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Meeting Information
GLBTA Partnership meetings are held every Wednesday at 5PM. Click here for a listing of all meeting locations. Minutes for weekly meetings will be posted on the website.
Feeling Harassed?
If you need to speak with someone about sexual harassment or have questions about coming out of the closet, visit the WSU Counseling Center at 220 Wabasha Hall.
If you have been harassed, contact either Alex Hines, Director of the Inclusion and Diversity Office (AHines@winona.edu, 507-457-5595, Kryzsko 121) or Dan Lintin, Faculty/Staff GLBTA Advocate (DLintin@winona.edu, 507-457-5531).
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Meeting Times & Locations
The GLBTA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allie) Partnership meets every Wednesday at 5PM. Week-to-week meeting locations are avaiable here. Please join our Facebook group, or email wsu.glbta@gmail.com and ask to be added to the mailing list, to receive up-to-date information and a weekly reminder about meeting times and locations!
What does it mean to be LGBT?
Being gay or lesbian means that you have strong physical, emotional and romantic feelings for people of the same sex. Being bisexual means you are attracted to both men and women. Sexual orientation (being gay, lesbian or bisexual) and gender identity (whether you feel you are male, female or some combination of both) are two distinct though often related concepts. For example, transgender people may be gay, lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual.Your sexuality or gender identity is not a choice.
It chooses you. Some people say that sexuality or gender identity is a choice to discourage you from gay or lesbian relationships or from being comfortable with expressing your gender in the way that feels right to you. But think about it for a minute: Did you choose to have feelings of same-sex attraction? Did you choose your sex at birth? Sexuality and gender identity are not choices any more than being left-handed or having brown eyes or being heterosexual are choices. They are a part of who you are. The choice is in deciding how to live your life.Being LGBT is not a "lifestyle"— it's a life.
It's sometimes said that GLBT people live a gay "lifestyle," a word chosen to trivialize us and to imply that all of us subscribe to the same values, characteristics and dreams. The fact is that the GLBT community is as diverse as the population at large.(Copyright © Oregon State University LGBTQQIA)