(LGBT) What it was like to be trapped in the closet in the days before Stonewall [View all]

I travel around the world giving presentations and workshops. I present to university and high school campuses, as well as at professional conventions on social justice issues.

A few years ago, I spoke about the topic of heterosexism at an east coast university. A student asked me what my undergraduate LGBTQ+ student group was like.

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“Was there much resistance from the administration and from other students?” she inquired. More questions followed: “Did the women and men work well together?” “Were bisexuals and trans people welcome?” “Was the group’s focus political or mainly social?” “Was there a separate ‘coming out’ group for new members?” “What kinds of campus activities did your group sponsor?”

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