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ON ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ AND LEARNG MATH
* when you're gay and can't do math *
Browsg through the Teachg Tolerance archiv, I recently me across an olr blog post on movg beyond the phrase “That’s so gay. When a math problem proved difficult to solve, she often rpond to my explanatns wh “That’s so gay, ” rated om time to time wh other choice remarks. I began to take a firmer stance, explag that g the word gay a disparagg way is disrpectful and hurtful to everyone, and particularly to LGBT people.
LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space.
Mathematics is mathematics, after all— isn’t male or female, whe or black, or gay or straight.
ON BEG A GAY MATHEMATICIAN
Growg up gay ral Ontar durg the 1980s was an isolatg experience culturally, although did give me lots of time to thk and helped foster my creativy. I had two queer iends (one gay the other lbian) and we kept to ourselv and rarely talked about our sexualy wh fay or iends for fear of rejectn.