Out of Spite EP5: My Queer Academia
Content Warning: Mentions of transphobia and violence
LGBTQ+ people often experience discrimination in both their school and work lives. Get to hear your broadcasters' experiences and difficulties in a way that can only be described as "My Queer Academia". (or not, but it sounds nice, doesn't it?)
LGBTQ+ people often experience discrimination in both their school and work lives. Get to hear your broadcasters' experiences and difficulties in a way that can only be described as "My Queer Academia". (or not, but it sounds nice, doesn't it?)
Out Of Spite is the show where LGBTQ+ issues are anything but out of mind.
Catch us live on Twitch, Wednesdays at 2:30PM EST:
https://twitch.tv/queertvofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outofspiteofficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/outspite
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UEj9SWWqQzQrELmvIzoxx
Opening song is "Above All", by "HOME". Allowed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
(CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://soundcloud.com/home-2001
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The following is all statistics and data:
• A 2018 study by Rutgers found that, when compared to cis/het students, more LGBTQ college students reported that their campus was safe and secure, or even inviting.
[“Queer-Spectrum and Trans-Spectrum Student Experiences in American Higher Education” (https://tcc-j2made.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/09/White-Paper-Final.pdf) [Rutgers, 2018]]
◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my sexual orientation are respected on this campus”:
▪ 85.7% of the heterosexual students agreed
▪ 50% of non-heterosexual students agreed
◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my gender identity are respected on this campus”:
▪ 65.2% of cisgender students agreed
▪ 30.8% of TGNC students agreed
[“Queer-Spectrum and Trans-Spectrum Student Experiences in American Higher Education” (https://tcc-j2made.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/09/White-Paper-Final.pdf) [Rutgers, 2018]]
◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my sexual orientation are respected on this campus”:
▪ 85.7% of the heterosexual students agreed
▪ 50% of non-heterosexual students agreed
◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my gender identity are respected on this campus”:
▪ 65.2% of cisgender students agreed
▪ 30.8% of TGNC students agreed
• 2018 Study by the HRC Foundation and University of Connecticut:
◦ 27% of LGBTQ+ Youth can “Definitely” be themselves in school
◦ Only 26% of LGBTQ youth report that they “always feel safe in the classroom”
◦ 27% of LGBTQ+ Youth can “Definitely” be themselves in school
◦ Only 26% of LGBTQ youth report that they “always feel safe in the classroom”
[“2018 LGBTQ Youth Report” (https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/2018-YouthReport-NoVid.pdf) [HRC Foundation & University of Connecticut, 2018]]
20% of LGBTQ+ people experienced discrimination when applying for jobs
["Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of LGBTQ Americans” (https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/surveys_and_polls/2017/rwjf441734) [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017]]
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