We can be born into any culture, color, or creed, and many of us are raised in environments hostile to who we are. We’re unique in the sense that most other marginalized groups are raised by members of the same group however, most homosexuals are raised by heterosexuals, most transgender people are raised by cisgender (nontransgender) people, and so on. (Queer is a reclaimed adjective that broadly describes people who aren’t heterosexual or cisgender. He is the Residence Halls Association representative for People Respecting the Individuality of Students at MSU, or PRISM, and the chairperson of the Committee on Internal Affairs at RHA.Īpril is MSU’s Pride Month, but I can’t mention the importance of Pride Month and queer orgs without first mentioning the difficulties faced by queer college students. Ryan Peters (he/him) is a sophomore at Michigan State University majoring in linguistics with a minor in agribusiness management.
