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GENIS: HOW THE GAY BIRRS OF NORTH AMERI CAME TO BE
Sopoulos-Lloyd’s experience is echoed by many people who intify as LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer), and who have lived much of their liv feelg “othered” by a society that centers people who are whe, straight, and cisgenr (their assigned sex at birth match their genr inty). “Birdg trips wh straight men have been very difficult, ” says Chase Mennhall, a cisgenr gay man and curator of birds at the Carnegie Mm of Natural History. In 1994, the Gay Birrs’ Club was found the UK, and a year later, a siar group, lled GAGGLE, was tablished Atlanta, Geia.
Around that time, Jennifer Rycenga, who’s now a profsor of relig studi at San Jose State Universy, was searchg for a gay-leang birdg group San Francis.
Today, some two s after the first gay-birdg groups formed, outdoor spac are signifintly more diverse, acceptg, and safe. “I’m black, gay, and non-Christian, ” says Chris Cooper, a board member for NYC Audubon.