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Originally Posted by indieFan
Can someone please list some of the issues that affect the LGBT+ members within the FIRST and/or STEM contexts that would be addressed by this blog?
I'm trying to understand how it fits in, but still have no clue.
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Happily. A lot of these are just little things that pile up. One great thing a blog bringing light to these things could do is make people realize that they were unintentionally harming others and stop.
1. The use of the phrase "that's gay". Unless you are pointing at a gay wedding, that phrase gives a sense of negativity to being gay. If I see someone call something bad "gay", how will that affect my perception of myself?
2. Hotel rooms (and other methods of grouping) for those in the trans community. Sticking trans kids in a separate room because you can't figure out where they belong gives a sense of otherness.
3. FIRST is also an avenue through which to break the stereotypes that gay men are "fairies" and are not engineers, in the same way that FIRST has inspired many young women to follow their dreams.