Remix Project: Through The Eyes of Love

The transcription discusses the issue of discrimination and the importance of stopping hate within the LGBTQIA+ community. It mentions the creation of support groups like GSAs in schools to create a safe and understanding environment for LGBTQIA+ students. Advocacy groups like Shelley's Voice are also highlighted, providing support and a voice for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. The solution to the problem is emphasized as loving one another and accepting differences. Ultimately, the message is that change starts with individuals and their willingness to love and accept others. Through the Eyes of Love, by Jayden Gerstner, created for St. Petersburg College, Gibbs Campus, Subject, English Composition, 1101, Class Composition I, Professor Sean Dow. Through the Eyes of Love. All across the world, discrimination is happening whether it be about the color of someone's skin, what gender to identify with, or who to love. Hannah, 2017, states, those who fall under the label of marginalized groups quickly learn that their ability to freely express their individuality can be held in a vice grip by the oppressive majority. Found in paragraph one. The focus today is to stop the hate within the LGBTQIA plus community. It recently just dialed down a bit, but this controversial topic is one that will always have a voice. To help, many education staff have implemented support groups, and the students are finding outlets to use as well. To fully stop this discrimination, a self-evaluation is highly needed. GSA. To begin, a club was started to help students of the LGBTQIA plus community feel more supported and protected in school. Hannah, 2017, says, GSAs are defined as student-led clubs that bring all students, whether it be from the community or allies, together to create a more safe and understanding learning environment. Found in paragraph three. Students who previously felt weary and uneasy attending school because of personal beliefs now feel a new sense of hope in advancing educational careers without having to fear for acceptance. The activities of the club are different from other schools' clubs. For instance, some clubs will have group outings and activist activities to go to, while other schools just have a room space in school for the club to talk and learn. While not every club will look exactly the same, the mission of these groups is of one understanding. To create a safe school environment for all, one must give everyone equal opportunity to succeed without judgment. Advocacy groups. Next, another major support system for those of the LGBTQIA plus community are advocacy groups. These are groups that allow people that speak of common topics to have access to others who agree. It also speaks for those who are unable to have a voice because of certain circumstances. The one in particular that shows major support of those in religious stance is Shelley's Voice. It was created in 2018 to compensate for the action of Shelley Fitzgerald's unrightful termination. Susan Salas writes, Fitzgerald was abruptly given an ultimatum and required to choose between her job as a co-director of guidance or her same-sex marriage, found on page 18, paragraph 1. Without hesitation, Shelley chose to fight and gain nothing but support and love from within the community. After her termination, a group of students from the high school, Roncalli, decided to create the advocacy group Shelley's Voice in honor of Shelley and all other members of the LGBTQIA plus community who identify with the Catholic faith. One of the founders of the group, Dominic Conover, says, the whole point of Shelley's Voice is to not let people leave their Catholic church, but instead to inspire them to stay in it and fight for change as parishioners, found on page 19, paragraph 2. To fight for the change, people choose to express activism through love, acceptance. Lastly, to bring to attention a solution that has a 100% success rate of diminishing this problem is to love one another as I have loved you, found in John 13, verse 34. The people who shun the LGBTQIA plus community and say the church doesn't stand with those who agree are wrong. In July 2023, a Catholic LGBTQ conference was held to say that the church stands with the community. It was opened by Tanya Teslow, who said, I am here to tell you that you are loved. To marginalize is a sin. To love is our command, found on page 11, paragraph 2. This conference was held to show that the hate for the community is only an opinion. To really change for the better, loving those that surround us will change the world. Conclusion. To change something globally, it starts simply with an individual's will to change. Everyone must come together and collectively decide that loving another person through all flaws is a better outcome than hating someone for choosing a different lifestyle. This solution could be possible in the upcoming years due to today's open-mindedness as a community. Martin Luther King Jr. says, love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. King, paragraph 16. If love is the deciding factor, why has society done nothing? Thank you for listening.