{"id":245,"date":"2018-02-06T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/?p=245"},"modified":"2018-02-06T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T17:15:35","slug":"archives-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/uncategorized\/archives-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives; Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Campus Times<\/i> has apparently been a place to vent anger over the school\u2019s oppressive systems for longer than I thought, with several editorial columns about such issues even back in the 1970s. I was particularly intrigued by a few articles from May 1971 decrying Eastman Dean Flora Burton\u2019s homophobic policies. These articles were harshly critical both of Dean Burton\u2019s threatening of students discovered to be having gay sex, and of the administration\u2019s refusal to respond to these allegations. My impression had always been that this was not the kind of issue that earned a place in newspapers any time before the past two decades or so, and it was surprising to me to learn not only that it was talked about, but that people were able to be so vocal about it. I also thought it was very relevant to current events on campus\u2014protests against racism, the sexual harrassment lawsuits, and so on\u2014where we STILL see the administration\u2019s refusal to enact actual beneficial change in response. If anything could be found, I would want to include with these something indicating whether any changes came about after these articles, or if the administration\u2019s inactivity was just as pervasive back then.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lack of inclusion is something that I, as a non-binary person, notice almost constantly in my everyday life. Our language is so deeply coded with binary-gendered speech that this exclusion is essentially unavoidable. I am always particularly aware of phrases people use that are meant to address everyone in an audience, but still depend on gender divisions\u2014for example, when a crowd is addressed as \u201cladies and gentlemen,\u201d or when the members of a group are spoken of as \u201cbrothers and sisters.\u201d Even spaces where the existence of non-binary people is recognized frequently use expressions like these. Just the other day, I saw an intersectional feminist page comment about \u201csupport for our black brothers and sisters,\u201d yet also posting about issues for non-binary people, which blatantly ignores that non-binary people of color do exist. This exclusion, of course, is only one part of it; beyond that there are issues of pronouns, \u201cpolite\u201d terms of address (which are usually limited to \u201csir\u201d or \u201cma\u2019am\u201d), and the fact that Hylan building has a small bathroom on each of its 11 floors and all of them are gendered.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Campus Times has apparently been a place to vent anger over the school\u2019s oppressive systems for longer than I thought, with several editorial columns about such issues even back in the 1970s. I was particularly intrigued by a few articles from May 1971 decrying Eastman Dean Flora Burton\u2019s homophobic policies. These articles were harshly … <\/p>\n

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