Discrimination and Homophobia: Dual Burden for GLBTQ Youth of

Discrimination and Homophobia:
Dual Burden for GLBTQ Youth of Color
Alejandra (Alex) Vila
415-519-2217
[email protected]
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Workshop Goals
1. To briefly share and touch on the social and
historical influences on society that
influence risk behavior in LGTBQ youth
2. Develop an awareness of your own values,
assumptions and beliefs and the way they
impact your work with partnerships,
community-based organizations, policy
makers and schools
3. Explore strategies for promoting cultural
fluent adult allies that support inclusive
environments for youth
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Culture
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“The line between cultural identity and sexual
identity is confusing… especially for me”
Deijah Franklin , 16 yrs old
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Cultural Identity vs. Sexual Identity
Cultural Identity
•On Family of origin
•Based on geographical influence
•Based on historical influence
•Based on 1st Developed identity of self
according to ages and stages of child
development
•Based on emotional safety zones
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Sexual Identity
•Based on level of awareness
•Based on emotional thoughts, feelings,
actions and reactions
•Based on intimate sense of connection
to others and likes
•Based on primal instincts
•Based on social cultural influence
positive or negatives
•Based on social norms
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Comfortable/Uncomfortable
Call for safe or not safe spaces
Avoid using “the default” culture
Increase awareness of inclusive language
Think outside of the personal experience
There is not magic bullet, we are process base
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Context : Types of
Power
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Historical Powers
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Institutional Powers
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People Power
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Historical Power
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Historical Power
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Historical Power - “ ISIMS”
• White/Light skin
• Male
• Christian
• Upper Social
Economical Class
• Old / Age
• Heterosexual
Fighting Sexism- Women Vote Movement
• Not Disabled
• Beauty/Looks
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Institutional Powers
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Religious
Institutions
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Institutional Powers
Family Institutions
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Institutional Powers
Carlos Garcia
Superintendent SFUSD
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Teachers / Schools
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Institutional Powers
Financial – Media – Military and Other Institutions
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The New Faces of
Institutional Powers
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Political Institutions - Government
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People Power
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People Power
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People Power
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People Power
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People Power
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Abuse of Power
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Abuse of Power
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Abuse of Power
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Abuse of
Power
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Student Power
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Student Power
Tiananmen Square
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Student Power
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The Berlin Wall - 1989
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Student Power
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Civil Rights
The students that challenged segregation
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Student
Power
Immigration
Marches
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The Poem – Countee Cullen
“The Incident”
Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee.
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.
Now I was eight and very small.
And he was no whit bigger.
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember.
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Identifying Roles
• Allies
• Stake Holders
• Gatekeepers
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• Oppressors
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Reclamation Theory
Intelligent
Zesty
Cooperative
Empathetic/Loving
Curious
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Thank you very much!
“We are architects of a civilization
that we might not see built”
- Archbishop Oscar Romero –
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