collect data for a study on being a lesbian from 1509 HETEROSEXUALS? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️(http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/male-scientist-claims-lesbianism-evolved-because-men-like-it-gay-community-disagrees/) #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqstudies

[sexeducation-yp-blog]

Reflection

Sex education begins to be given to children and if children knew there is more than just a gender binary they would be more understanding of people who are LGBTQ. Those who are LGBTQ would feel more confident in being themselves as they are growing up and once they become adults they will be able to face more obstacles in a more confident way. By being educated on issues of gender identity people would be more sensitive towards each other. Based on the program in Massachusetts to try to help sexual minorities I think other schools in the United States should be doing the same. I feel like all schools should try to talk these important issues to create an environment where students are able to enhance their learning without fear of being discriminated or being bullied. The environment they are in can affect their performance therefore schools should make it feel like a safe place by including important information in sex education.

    Doing this research I feel like I learned how people who identify as heterosexual might not see much of a problem in sex education being taught towards a heterosexual audience. They might feel like it is something normal. However this allows the continuation of this idea that there is just a gender binary and that anything different is not normal. They might not realize how this continues to marginalize the LGBT community. I feel like people should not be so quick to judge and let others be who they want to be.

[gws203-blogproject-blog]

Symbolic of taking an intersectional approach when looking at LGBTQ issues such as art history which I talked about in previous posts.

11th post —Reflection

My new insight on the lack of representation of art by trans people of color enables me to see the importance of taking an intersectional perspective when analyzing LGBTQ studies. I can only hope that more research will be done on transgender people in addition to LGBTQ research in the near future. Seeing that transgender people have started gaining rights and notoriety within the past few years or so, I can understand why there is so little information out there.

By sharing my insight on Tumblr, I am making an issue that doesn’t receive much attention more public. I’ve also learned and will share that one should be careful and conscious when choosing what issues of trans people of color to represent in their art. In my work for this assignment that past few days, I’ve already been noticing more of the whiteness that are society is based around.

[letstalkaboutconversionther-blog]

Post 11: Reflection

         This project was a bit emotionally draining. There is plenty of research out there about conversion therapy but the draining part comes from reading horrific stories of people’s real experiences with this type of “therapy”. Not only does it pain me as a human to think of others going through this but as a member of the queer community it is heartbreaking to know there are people in situation that are so unaccepting to the point they are forced to “convert”.

           This research has taught me the importance of looking at topics through an intersectional lens versus just thinking in my single opinion about the topic. It pushed me to be accepting of other view that may differ from mine while also pushing me to think about the structures that perpetuate these treatments still existing. After completing this project I am very interested in the shift from medical use of this treatment to religion. It is important to remember this idea of the necessity for this therapy came from somewhere and to analyze its existence and how to reform our thinking to move away from it.

[letstalkaboutconversionther-blog]

Post 10: Additional Resources

The following links provide access to resources either used in these series of blog posts as well as some additional sources. Included with each is a brief description of what the source is.

http://www.nclrights.org/our-work/bornperfect/

           This is the NCLR website which includes a page that has a breakdown of conversion therapy. It provides educational resources on what conversion therapy is, facts about this therapy, and other resources about laws and policy making.

http://drdoughaldeman.com/doc/ScientificExamination.pdf

           This is the article mentioned in post three by Haldeman. This is an article there is a history provided about conversion therapy as well as a discussion of how it is still very prevalent in today’s society. He also addresses the medical professional side of treatment.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4065319.pdf?acceptTC=true

           This link is to the article discussed in post four. It is about the ill-treatment of humans. Included is narrative of a man that was forced into conversion therapy. This article also provides useful ways in which the government could implement changes to end conversion therapy and protect minors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML85PFluEoE

           This video is of a past workshop Sam Brinton (The real life example from post five) help in which he talks about his experience with conversion therapy. He also touches on the history of conversion therapy as well as a bit about current movements around the topic. *This video does include details about his experience/violence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/samhsa-conversion-therapy_561fb2eee4b050c6c4a47482

           This web page further discussed a federal report made to push for banning conversion therapy especially to protect LGBTQIA youth. I talks a bit about policies and  why states should join the movement against conversion therapy use.

http://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

           This is a link to the Human Rights Campaign web page on conversion therapy. They provide resources to educate on the subject but also statistics on conversion therapy. It also lists some organizations and their stances on these types of therapies.

https://www.splcenter.org/issues/lgbt-rights/conversion-therapy

           This was an article put out by a law practice that aims to protect LGBTQIA folks. In this article they expose how conversion therapy is dangerous. Their website provided legal resources as well.

http://prospect.org/article/my-so-called-ex-gay-life

           This is more of a narrative form a person who experienced lack of acceptance and conversion therapy treatments. *This is a true story/ includes some description of treatments

[letstalkaboutconversionther-blog]

Post 9: Recommendations

      One recommendation I would put forth is the obvious which is expanding movements to result in the government banning conversion therapies in all fifty states. This is obviously something that is a work in progress and is more recent since the first state to ban it (in regards to minors) only did so three years ago. This is important because we now allow same sex marriages which shows the need for acceptance of people with different identities yet in those same states conversion therapy is allowed to continue with is doing the opposite work of promoting acceptance. The banning of conversion therapy in total may be a stretch because as mentioned above some people can willingly participate but expanding protection of minors who might not have a choice is an achievable goal.

           A second recommendation would be to expand conversion therapy as a topic in education.  Conversion therapy should be expanded outside of education received by medical students. Higher education systems have a chance to offer whichever courses they choose which means offering courses about conversion therapy but also treatments that harm people like this could be beneficial in increasing awareness about the topic. It could not only be included in LGBTQIA studies but other departments like psychology and history to reach more students and have a broader impact.

           A third recommendation would be to reform the training that medical professions receive. This would be beneficial in many ways including to end conversion therapy. If the training was formatted in a way where there was a more intersectional approach to teaching about the queer community then it could possibly create a safer environment for folks within the community. We cannot expect medical professionals to understand experiences of LGBTQIA folks unless we offer better resources and education on those experiences. This could reduce stigmas attached to the community and possible reduce the acceptance of discriminatory harmful practices such as conversion therapy.