Brent Bilodeau Ph.D
Director of LBGTA
The Alliance of LGBTA Students
302 Student Services Building
Michigan State University East Lansing Mich. 48228
Dear Mr. Bilodeau:
As a student who is just entering high school I have a lot of plans for my future. Specifically I would like to go on and attend a great University such as Michigan State University. There are many things that I admire about Michigan State such as the environment, campus life, and of course the wonderful organizations. The organizations that interest me the most would have to be The Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Straight Ally students. I think very highly of what you are doing to help those students who have different views on their sexuality.
I believe that every school should have some kind of outlet for homosexual students who feel left out and mistreated because of their sexuality. You may not know how the population of homosexuals grows and affects my community every day. Many of the public schools that are located near me are populated by many homosexuals who make it very uncomfortable for others. Even though I am not a homosexual I see the struggles they go though during school and it becomes very distracting to others as well as distracting to fellow piers.
In addition, I also witnessed how these students become the outcast at school and how people commit ruthless hate crimes against them because of their sexuality. The way that they are treated not only becomes hard for them but for the people who are surrounding them such as me. I feel that there are many ways to better the situations that are amongst us concerning homosexuality. I sense that what you are doing in college referring to the Alliance of LGBTA can also be helpful to many high schools.
I believe that you should consider furthering the Alliance of LGBTA not only into more colleges but to high schools as well. This is very important to me because I believe that it can better the school system and allow kids to have an organization that they can call their own. I thank you for what you are doing to help those homosexual students who find comfort in the Alliance of LGBTA and I also want to thank you for taking time out to listen to my concerns.
Sincerely,
Friday, July 27, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Kenyata Thomas
“Gay Society”
In today’s society I believe that people are misjudged constantly. The diverse country we live in is made up of many different backgrounds, lifestyles, and beliefs. Most religious people were raised to believe that you are supposed to live life based upon God, Allah, or some other supernatural being. Who ever this mysterious person is he or she believes that you should save yourself until you’re married to someone of the opposite sex.
Some people may not always find the desire to be with the opposite sex appealing. According to Time writer John Cloud, in the article entitled “The Battle Over Gay Teens”, teen homosexuality is growing at a rapid rates. I have witnessed this rapid rate of homosexuality growth in the urban community schools and neighborhood in which I live. (1) In addition, Howard University published a book entitled The New Teenager which was published last summer acknowledged that the average homosexual comes out right after or before graduating from high school. I believe that this statement is very true many of my sister’s closet friends all converted to homosexuality during the junior year in high school. The book quotes a Penn State study of 350 adolescents which discovered that the mean age for a lesbian to have their first homosexual experience was at the age of 16 while boys on the other hand had theirs at the age of 14.
Even though the lord teaches us that homosexuality is sinful, many people who are homosexual still believe his word, but choose to make their own decision when it comes to who they want spend their life with. In my eyes, homosexuality is neither sinful nor spiteful. I am not homosexual, and I cannot imagine the things that they may go through. I have experienced growing up with a homosexual sibling and have seen her struggles.
During the time when my sister first was discovering her desire to be a lesbian, it was not very shocking to my family at all. We witnessed all the changes that she had to undergo to her path of lesbianism: from the change in attitude, to the way she dressed, to the things she did to the people she hung around. We learned to accept the fact that one day that it would come to this point. Maybe you may not want to believe that homosexuality exists in society, but it does. It is all around us at times you may not see it because your eyes can be deceiving you but they are there. No matter what a bible, book, article, or any other type of reference says, there are always people in the world who find happiness with the same sex. Those people are called homosexuals!
(1)Cloud, John. “The Battle Over Gay Teens”. Time Oct. 2005: 1-12pgs
“Gay Society”
In today’s society I believe that people are misjudged constantly. The diverse country we live in is made up of many different backgrounds, lifestyles, and beliefs. Most religious people were raised to believe that you are supposed to live life based upon God, Allah, or some other supernatural being. Who ever this mysterious person is he or she believes that you should save yourself until you’re married to someone of the opposite sex.
Some people may not always find the desire to be with the opposite sex appealing. According to Time writer John Cloud, in the article entitled “The Battle Over Gay Teens”, teen homosexuality is growing at a rapid rates. I have witnessed this rapid rate of homosexuality growth in the urban community schools and neighborhood in which I live. (1) In addition, Howard University published a book entitled The New Teenager which was published last summer acknowledged that the average homosexual comes out right after or before graduating from high school. I believe that this statement is very true many of my sister’s closet friends all converted to homosexuality during the junior year in high school. The book quotes a Penn State study of 350 adolescents which discovered that the mean age for a lesbian to have their first homosexual experience was at the age of 16 while boys on the other hand had theirs at the age of 14.
Even though the lord teaches us that homosexuality is sinful, many people who are homosexual still believe his word, but choose to make their own decision when it comes to who they want spend their life with. In my eyes, homosexuality is neither sinful nor spiteful. I am not homosexual, and I cannot imagine the things that they may go through. I have experienced growing up with a homosexual sibling and have seen her struggles.
During the time when my sister first was discovering her desire to be a lesbian, it was not very shocking to my family at all. We witnessed all the changes that she had to undergo to her path of lesbianism: from the change in attitude, to the way she dressed, to the things she did to the people she hung around. We learned to accept the fact that one day that it would come to this point. Maybe you may not want to believe that homosexuality exists in society, but it does. It is all around us at times you may not see it because your eyes can be deceiving you but they are there. No matter what a bible, book, article, or any other type of reference says, there are always people in the world who find happiness with the same sex. Those people are called homosexuals!
(1)Cloud, John. “The Battle Over Gay Teens”. Time Oct. 2005: 1-12pgs
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"A Little Taste of College Life"
Just starting college is the most wonderful thing that can happen in you life , but at the same time it is very nerveracking and sometimes difficult. Being in a whole new enviorment from a regular school can be confusing . I love all of my college professors they Rock !!!!!!!!!!!
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