A Peculiar Observation

Ursinus and Diversity. How often have we all heard those two words in the same sentence? Probably more than collective sanity and empathy can bare. Recently, I was considering the diversity issues that we all hear so much about. I was looking on the website and trying to understand what Ursinus is actually doing, as they often claim they are doing a great deal to confront these issues. Just on the website something became obvious. The College has recently made a serious effort with Queer issues. Which is wonderful. Clearly, I benefit and partake in these efforts as a contributor to this blog. The reason it struck me as so interesting is that it seems, and this might not be the way it was meant to seem, that the College has chosen Queer issues as their diversity issue. What I mean by this is that College has pointed to Queer issues as the issue they would like to address under this umbrella term of diversity.

This might seem controversial, but as a person who benefits from this peculiar privilege, I think it is necessary to point out. Take for example Queer House. I have sat in on the meetings with Residence Life to get the house reinstated for next year, and generally know a decent amount of the effort to attain and retain the house. In the same meetings, there is always discussion of the other houses as well, which includes the Africana and American Studies house. This house is just as important and serves the same purpose Queer house does, only it is a space for students of color on our campus. The College has clearly given some sort of preference in the case of SPINT, and  it is important to discuss when it comes to understanding the efforts to make Ursinus a "diverse" community and diversity discussions generally.

One of Those Moments

So, as I mentioned in my first post I have been questioning who I am lately and trying to figure out my sexuality. All of this has left me unsure about who I am, what I like, and basically completely in the dark. However, even though I don't know who/what I am in terms of sexuality at Ursinus I feel like that doesn't matter. The friends I have and Queer House have allowed me to explore myself and not be worried about judgement.

But then I went home for spring break. For my entire life, even now, I present as "straight" (whatever that means) but everyone has assumed I am straight and I still have a great deal of straight privilege. Which is cool, whatever. But I was home for an entire day before my mom just looked at me and said "Are you gay?" A really wonderful thing to be asked by your mom who you only see every few months. I was stunned. The only reason I could come up with that she would ask something like this out of the blue was the night before, she asked me "are there any girls that you are interested in, lately?"

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The Anonymous X.

Hi. My portion of this blog is going to be a collection of incidences where I have been forced to consider my sexuality here on our campus. The reason I am remaining anonymous is because I still consider myself “questioning,”  or at least not ready to jump on any particular identity yet. I want these anecdotes to be something anyone who is exploring themselves can relate to.