The stigma surrounding LGBT was broken down to the audience about the issues that these people each day. Paige Walker facilitated the workshop. That is to go with doing her best to make those in the room comfortable and enjoy the discussion. It helped to get people to corporate when she asked if anyone had any questions?
Walker said, “Adolescents are from the ages 12-24 “come out.” Feeling connected to a large community is all is wished from society.”
The focus was on creating understanding.
One of the strategies was giving a paper with terms. Another was seeing how much knowledge people held.
Random hands went up to answer the questions and shown they knew some of the definitions.
One of the words that many people did not understand was “cisgender.” Cisgender differs from transgender. Cisgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
When transgender is a term used to describe people who, for the most part, identity as the gender they were assigned at birth.
People from each sides of the Widener Lecture Hall raised their hands to tell stories they encountered as being individuals that are straight and being mistaken for something they are not.
That included talks about the eating disorders that women and bisexuals struggle with, youth social issues, PTSD, and etc.
All of the elements from Paige as being enthusiastic, energetic, social work, and a social justice activist was shown at this workshop as she carried the torch with many others in creating and changing society on this topic.
