1. I didn't have any expectations before attending the event. The only thing I really knew about the topic was that a few states had approved gay marriage and that Minnesota is trying to ban gay marriage in the state constitution.
2. The information was presented in an interesting way- it really kept my attention. It did not really differ from anything I've learned or heard in the past.
3. One thing I had never heard of was the issue of race in relation to the gay/ bisexual/ lesbian population. I agreed with her that it is not an issue that is often talked about and that there are people who are being left out of the movement because they are not white.
4. Yes the speakers personal life (being a lesbian), professional life (being a lawyer and working on cases relating to gay rights) and academic background (college educated) makes her an authority on the topic. She lives and works with the kinds of issues she talked about every day so she has a really good idea on the current status of the situations and the gay rights movement.
5. From her presentation I took away that everyone deserves equal rights and so those with HIV/AIDS should not be discriminated against on the basis of their health or medical condition.
Hi Kristy,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on the Urvashi Vaid presentation. It was a lot to take in all at once!
Race is a big factor in just about any civil rights/human rights movement. Somehow inequalities remain.
It seems like the amount of HIV/AIDS awareness/publications in the United States has gone down a lot, while it is increasing in other countries. Depending on what people in other countries have been taught about HIV/AIDS, those same countries have also seen an increase in the persecution of gay people and criminalization of homosexuality.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum