A Space Analysis

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Within the University, there are about nine various student organizations that work along with LGBT Resource Center to provide more inclusion and “safe” spaces for other minority students. Some of these organizations are “A Space”, which is an organization that provides a place to discuss asexual and aromantic identities and issues. “CUTES” which is an acronym for the Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, to again provide a voice and a safe space for the trans community on campus as well as advocate for trans equality. Infusions is a Multicultural Gender Sexuality Alliance that aims to focus on intersections of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and race. Mosaic, which was formerly Building Bridges, aims to provide a safe space for LGBTQIA …show more content…

In an article by Kaufman, the way he describes reflexivity is similar to introspection. He gives a specific example of showing clips from a documentary called War Zone by Maggie Hadleigh-West, where it touches on the lives of women who are constantly harassed, ogled, whistled at, and even touched in their daily lives. When Kaufman shows this in his film class, many of the male students are in disbelief and think that the filmmaker is over exaggerating these events. However, when every female in the class begins to relate to these personal experiences in the film, only then do the men begin to see the world more reflexively. The male students begin to realize that their world view is limited and privileged through a gendered …show more content…

Many heterosexual folks don’t understand their privilege until they begin to talk with people, listen to their stories, and observe other realities or read about other realities, that they then begin to realize what role they play in certain spaces. This is something that is absolutely crucial as a sociologist. Developing a deeper reflexivity by learning about other societies can cultivate your sociological imagination and it can help comprehend your own placement in the complex world we live in today. Reflexivity in my field of study can also have it’s downfalls as well if you are not careful about your own biases. In hopes to be as objective as possible in understanding my own standing as a queer person of color, I want to shed light on the feminist and queer scholar of how people relate to the LGBTRC in their own

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