<p>Congrats to all of you who got accepted. I wanted to offer a forum that involves LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trangender)-related questions that you may have about the campus. I'm fairly involved in some campus organizations that are LGBT-oriented. I'm also a brother in Delta Lambda Phi, San Diego's National Social Fraternity for Gay, Bi, and progressive men. Whether you identify as LGBT or not, feel free to ask anything. Again, congrats! We'll see you next year.</p>
<p>I'm already a UCSD student (typing this from my dorm, in fact), and I was wondering: how does one become an Ally, and what does being an Ally entail? (Like, how involved are Allies - do they just have the title, or do they actually do stuff?)</p>
<p>evolution does not favor LGBT</p>
<p>Sage: Allies are very important people in our community, and we don't have enough. But yes, Allies are/can be just as involved in activities. Keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming event called the Day of Silence, where people of the LGBT community and our Allies come together to protest in a day of silence. Participants stay silent for a certain amount of hours in order to protest the silence caused by homophobia.</p>
<p>You can also join an LGBT organization, and check out what we do. LGBTQIA meets at 7 PM on Mondays. You can e-mail me at javazque [at} ucsd. </p>
<p>Heck, you can be an involved Ally outside of organizations. Whenever you hear a homophobic slur, the only thing one can do to stop such things is to counter such a slur. </p>
<p>Hope I could help. =)</p>
<p>"Polite", I hope you learn something at UCSD, like backing up your statements. Also, your attitude against other communities won't fly at a school like UCSD. The community is large and booming. We have the largest LGBT resource center on a university campus in the west. There are 10 campus organizations that are LGBT-oriented, and many more organizations that are Allies with us. Even our Day of Silence is the second largest Day of Silence event in the world, second to the one at the school where Day of Silence started.</p>
<p>Learn some respect for others. With five words you typed I can tell you haven't learned much about evolution and you don't know much about respect for others. UCSD (and practically any other university) will change both.</p>
<p>Well said, Juan.</p>
<p>evolution lives on the fact that genetic material can be passed on. incompatiblity of gentilia will not provide that passing.</p>
<p>Polite,</p>
<p>Your argument fails because it assumes that gays need to reproduce. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Yup, LGBT population comes from heterosexual reproduction.</p>
<p>UCLAri</p>
<p>if they do not, darwinian success of the parents have been diminished to zero; therefore, halting evolution.</p>
<p>Not all species require that all living individuals reproduce.</p>
<p>true, but when a large population of LBGT is emerging, it does cause some concern on whether evolution can proceed.</p>
<p>It's doubtful that a larger population of LGBTs has all of a sudden "emerged." What's more likely is that the liberalization of society has allowed otherwise closeted individuals to be open about their orientation.</p>
<p>Furthermore, you have an odd notion of what evolution "requires."</p>
<p>Overpopulation is a problem in modern times anyway--halting reproduction isn't the biggest concern by humanitarians, macroeconomists, and conservationists.</p>
<p>Oyama,</p>
<p>Just read an interesting bit from the UN...apparently a lot of macroeconomists are now worrying more about DEpopulation, particularly in the developed countries.</p>
<p>Oh how we've come along since 1999...</p>
<p>Judgement Day Is Near !!</p>