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Color The Campus

3 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read

We will Befriend!

Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community is isolating. Even more so in a religious environment, where the common consensus is that LGBTQ+ and faith cannot coexist.

4 years ago (to the semester) I took Eternal Families. While discussing LGBTQ+ topics a student in my class said, "I don't have a problem with gay people. I just don't understand why I have to be their friend."

This was devastating. This student didn't even know me, yet because I was gay had just admitted to the entire class that he would never want to be my friend.

Tolerance is not love. "Allowing" LGBTQ+ individuals to exist but keeping your distance is not allyship. We need you to stand with us, sit with us, cry with us, and laugh with us.

We need your friendship.

We are your children, siblings, parents, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and peers. We see you. Do you see us?

#ColorTheCampus #RainbowDay #ItsNotBlackAndWhite #ItsRainbow

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