Field Trip Day

This week my class took a field trip to listen to a panel of speakers. Two were gay, two were lesbian and one was transgender. In our society today many people frown upon others who chose to live their lives this way. After listening to the speakers though, I feel society needs to change in order for acceptance and unity in many communities. It's sad to hear the words the speakers were called such as faggot, queer, he/she and many more. One thing that really stuck out to me during the presentation was how they said, "We didn't choose to be this way, just like you didn't choose to be straight." I had never really thought of it like that  and it made me realize that they didn't really have a choice. It also relates to the whole nature vs. nurture idea. They were explaining how the choice of being either gay, straight, transgender, etc is nature. It is as if they are "genetically" born with the idea of that is what their identity is and that's "normal" for them. Thankfully, Stevenson is very progressive and has helped out a lot for these kinds of students. Programs like the GSA and Peer Helpers make school a lot easier for them. Hopefully for future generations speakers like these can help educate more people about LGBTQ so people are more accepting and understand.