University of Cincinnati Archives - 黑料传送门 /tag/university-of-cincinnati/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png University of Cincinnati Archives - 黑料传送门 /tag/university-of-cincinnati/ 32 32 220799709 Even when I walk into a space that鈥檚 very gendered, I know I don鈥檛 have to subscribe to that. /story/even-when-i-walk-into-a-space-thats-very-gendered-i-know-i-dont-have-to-subscribe-to-that/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 /story/even-when-i-walk-into-a-space-thats-very-gendered-i-know-i-dont-have-to-subscribe-to-that/ When I came out as nonbinary at Cincinnati Hillel, Landon Cohen, a transgender staff member, was there to support me.

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Even when I walk into a space that鈥檚 very gendered, I know I don鈥檛 have to subscribe to that.

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January 24, 2019

鈥淲丑别苍I came out as nonbinary at Cincinnati Hillel, Landon Cohen, a transgender staff member, was there to support me. I struggled with my name change and using they/them pronouns. Knowing that I had someone who went through that kind of transition made coming out a lot easier for me. I knew that I could take my time with my transition and that Landon would still be there to advocate for my needs 黑料传送门. When I came out to my sorority sisters, I was worried how they鈥檇 react, especially since I helped create our campus chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi after realizing there wasn鈥檛 a group for Jewish women. I asked them if I was still allowed to be a member of SAEPi. They said, 鈥極f course you can. That was never even a question.鈥 It was empowering to hear that. Not only did they accept and love me for who I am, but they were going to fight for my inclusion. As of December, I became the first transgender nonbinary Greek life president at the University of Cincinnati. I鈥檝e learned that even when I walk into a space that鈥檚 very binary, very gendered, I don鈥檛 have to subscribe to that. I can still be there and be me.鈥 鈥 Elliot Draznin, University of Cincinnati

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