LGBT in my community?

Table of contents
LGBT
in my community??
---INTRO (SHORT IMAGES)
----HOW PEOPLE REACT TO LGBT?
(ARTICLE+STORY)
-----HOW TO BE AN ALLY
------WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NOW?
-------RESOURCES

INRTO
WHAT DO YOU FEEL AND THINK IF A GAY COUPLE MOVES TO YOUR
HOMETOWN? IF YOU WERE A PARENT WHO TAKES CARE OF YOUR CHILD,
YOU MIGHT BE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILD TO GET ANY EFFECT FROM
THE COUPLE.
AT LEAST, YOU DO NOT FEEL HAPPY OR WELCOME WITH THAT. THIS IS
THE COMMON REACTION I CAN SEE IN REALITY. MY ZINE IS FOCUSED,
PASSIONATE AND SUPPORTIVE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. TO CONVERT
THIS GENERAL RECOGNITION AND ATTITUDE, I PUT CONTENTS THAT
SHOW HOW TO BE AN ALLY FOR LGBT AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO
FOR THEM.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS ZINE AND IT AROUSES ANY CHANGE WITHIN
YOU! THANK YOU!

Strengths and Silences
heightened incidents of student victimization based on sexual orientation and gender
identity/expression in schools
Even though the government officially admit the rights or marriage of LGBT,
There are still many people against them
People are not likely to accept LGBT in their communities like the message images
They show their boundaries towards LGBT by picketing or something like that
Most parents in a village town or residence mind that LGBT come to their
communities due to their kids.
They do not want their kids to get any impact from
LGBT
This can cause the community relationship to break up
by bringing pros and cons about LGBT
Those divisions and protests give LGBTs shame and limit
to get into the communities
Even though they move to the community successfully,
They can see the boundaries towards them by the behaviors of the others in the
town

“3 reasons why schools will not offer curriculum that
includes LGBT topics”
1.Unsupportive Administrators - Many teachers will not enter into
the domain of using curriculum that includes LGBT related topics
because their administrators will not support them.
2. Parent Pushback - There are small groups of parents in some
districts, and large groups of parents in other districts who do not
want their children, and any other children, exposed to LGBT related
topics in school. School leaders and teachers have seen parents pull
their children from when schools participate in the Day of Silence.
Some parents bring their own values into the public school setting and
want schools to abide by those values. Teachers will not test the
waters of LGBT topics in their classroom if they feel that parents will
pushback and administrators will not be supportive. There are some
districts that are moving forward, but there has been a great deal of
pushback.
3. Don't Know where to start - Many teachers and leaders do not know
where to start. They usually begin by using words like tolerance and
acceptance (I prefer acceptance over being tolerated). The most
important place to begin is with school board policies and student
codes of conduct that stipulate discipline for students who harass and
bully based on sexual orientation and gender expression.
When I was in Canada, I saw some parents holding up pickets
saying that “We do not let our children learn that!” in front of
some secondary schools in sd43 district. It means that parents
do not want the schools to get curriculum about LGBT.
My homestay mother also joined the picketing. She
supported the group she was involved in by preparing
breakfast and hot lunch. At the dinner time of one day,
homestay family and I talked about the picketing my host
mother was working on. I asked her why she went against
the LGBT curriculum. She answered that she did not want
her children to get used to that kind of culture.
At the moment, I was wondering what exactly “that kind of
culture” meant she just mentioned. I did not ask back, but I
expected that no one could define that. Milana, the
youngest daughter of the family, cast a question “Can man
get married to man?” For her question, my host mother said
“Yes, but it is not normal.”
Again,
I was wondering what exactly the “normal” meant. What is
the standard of the “normal” she mentioned? Who made the
standard? On the contrary, my host father had different
opinion. He said that the marriage of the same gender could
be made. He argued that love is not limited and defined by
gender. Also, he claimed that all people have their own free
of whom they are going to love.

Because of the different opinion, each argument was going
around the dinner table. My host father said that LGBTs are
minority in our society and we need to respect them for our
community. However, my host mother argued that in order
to protect and truly improve our community, we do not
accept LGBT because they have an impact on education of
children and mess up our district by breaking the good
community relationship.
Who is right?
I was confused. I felt both of them had appropriate
argument on their own. Actually, I agreed with my host
father’s argument of love. However, I do not know why, but
I generally do not feel close or open-minded to LGBT as a
friend like what my mother said.
“who typically has the power and privilege to speak on this
issue?”
-in this case, not LGBT people, called majority, speak out
their opinions against LGBT. However, I can tell the majority
does not have the official power and privilege to push back
the minority. I cannot find out specific reasons why the
minority feels isolated even though they, themselves, do not
know the reason.
what the picketing people stand to gain by controlling the
narrative?
By the picketing activity, the group my host mother was
involved in could gain a result that the district stopped the
curriculum about LGBT.
At the dinner table, the word “free” my host father used was
attractive. However, I was also getting into what my host
mother was going to say about LGBT. She mentioned one of
reasons she cons LGBTs is that the way they share love
causes a number of problems such as diseases.
My host father, however, did not agree with her argument.
He said seriously that people just fear things that are
different from themselves. “men can be feminine! Women
can be masculine!” People usually feel uncomfortable the
way LGBT behave and wear clothes, but it is technically their
free. People just do not like it because they are not
accustomed to that. They do not have any right to complain
that. Even if they protest and hide any issue related to LGBT,
what they gain is only to be comfortable for themselves,
which is more selfish.

On June 26 th of 2015, rainbow-colored lights shone on the White House. The
constitution officially guarantees a right to the same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
There were people who rioted about this. The more intensely they protest against it,
the more severely sexual minorities isolate themselves from the societies. Even
though their rights are legally accepted and guaranteed, they are still likely to hide
themselves. My social justice issue “do we accept and give a consent to LGBT?” is
still a controversial question. However, LGBT do not need to put walls from the
world. In order to solve this problem, they had better know how to be allies with
people. There are five steps for that. First, LGBT should understand their privileges.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. This means that sexual
minorities officially get their rights, so they should not get any penalty because of
their identities. For example, there are many LGBT who get fired in their companies
since they are sexual minorities. However, it does not make sense any longer. They
have enough privilege to say that it is unfair and to take their rights. Therefore, it is
very important to understand their own privileges. Second, LGBT have their
homework. People are exposed to news and issues through newspaper or social
network service. They share a number of various opinions. They learn and experience
what they did not find out within their own world. Therefore, for LGBT, they take a
look at what people think about them and learn from it. They can build up their own
opinion from the learning. They feel free to share those as a privilege, which is also
known as homework for them coming from the learning process. Third, it is time for
LGBT to speak up. One of the reasons some people put distance from LGBT is the
difference they feel from LGBT. The difference has nothing to do with the people
and has no any impact on them. However, the distance does not seem to get narrow.
What if LGBT actively get their voice to the public instead of hiding themselves at
the beginning when the LGBT issue comes up? I am wondering if people keep
putting distance from them. People might listen, and some could start to think over
about the issues. The sexual minorities speak up for their privilege and homework.
The isolation they have makes people ignore and look down them. The next step to
be an ally with people for LGBT is polite apology when they make mistake. When
they speak up and try to share their opinions, it goes without saying that there are
many conflicts. They could be upset at some opposite arguments and yell out loud
their arguments with bad temper. That results in mistake. These cut off supports
towards them. It is important not to make mistakes, but nobody is perfect. It is also
important to apologize politely and quickly if they make any. That will absolutely
help them get close to people and remove any stereotype people can have. People
need to know the mistakes result from not intent but impact. The last step is to
remember that “ally” is a verb. In other word, the most important to be an ally is
practice. I have listened to issues related to LGBT, and I have a friend who is actually
in the minority. However, I have not seen my friend practice one of these five steps.
Whenever there is issue about LGBT, I can see pictures in which people are picketing
and protesting, but there are few pictures of many LGBT passionately practicing.

Low-pitched tone of voice, big hands and wide shoulder make YG
look more manly. It is more awkward to take the person as a
woman. When I heard that YG is female, my eyes got the biggest
size ever.
YG and I are in the same club of Korean Student Association, and
she is a president of that club. As many use “she” to call YG, the
fact that YG is female is planted into my brain. However, she
looks like a man so much.
One day, all members of KSA went to a restaurant to eat out
altogether. There was long line-up. We were waiting to be seated
outside in Winter. YG was standing next to me in the line. We
talked to each other. We shared funny stories and some secret.
To tell me a secret, YG came close to me and put her mouth to my
ear very closely to keep the secret. When she tried to do this, I
stepped back naturally. I avoided getting her whisper in the short
distance. My body reacted first to her approach.
Do I consider YG a man unconsciously? Why did I get some
distance from her even though I can whisper naturally to my
female friends?
Atmosphere from her is really similar to one from general men.
Even though I know YG is female, her behavior and tone of voice
make me confused with her real identity.
Her identity issue is always a popular topic whenever she
is into any gossip. She just got a new girlfriend now. This
news is spreading so fast over the Korean community of
Michigan State University.
There are some typical questions following the news. “How do
they sex?” “is YG girlfriend also a lesbian?” “Is it possible that
they, the same sex, are dating?” When this issue springs up, 8 out
of 10 people take them so weird and ridiculous. People do not
celebrate the new couple but give them bad sights.
Why do people not admit her identity she wants to have and
respect it? I do not agree with those. I can see her really want to
be male. This should be respected by people not be an issue in
any gossip or conversation.
Therefore, I use “he” as a subject when I refer to YG. I am not
likely to touch YG freely as I am not to my male friends. When he
tries to get close to me, I naturally step back and get away a little
from him.
To be honest, this kind of my behavior goes unconsciously. This
tells me if people take LGBT what they want to be and keep their
new identities in mind, consideration and respect for them is
automatically followed.
When I heard the news of new girlfriend from YG directly, I
celebrated him with smile on my face. Also, I recommended fancy
and delicious restaurants near the school. It is true that the
typical questions people get also stay in my brain. I did not ask
him them. I just clapped my hands as I do for my male friends to
celebrate their good news.
I tapped his shoulder not gave him a big hug. I kept some
distance away from him. This is how I take action, dealing with
him. This is a respect and consideration for him.
People who heard his news do not have a try to understand him
or take respect. They just say “that is weird” first. They even do
not try to feel empathy to him.
The word “consent” cannot be applied to the people at all.
However, YG has kept his love well despite this not-welcomed
atmosphere. I believe he can do that since there is some great
cheers for him from people like me.
Determined to take YG as a male, I put male images on YG. This
really helps me consider YG a man. Actions I have taken plays an
important role in respecting YG’s sexual identity.

Resource
• Text images: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/three-steps-to-disable-imessageand-not-lose-your-mind/
• The article of three reasons:
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• Background images: http://www.aroundyou.com.au/articles/find-a-friend-inbrisbanes-lgbt-community
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26511-out-in-the-open-is-science-lgbtfriendly/
http://www.fioregroup.org/lgbt-and-inclusivity-at-work/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT
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