By Caylee Brown
With the recent implementation of gender neutral bathrooms and pro-LGBTQ+ bulletin boards around the school, Washington’s LGBTQ+ Alliance Club, run by Mr. Gorski, has been recognized for its crucial changes and contributions that have drastically (and undeniably controversially) changed the environment and attitude toward the LGBTQ+ community at our school. Aiming to be more inclusive toward students with varying gender identities and sexual orientations is already a fundamental (and sometimes shied-away from) aspect of unifying any student body, and the Alliance Club is already taken steps to eliminate harmful factors like transphobia that negatively affect our community when it comes to bathrooms. The Alliance Club has also implemented much more covert methods of enhancing LGBTQ+ acceptance that tend to stay within the club but have a positive effect on all members of our community school and city wide, whether we tend to need the extra care or not. Paying careful attention to and shedding light on issues like how healthcare professionals treat members of the trans community, and discussing the process or the inability to/of coming out as queer or trans to one’s guardian are extremely beneficial to their causes. These conversations make a more open-minded society that is able to accept people regardless of their identity. So far, the Alliance Club is succeeding in its goal to make Washington a better place for those with diverse identities and experiences. Inclusivity is an extremely important contribution and step forward to equality. Hopefully their actions of today will positively impact society when preparing for tomorrow and the next generation of LGBTQ+ youth.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
May 2022
Categories |