Tufts U Organizing ‘Lavender’ Retreat to Teach ‘Oppression’ and ‘Queer History’
“We are committed to community accountability and justice”
Notice how the event is focusing on oppression. Everyone has to be a victim.
Campus Reform reports:
Tufts promotes LGBT retreat to teach ‘oppression’ and ‘queer history’
Tufts University in Massachusetts is organizing a “Lavender Retreat” for LGBT-identifying students next month.
The university’s LGBT Center, which is organizing the event, shared more information in an Aug. 2 Instagram post.
Scheduled for Sept. 26–28, the retreat is planned for “freshmen and sophomores at Tufts who are looking to build community and explore queerness as an identity/framework!”
“At the LGBT Center, we aim to uplift people of color, trans and nonbinary people, and first-gen students in all of our work,” the description says. “Folks within these communities are strongly encouraged to apply!”
The post also reassures students wondering if they are “queer enough” to participate in the “Lavender Retreat.”
Participants will join in “LOTS of guided dialogue on topics such as queer/trans history, intersectionality, oppression, and action,” “opportunities to step outside your comfort zone in a welcoming space, in a group of 20 LGBTQ+ students,” and a “space to reflect on your identities and how you want to show up in the world as a ‘queer leader.’”
According to its web page, the LGBT Center “believes that LGBTQIA+ experiences are not a monolith as we understand that race, gender, ability, and class background play a huge role in access and privilege.”
“We are committed to community accountability and justice,” the page adds.
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“a welcoming space, in a group of 20 LGBTQ+ students”
Disney’s “Birth of A Cult,” in theaters this December!
Had I realized my orientation back in my college years I still doubt I’d have anything to do with this or any other “gay”-centered thing on campus, or off.
Back then I was to the left of where I am now. Even so, this sort of thing – in my opinion – is for those whose entire worldview is through the prism of their homosexualityh. There is far more to me than that.