Kumar publicly adms he is gay

Contents:

• WHAT DO MEAN TO BE A GAY DOCTOR INDIA?
• KUMAR PUBLICLY ADMS HE IS GAY
• COMMUNY SPOTLIGHT ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD (PART 1) - AN INTERVIEW WH DR. BHAVIK KUMAR
• REFLECTNS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE & THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNY WH DR. AN KUMARTRY PIKE·FOLLOWPUBLISHED OSTEM @ UCSD·12 M READ·FEB 22, 2021--LISTENSHAREDR. AN KUMAR IS AN ASSISTANT PROFSOR UC SAN DIEGO’S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGEERG AND THE HALıCıOğLU DATA SCIENCE INSTUTE. DR. KUMAR’S REARCH ON DATA MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS FOR MACHE LEARNG-BASED ANALYTICS HAS BEEN SEEG RAPID UPTAKE THE TECH DTRY. HE HAS RECEIVED AN NSF CAREER AWARD, A HELLMAN FELLOWSHIP, AND SEVERAL REARCH AWARDS FOR HIS WORK.IN ADDN TO HIS MMENT TO REARCH, DR. KUMAR HAS A STEADFAST DITN TO OUTREACH. A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OSTEM AT UCSD, HE HAS ACPANIED STUNTS AT THE OSTEM NATNAL NFERENCE, PROVID MENTORSHIP FOR OSTEM AT UCSD EVENTS, AND RECEIVED THE OSTEM AT UCSD FACULTY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TERVIEWG DR. KUMAR FALL QUARTER 2020. IN THE TRANSCRIPT BELOW, WE DISCS HIS HEARTWARMG BLOG ARTICL, PASSN FOR DIVERSY REARCH, AND UPLIFTG OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.COULD YOU TRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR PRONOUNS?MY NAME IS AN KUMAR AND I E HE/HIM/HIS PRONOUNS. I INTIFY AS A CISGENR GAY MAN. I’M AN ASSISTANT PROFSOR PUTER SCIENCE AND DATA SCIENCE HERE AT UCSD. I JOED 2016, SO I’VE BEEN HERE FOR A B OVER FOUR YEARS. I GRADUATED OM THE UNIVERSY OF WISNS MADISON WH A PHD PUTER SCIENCE 2016, THEN ME STRAIGHT TO A FACULTY POSN.WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT REARCH TERTS AND PROJECTS?MY REARCH IS LARGELY THE AREA OF DATA MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS, FOCED ON MACHE LEARNG BASED ANALYTICS. MACHE LEARNG AND ARTIFICIAL TELLIGENCE APPLITNS ARE BEG VERY MON WEB PANI, THE ENTERPRISE WORLD, HEALTHRE, SOCIAL SCIENC, NATURAL SCIENC, HUMANI — EVERYWHERE. I LOOK AT THAT OM THE STANDPOT OF DATA TENSIVE PUTATNS: WHEN YOU HAVE TO AL WH LARGE-SLE HETEROGENEO OR PLEX DATA SETS, WHAT ARE THE ISSU FOR ROURCE EFFICIENCY TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME, ST, AND ENERGY THAT GO TO THE PROCS? WHAT ARE THE ISSU TERMS OF HUMAN EFFICIENCY OR PRODUCTIVY OF ERS? I DRAW ON IAS AND TECHNIQU OM A HALF A CENTURY OF REARCH THE DATABASE FIELD AND SYNTHIZE NEW PRCIPL, ABSTRACTNS, AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS TO MAKE MACHE LEARNG EASIER, MORE SLABLE AND CHEAPER TO E PRACTICE.PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BURNS ON UNSPLASHWHAT IS THE FUTURE OF YOUR WORK?ON THE REARCH SI, I’M SUPER EXCED ABOUT WHAT I’M DOG. THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE MOCRATIZG ACCS TO MACHE LEARNG FOR A LOT OF MUNI. I LIKE WORKG ON NEW PROBLEMS RATHER THAN REHASHG TABLISHED PROBLEMS. THAT SAID, THERE ARE ALSO TERTG CHALLENG EMERGG OM THE SYSTEM STANDPOT. CLOUD PUTG IS BEG A BIG AL. IN DATA SCIENCE, MORE BROADLY, PEOPLE ARE STARTG TO LOOK AT MORE DATA MANAGEMENT ISSU, HUMAN TERACTNS, ISSU OF PRIVACY AND ETHICS, AND SO ON.I DON’T VIEW WHAT I’M WORKG ON AS A ONE TOPIC WH AN EXISTG AREA — I VIEW AS SOMETHG THAT’S ACTUALLY BIRTHG A NEW AREA. SO I WILL KEEP EXPLORG DIFFERENT TOPICS, AND THAT MIGHT LEAD TO A LOT MORE TERTG WORK. IN TERMS OF APPLITNS I’D LIKE TO EXPLORE, I’M ALREADY WORKG ON HEALTHRE, PUBLIC HEALTH, EXERCISE MONORG, AND DISEASE PROGRSN OF DIFFERENT HEALTH OUT. THE INTER OF THGS IS ANOTHER THG THAT IS TERTG TO ME — VIC THAT ARE UBIQUO AND THAT SEND SOMETHG ABOUT THE REAL WORLD THAT HAVE WISPREAD APPLITNS. MACHE LEARNG IS APPLIED IMAGE AND VIO ANALYTICS. THE LAST ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM ALREADY LLABORATG WH FOLKS POLIL SCIENCE, TRYG TO UNRSTAND HOW MUNI AND NVERSATNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA GET SHAPED. POLARIZATN, FOR EXAMPLE ON ISSU SUCH AS GUN RIGHTS AND GUN NTROL. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE LANDSPE IS DRIVEN BY LARGE-SLE MULTIMODAL DATA ANALYTICS — ’S NO LONGER JT DOG SURVEYS AND TERVIEWS OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE DOG GRAPH AND MULTIMODAL ANALYTICS ON TERABYT OF DATA. THAT’S THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CHALLENGE, WHICH IS SOMETHG THAT I’D LIKE TO EXPLORE MORE.THAT’S MY FUTURE ON THE REARCH SI. ON THE TEACHG SI, I’LL NTUE TEACHG DATABAS AND MACHE LEARNG SYSTEMS. I’VE BEEN CREATG A LOT OF NEW URS FOR UCSD. I CREATED THE DATABASE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATN URSE FOR CSE UNRGRADUAT. I CREATED THE SYSTEMS FOR SLABLE ANALYTICS URSE THE DATA SCIENCE MAJOR, THE FIRST OF S KD THE WORLD, WHERE UNRGRADUAT LEARN THGS LIKE CLOUD PUTG, SPARK, AND SO ON. I CREATED SEMARS AND A CSE GRADUATE URSE ON DATA SYSTEMS FOR MACHE LEARNG. I WOULD PROBABLY ALSO EXPLORE URS ON SOME OF THE NEW TOPICS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.ON THE OUTREACH SI, I’LL BE NTUG TO ENGAGE AND NTRIBUTE TO DIVERSY. I DON’T WANT THAT TO FALL BY THE WAYSI BEE THAT’S SUPER IMPORTANT AND MEANGFUL TO ME. I WILL NTUE TO WORK WH UNRGRADUATE TERNSHIP PROGRAMS. STARS IS ONE PROGRAM THAT I’VE BEEN WORKG WH A LOT — OVER THE LAST UPLE YEARS, I’VE HOSTED THREE UNRGRADUATE TERNS OM HISPANIC SERVG INSTUTNS. THAT’S SOMETHG THAT I LIKE TO NTRIBUTE TO — AGA, AS PART OF ENHANCG DIVERSY PUTG. IT’S AWOME THAT ONE OF THE STUNTS WHO DID REALLY WELL THIS TERNSHIP IS APPLYG FOR A PHD PUTG. I’M VERY HAPPY — THAT’S HOW WE CHANGE THGS. THAT’S HOW WE CREASE DIVERSY ALL LEVELS OF PUTG, AND WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THAT.I DON’T LIKE ADMISTRATN STUFF, SO DON’T EXPECT TO SEE ME BEE PARTMENT CHAIR. I LIKE TO STAY TECHNIL. I LIKE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE STUNTS. I LIKE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE WORK.PHOTO BY KYLE VAN ALSTYNE ON UNSPLASHHOW DO FEEL TO MEET STUNTS OM THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?ONE OF THE REASONS I BEME A FACULTY MEMBER WAS BEE I LOVE WORKG WH STUNTS. TO SEE THEM TRANSFORM AND BEE PRODUCTIVE AND E UP WH NEW STUFF — THAT’S WHAT EXCED ME. I HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STUNTS WHO’VE DONE SPECTACULAR WORK. EVERY ONE OF MY PAPERS HAS STUNTS ON .AND WORKG WH OSTEM HAS BEEN QUE REWARDG. I WENT TO THE OSTEM NATNAL NFERENCE TWICE, 2017 AND AGA 2018, TO MAKE SURE THAT UCSD IS WELL REPRENTED — THAT ’S NOT STUNTS OR STAFF ALONE, BUT ALSO FACULTY THAT ARE PRENT THERE. TEE, A STUNT OM THE CS PARTMENT, DID SOME SPECTACULAR STUFF. HE WAS THE SECRETARY OF OSTEM AND HAD WON THE CNS ALAN TURG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. I NOMATED TEE FOR THE UNRGRADUATE CONTRIBUTNS TO DIVERSY AWARD THAT CSE GIV OUT EVERY YEAR, AND HE WON. AND I DO THAT WH ALL MY STUNTS ON ALL ONTS: REARCH, TEACHG ASSISTANTS, AND NTRIBUTNS TO DIVERSY. I LIKE TO PROMOTE THE STUNTS WHO ARE DOG THE WORK, PUTTG THE EFFORT, AND ARE FORTHRIGHT AND DILIGENT ABOUT ACHIEVG THGS THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF THEY WEREN’T.WHEN I MEET STUNTS WHO ARE LGBTQIA+, I MAKE SURE THAT STUNTS ARE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL WELE, SAFE, AND CLUD. I WANT TO REASSURE THEM THAT I’M ALSO A PERSON THE LGBT MUNY, SO IF THERE IS SOMETHG THE PARTMENT THAT IS NEGATIVELY AFFECTG PEOPLE OM THIS MUNY, I HAVE GOT YOUR BACK.ISSU THAT STUNTS MIGHT FACE BEE OF THEIR INTY IMPE THE PROGRS THE FIELD. LIKE NOT HAVG A MUNY, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY AMICS PUTER SCIENCE WHO ARE LGBTQIA+. I DIDN’T GET TO SEE ANY OTHER FACULTY PUTER SCIENCE WHO WERE GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANS, OR ANYTHG ELSE LIKE THAT AT THE OSTEM NFERENCE. I HOPE WE N CREASE DIVERSY PUTG AND DATA SCIENCE TOO.PHOTO BY ALEXANR SN ON UNSPLASHHOW DO YOUR INTY RM YOUR REARCH?IN PUTER SCIENCE, OFTEN, PEOPLE TEND TO SKIP OVER A LOT OF THE CLN ISSU. DATABASE TEXTBOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, TALK ABOUT TEGRY NSTRATS AND THEY SAY EVERY PERSON HAS A MOTHER AND A FATHER. EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRAIGHT BUT OM A SGLE PARENT HOEHOLD, THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY AND LBIAN, THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. AND THAT TI TO SYSTEMIC ISSU WH REGARD TO ERASURE AND LACK OF AWARENS. I DON’T THK THAT’S MALIC. I DON’T THK WAS TEND TO BE HURTFUL. IT’S JT NOT BEG GNIZANT OF HOW THGS N BE RECEIVED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS, PECIALLY GROUPS THAT ARE HISTORILLY MARGALIZED, LEGALLY DISCRIMATED AGAST, AND SO ON.IN MANY DATA SETS AND MACHE LEARNG PAPERS, GENRS ARE REPRENTED AS ZERO OR ONE. THERE ISN’T GENR CLIVY, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GENRS AND GENR INTI — AND ’S NOT JT ENGLISH. IN MANY WORLD LANGUAG, THERE ARE MULTIPLE GENRS. IN SANSKR, THERE ARE THREE GENRS. SO ’S ALREADY EXCLNARY CULTURALLY, AND NOW THERE’S MORE AWARENS ABOUT DISCRIMATN TOWARDS GENR INTY.I GIVE THE EXAMPL, AND YOU NNOT NY THAT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE NEGATIVELY. THAT WAS EYE-OPENG FOR MANY FACULTY MEMBERS, AND MANY OF THEM ENURAGED ME TO BLOG ABOUT . IT’S A WAY TO AMPLIFY MY IMPACT ON BOTH THE REARCH MUNY AND ON SOMETHG THAT’S MEANGFUL TO ME, WHICH IS DIVERSY AND CLN THIS FIELD.PHOTO BY YANNICK PULVER ON UNSPLASHWHY DO YOU ENJOY WRG?THE REASON I WRE IS THAT I HAVE SOMETHG THAT I THK IS MEANGFUL AND WANT TO SHARE WH THE WORLD — THAT I THK N HELP SOMEONE CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT SOMETHG THAT IS IMPORTANT, OR HELP SOMEONE GET EXPOSED TO SOMETHG THEY MISSED, OR THAT THEY DID NOT THK ABOUT, OR JT MUNITE SOMETHG ABOUT MY OWN LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT ULD POTENTIALLY BE TERTG FOR SOMEONE ELSE.WRG HELPS YOU CLARIFY YOUR THKG. IT HELPS YOU LAY DOWN THGS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY A HERENT AND ANIZED MANNER. THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IS LIKE TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE G OUT BLOG POSTS — WHY DID I WRE THAT DOWN? I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT BEE THERE WAS A ARTH OF VOIC LIKE ME. WHEN I WAS G OUT 2014, I WAS TRYG TO FD OUT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE FOR INDIAN MEN, SOUTH ASIAN MEN, OR ASIAN MEN. VERY LTLE HAS BEEN WRTEN ABOUT THAT. I WAS JT SURPRISED.AND THAT’S SORT OF WHAT GOT ME THKG — MAYBE I SHOULD WRE ABOUT , MAYBE ’LL HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE OM ASIA, WHO ARE OM SOUTH ASIA, PARTICULAR OM INDIA, WHO ARE ALSO STGGLG WH G OUT OR TRYG TO EXPLA TO THEIR FAY. OR FAI WHO ARE STGGLG TO PE WH THEIR KIDS G OUT TO THEM. TO SHARE MY STORY ABOUT WHAT MY JOURNEY WAS LIKE, WHAT I DID, WHAT TOOLS AND WHAT MECHANISMS I ED.THE RPONSE WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT. I POSTED ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. ONE OF MY IENDS OM INDIA DURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE REACHED OUT TO ME. AND THEN HE SAID MY ARTICLE WAS EYE-OPENG AND MA HIM CRY, AND CHANGED HIS MD ON LGBT ISSU. THAT WAS REALLY TOUCHG, AND MANY OTHERS ALSO WROTE TO ME, EXPRSG GRATU FOR ME SHARG MY STORY AND SAYG THAT WAS MEANGFUL FOR THEM TO READ ABOUT.I THK HELPS PEOPLE KD OF UNRSTAND WHAT LGBT PEOPLE GO THROUGH — PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CLOSE IEND OR FAY MEMBER, THEY N STILL UNRSTAND AND THEY N GET A BETTER PERSPECTIVE. THE SLI CK THAT I RELEASED WAS ALSO HELPFUL FOR SOME PEOPLE.WHAT DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?I THK THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY STEM, AND ’S BEEN ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY FOR THE LAST OR SO. LIKE IF YOU GO TO PRI — I WENT TO THE ONE SAN FRANCIS 2016. GOOGLE, SALFORCE, AND FACEBOOK EACH HAD A HUGE NTGENT. AT LEAST PUTG, THE TECH DTRY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. I MEAN, THE HEAD OF APPLE IS A OPENLY GAY MAN. TIM COOK — HE’S TALKED ABOUT WHY HE WANTS TO BE OPEN ABOUT , AND WHY HE THKS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE, PECIALLY BEE HE’S OM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE U.S., AND THAT’S NOT A PART OF THE U.S. KNOWN FOR GAY RIGHTS. COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE FIELD SELF. IF YOU LOOK AT , THE SO LLED “FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE,” ALAN TURG HIMSELF, IS A GAY MAN. AND OF URSE, HE WAS PERSECUTED FOR HIS SEXUALY AND FORCED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. THAT’S SOMETHG ALMOST EVERYONE PUTER SCIENCE KNOWS ABOUT. SO THERE’S A LOT MORE AWARENS ABOUT THE LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS ISSUE.I THK WE SHOULDN’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE LARGER LANDSPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSU — LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS AS PART OF HUMAN RIGHTS. WE SHOULD PARTNER WH ALLI AND OTHER MUNI THAT ARE STGGLG FOR THEIR RIGHTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT KEY ANIZATNS, THAT ALL UNTRI LIFT NSTUTNAL VALU UP, AND THAT EVERYONE GETS EQUAL RIGHTS — THAT CLUS TRANS PEOPLE — AND MAKE SURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF THE STUTNAL BODI TAKE HATE CRIM AGAST LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE SERLY. TRANS PEOPLE ARE PECIALLY VULNERABLE TO HATE CRIM. ALL OF THE ISSU ARE TERRELATED. ULTIMATELY, ’S A MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE DON’T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. SO WHOEVER HAS MA MORE ADVANC SHOULD HELP UPLIFT THE OTHERS WHO ARE STILL STGGLG TO MAKE THOSE SORTS OF ADVANC STUTNALLY AND SYSTEMILLY.BUT THE TRAJECTORY HAS BEEN MOVG FORWARD. THAT’S GOOD. IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE SUPREME COURT EXTEND THE FERAL CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTN FOR ANTI-DISCRIMATN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF SEX TO CLU SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. COLORADO HAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR. THAT’S AWOME. POLIL PARTI, THEY’RE STARTG TO PUT UP MORE DIVERSE NDIDAT, AND WE DID HAVE AN OPENLY GAY PRINTIAL NDIDATE THIS YEAR. THAT’S ALSO BIG PROGRS.IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER UNTRI, IRELAND HAD THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. INDIA — THE SUPREME COURT GAVE A VERDICT A UPLE YEARS AGO THAT GAY RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED UNR THE CONSTUTN. SO THEY CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUALY. SIX YEARS AGO 2014 WHEN I WAS G OUT, THEY GAVE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE. THGS ARE IMPROVG MANY OF THE PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND THAT’S ENURAGG TO ME. AND THAT’S A POSIVE SIGN THAT WE ARE MOVG THE RIGHT DIRECTN.BUT WE SHOULDN’T LET OUR GUARD DOWN, BEE ANYTHG THAT IS PROGRS N BE REVERSED. WE SHOULD BE VIGILANT, AND WE SHOULD PARTNER WH ALLI AND OTHER MUNI THAT ARE FIGHTG FOR THEIR RIGHTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LIFT EACH OTHER UP. AND THAT CLUS BLACK LIV MATTER — WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LOSG THEIR LEGAL DUE PROCS RIGHTS AND BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST SYSTEMILLY. WE SHOULD SUPPORT PEOPLE OF LOR, WE SHOULD SUPPORT WOMEN’S RIGHTS, ALL OF THE MATTERS. ALL OF THE ARE ULTIMATELY HUMAN RIGHTS.IS THERE ANYTHG ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO MENTN?WE HAVE A SPECTACULAR MUNY ON MP FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE. THE LGBT ROURCE CENTER IS ONE OF THE LARGT OF MANY SCHOOLS THAT I’VE SEEN — NOT JT THE UNTRY, BUT THE WORLD. THEY’RE DOG TERRIFIC WORK TO BE NNECTED WH THE MUNY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL EVENTS AND A LOT OF PANEL EVENTS. OSTEM IS DOG TERRIFIC STUFF TOO. THEY’RE DOG AT A NATNAL LEVEL. THE STUNTS — YOU ALL ARE ANIZG ALL THE EVENTS — THE WRG, THE TALKS, THE PANELS, ALL OF THAT IS HELPFUL FOR STUNTS TO FEEL PART OF A STRONG MUNY ON MP.AND I HOPE MORE STUNTS ARE AWARE OF THIS. THEY SHOULD BE ASSURED THAT THIS MP AND THIS MUNY IS SOMETHG THAT THEY WILL CHERISH AND THEY WILL REMEMBER. THAT THIS MUNY WILL HELP UPLIFT THEM THEIR LIFE, RATHER THAN SOMETHG THAT THEY FEEL ISOLATED ABOUT AND FEEL LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT. AND SO, FACULTY, STAFF, STUNTS — EVERYBODY IS THIS TOGETHER.CLOSG NOT

WHAT DO MEAN TO BE A GAY DOCTOR INDIA?

From the 1950s, when Evelyn Hooker proved scientifilly that homosexualy was not a mental illns, to now, wh s crimalisatn several untri, the LGBTQ muny still fac stiff opposn om fay, society, and at the workplace. Today, on May 17, the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Dr Sahil Kumar Ntiyal, Senr Rint, Department of Pharmalogy, Mlana Azad Medil College, talks about the implitns of beg a doctor who is gay.

“Beg both gay and a medil doctor, I n medilly say that beg gay perfectly aligns wh a state of physil and mental well-beg, ” he says. For example, before the readg down of Sectn 377, my partner, Anshul Mahani, received a ll om a p who told him he would e to his office to arrt him on charg of beg a homosexual. For someone who is homosexual, the sense of belongg is often missg.

KUMAR PUBLICLY ADMS HE IS GAY

While there is creased awarens, and people have begun to accept homosexualy as a ncept, acceptg your child as gay is still difficult.

Homosexuals who wish to embrace their sexualy should not thk of what people will thk, or whether this would lead to people snappg relatns wh them.

Do you feel people are more agast the public display of affectn among homosexuals than beg gay self? We started the page to extend a helpg hand to other closeted gays, unable to accept their sexualy bee of ternal or external fears. After startg the page, a lot of stunts, iends, and even iends of iends have approached, the openns might ce certa people, but homophobia is more about rigid societal stctur, where the fn of ‘normal’ is firm and fixed, and any aberratn to is nsired ‘abnormal’.

COMMUNY SPOTLIGHT ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD (PART 1) - AN INTERVIEW WH DR. BHAVIK KUMAR

Homophobia is a thought culted our mdsets – if we qutn , and try to centre ‘straight’, we n get rid of easily.

Scientists like Simon LaVey and Dean Hamer have hted at the geic basis of homosexualy. Do matter whether beg gay is termed by birth or shaped by experience and choice? Regardls of the etlogy of beg gay, the more important thg to foc on is what to do after you know you are gay.

Choosg a life of fear, nial, pa, and tratn is Ksey sle allows you to gra yourself — om 0 (heterosexual) to 6 (homosexual). As long as labels exist, the homosexual and heterosexual muni will see themselv as separate enti. Huffgton Post ’s Pl Rshenbh, himself gay, wrote, “If you are agast [same-sex] marriage equaly, you are anti-gay.

REFLECTNS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE & THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNY WH DR. AN KUMARTRY PIKE·FOLLOWPUBLISHED OSTEM @ UCSD·12 M READ·FEB 22, 2021--LISTENSHAREDR. AN KUMAR IS AN ASSISTANT PROFSOR UC SAN DIEGO’S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGEERG AND THE HALıCıOğLU DATA SCIENCE INSTUTE. DR. KUMAR’S REARCH ON DATA MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS FOR MACHE LEARNG-BASED ANALYTICS HAS BEEN SEEG RAPID UPTAKE THE TECH DTRY. HE HAS RECEIVED AN NSF CAREER AWARD, A HELLMAN FELLOWSHIP, AND SEVERAL REARCH AWARDS FOR HIS WORK.IN ADDN TO HIS MMENT TO REARCH, DR. KUMAR HAS A STEADFAST DITN TO OUTREACH. A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OSTEM AT UCSD, HE HAS ACPANIED STUNTS AT THE OSTEM NATNAL NFERENCE, PROVID MENTORSHIP FOR OSTEM AT UCSD EVENTS, AND RECEIVED THE OSTEM AT UCSD FACULTY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TERVIEWG DR. KUMAR FALL QUARTER 2020. IN THE TRANSCRIPT BELOW, WE DISCS HIS HEARTWARMG BLOG ARTICL, PASSN FOR DIVERSY REARCH, AND UPLIFTG OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY.COULD YOU TRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR PRONOUNS?MY NAME IS AN KUMAR AND I E HE/HIM/HIS PRONOUNS. I INTIFY AS A CISGENR GAY MAN. I’M AN ASSISTANT PROFSOR PUTER SCIENCE AND DATA SCIENCE HERE AT UCSD. I JOED 2016, SO I’VE BEEN HERE FOR A B OVER FOUR YEARS. I GRADUATED OM THE UNIVERSY OF WISNS MADISON WH A PHD PUTER SCIENCE 2016, THEN ME STRAIGHT TO A FACULTY POSN.WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT REARCH TERTS AND PROJECTS?MY REARCH IS LARGELY THE AREA OF DATA MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS, FOCED ON MACHE LEARNG BASED ANALYTICS. MACHE LEARNG AND ARTIFICIAL TELLIGENCE APPLITNS ARE BEG VERY MON WEB PANI, THE ENTERPRISE WORLD, HEALTHRE, SOCIAL SCIENC, NATURAL SCIENC, HUMANI — EVERYWHERE. I LOOK AT THAT OM THE STANDPOT OF DATA TENSIVE PUTATNS: WHEN YOU HAVE TO AL WH LARGE-SLE HETEROGENEO OR PLEX DATA SETS, WHAT ARE THE ISSU FOR ROURCE EFFICIENCY TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME, ST, AND ENERGY THAT GO TO THE PROCS? WHAT ARE THE ISSU TERMS OF HUMAN EFFICIENCY OR PRODUCTIVY OF ERS? I DRAW ON IAS AND TECHNIQU OM A HALF A CENTURY OF REARCH THE DATABASE FIELD AND SYNTHIZE NEW PRCIPL, ABSTRACTNS, AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS TO MAKE MACHE LEARNG EASIER, MORE SLABLE AND CHEAPER TO E PRACTICE.PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BURNS ON UNSPLASHWHAT IS THE FUTURE OF YOUR WORK?ON THE REARCH SI, I’M SUPER EXCED ABOUT WHAT I’M DOG. THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE MOCRATIZG ACCS TO MACHE LEARNG FOR A LOT OF MUNI. I LIKE WORKG ON NEW PROBLEMS RATHER THAN REHASHG TABLISHED PROBLEMS. THAT SAID, THERE ARE ALSO TERTG CHALLENG EMERGG OM THE SYSTEM STANDPOT. CLOUD PUTG IS BEG A BIG AL. IN DATA SCIENCE, MORE BROADLY, PEOPLE ARE STARTG TO LOOK AT MORE DATA MANAGEMENT ISSU, HUMAN TERACTNS, ISSU OF PRIVACY AND ETHICS, AND SO ON.I DON’T VIEW WHAT I’M WORKG ON AS A ONE TOPIC WH AN EXISTG AREA — I VIEW AS SOMETHG THAT’S ACTUALLY BIRTHG A NEW AREA. SO I WILL KEEP EXPLORG DIFFERENT TOPICS, AND THAT MIGHT LEAD TO A LOT MORE TERTG WORK. IN TERMS OF APPLITNS I’D LIKE TO EXPLORE, I’M ALREADY WORKG ON HEALTHRE, PUBLIC HEALTH, EXERCISE MONORG, AND DISEASE PROGRSN OF DIFFERENT HEALTH OUT. THE INTER OF THGS IS ANOTHER THG THAT IS TERTG TO ME — VIC THAT ARE UBIQUO AND THAT SEND SOMETHG ABOUT THE REAL WORLD THAT HAVE WISPREAD APPLITNS. MACHE LEARNG IS APPLIED IMAGE AND VIO ANALYTICS. THE LAST ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM ALREADY LLABORATG WH FOLKS POLIL SCIENCE, TRYG TO UNRSTAND HOW MUNI AND NVERSATNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA GET SHAPED. POLARIZATN, FOR EXAMPLE ON ISSU SUCH AS GUN RIGHTS AND GUN NTROL. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE LANDSPE IS DRIVEN BY LARGE-SLE MULTIMODAL DATA ANALYTICS — ’S NO LONGER JT DOG SURVEYS AND TERVIEWS OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE DOG GRAPH AND MULTIMODAL ANALYTICS ON TERABYT OF DATA. THAT’S THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CHALLENGE, WHICH IS SOMETHG THAT I’D LIKE TO EXPLORE MORE.THAT’S MY FUTURE ON THE REARCH SI. ON THE TEACHG SI, I’LL NTUE TEACHG DATABAS AND MACHE LEARNG SYSTEMS. I’VE BEEN CREATG A LOT OF NEW URS FOR UCSD. I CREATED THE DATABASE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATN URSE FOR CSE UNRGRADUAT. I CREATED THE SYSTEMS FOR SLABLE ANALYTICS URSE THE DATA SCIENCE MAJOR, THE FIRST OF S KD THE WORLD, WHERE UNRGRADUAT LEARN THGS LIKE CLOUD PUTG, SPARK, AND SO ON. I CREATED SEMARS AND A CSE GRADUATE URSE ON DATA SYSTEMS FOR MACHE LEARNG. I WOULD PROBABLY ALSO EXPLORE URS ON SOME OF THE NEW TOPICS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.ON THE OUTREACH SI, I’LL BE NTUG TO ENGAGE AND NTRIBUTE TO DIVERSY. I DON’T WANT THAT TO FALL BY THE WAYSI BEE THAT’S SUPER IMPORTANT AND MEANGFUL TO ME. I WILL NTUE TO WORK WH UNRGRADUATE TERNSHIP PROGRAMS. STARS IS ONE PROGRAM THAT I’VE BEEN WORKG WH A LOT — OVER THE LAST UPLE YEARS, I’VE HOSTED THREE UNRGRADUATE TERNS OM HISPANIC SERVG INSTUTNS. THAT’S SOMETHG THAT I LIKE TO NTRIBUTE TO — AGA, AS PART OF ENHANCG DIVERSY PUTG. IT’S AWOME THAT ONE OF THE STUNTS WHO DID REALLY WELL THIS TERNSHIP IS APPLYG FOR A PHD PUTG. I’M VERY HAPPY — THAT’S HOW WE CHANGE THGS. THAT’S HOW WE CREASE DIVERSY ALL LEVELS OF PUTG, AND WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THAT.I DON’T LIKE ADMISTRATN STUFF, SO DON’T EXPECT TO SEE ME BEE PARTMENT CHAIR. I LIKE TO STAY TECHNIL. I LIKE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE STUNTS. I LIKE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE WORK.PHOTO BY KYLE VAN ALSTYNE ON UNSPLASHHOW DO FEEL TO MEET STUNTS OM THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?ONE OF THE REASONS I BEME A FACULTY MEMBER WAS BEE I LOVE WORKG WH STUNTS. TO SEE THEM TRANSFORM AND BEE PRODUCTIVE AND E UP WH NEW STUFF — THAT’S WHAT EXCED ME. I HAVE SOME TERRIFIC STUNTS WHO’VE DONE SPECTACULAR WORK. EVERY ONE OF MY PAPERS HAS STUNTS ON .AND WORKG WH OSTEM HAS BEEN QUE REWARDG. I WENT TO THE OSTEM NATNAL NFERENCE TWICE, 2017 AND AGA 2018, TO MAKE SURE THAT UCSD IS WELL REPRENTED — THAT ’S NOT STUNTS OR STAFF ALONE, BUT ALSO FACULTY THAT ARE PRENT THERE. TEE, A STUNT OM THE CS PARTMENT, DID SOME SPECTACULAR STUFF. HE WAS THE SECRETARY OF OSTEM AND HAD WON THE CNS ALAN TURG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. I NOMATED TEE FOR THE UNRGRADUATE CONTRIBUTNS TO DIVERSY AWARD THAT CSE GIV OUT EVERY YEAR, AND HE WON. AND I DO THAT WH ALL MY STUNTS ON ALL ONTS: REARCH, TEACHG ASSISTANTS, AND NTRIBUTNS TO DIVERSY. I LIKE TO PROMOTE THE STUNTS WHO ARE DOG THE WORK, PUTTG THE EFFORT, AND ARE FORTHRIGHT AND DILIGENT ABOUT ACHIEVG THGS THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF THEY WEREN’T.WHEN I MEET STUNTS WHO ARE LGBTQIA+, I MAKE SURE THAT STUNTS ARE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL WELE, SAFE, AND CLUD. I WANT TO REASSURE THEM THAT I’M ALSO A PERSON THE LGBT MUNY, SO IF THERE IS SOMETHG THE PARTMENT THAT IS NEGATIVELY AFFECTG PEOPLE OM THIS MUNY, I HAVE GOT YOUR BACK.ISSU THAT STUNTS MIGHT FACE BEE OF THEIR INTY IMPE THE PROGRS THE FIELD. LIKE NOT HAVG A MUNY, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY AMICS PUTER SCIENCE WHO ARE LGBTQIA+. I DIDN’T GET TO SEE ANY OTHER FACULTY PUTER SCIENCE WHO WERE GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANS, OR ANYTHG ELSE LIKE THAT AT THE OSTEM NFERENCE. I HOPE WE N CREASE DIVERSY PUTG AND DATA SCIENCE TOO.PHOTO BY ALEXANR SN ON UNSPLASHHOW DO YOUR INTY RM YOUR REARCH?IN PUTER SCIENCE, OFTEN, PEOPLE TEND TO SKIP OVER A LOT OF THE CLN ISSU. DATABASE TEXTBOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, TALK ABOUT TEGRY NSTRATS AND THEY SAY EVERY PERSON HAS A MOTHER AND A FATHER. EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRAIGHT BUT OM A SGLE PARENT HOEHOLD, THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY AND LBIAN, THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. AND THAT TI TO SYSTEMIC ISSU WH REGARD TO ERASURE AND LACK OF AWARENS. I DON’T THK THAT’S MALIC. I DON’T THK WAS TEND TO BE HURTFUL. IT’S JT NOT BEG GNIZANT OF HOW THGS N BE RECEIVED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS, PECIALLY GROUPS THAT ARE HISTORILLY MARGALIZED, LEGALLY DISCRIMATED AGAST, AND SO ON.IN MANY DATA SETS AND MACHE LEARNG PAPERS, GENRS ARE REPRENTED AS ZERO OR ONE. THERE ISN’T GENR CLIVY, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GENRS AND GENR INTI — AND ’S NOT JT ENGLISH. IN MANY WORLD LANGUAG, THERE ARE MULTIPLE GENRS. IN SANSKR, THERE ARE THREE GENRS. SO ’S ALREADY EXCLNARY CULTURALLY, AND NOW THERE’S MORE AWARENS ABOUT DISCRIMATN TOWARDS GENR INTY.I GIVE THE EXAMPL, AND YOU NNOT NY THAT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE NEGATIVELY. THAT WAS EYE-OPENG FOR MANY FACULTY MEMBERS, AND MANY OF THEM ENURAGED ME TO BLOG ABOUT . IT’S A WAY TO AMPLIFY MY IMPACT ON BOTH THE REARCH MUNY AND ON SOMETHG THAT’S MEANGFUL TO ME, WHICH IS DIVERSY AND CLN THIS FIELD.PHOTO BY YANNICK PULVER ON UNSPLASHWHY DO YOU ENJOY WRG?THE REASON I WRE IS THAT I HAVE SOMETHG THAT I THK IS MEANGFUL AND WANT TO SHARE WH THE WORLD — THAT I THK N HELP SOMEONE CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT SOMETHG THAT IS IMPORTANT, OR HELP SOMEONE GET EXPOSED TO SOMETHG THEY MISSED, OR THAT THEY DID NOT THK ABOUT, OR JT MUNITE SOMETHG ABOUT MY OWN LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT ULD POTENTIALLY BE TERTG FOR SOMEONE ELSE.WRG HELPS YOU CLARIFY YOUR THKG. IT HELPS YOU LAY DOWN THGS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY A HERENT AND ANIZED MANNER. THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IS LIKE TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE G OUT BLOG POSTS — WHY DID I WRE THAT DOWN? I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT BEE THERE WAS A ARTH OF VOIC LIKE ME. WHEN I WAS G OUT 2014, I WAS TRYG TO FD OUT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE FOR INDIAN MEN, SOUTH ASIAN MEN, OR ASIAN MEN. VERY LTLE HAS BEEN WRTEN ABOUT THAT. I WAS JT SURPRISED.AND THAT’S SORT OF WHAT GOT ME THKG — MAYBE I SHOULD WRE ABOUT , MAYBE ’LL HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE OM ASIA, WHO ARE OM SOUTH ASIA, PARTICULAR OM INDIA, WHO ARE ALSO STGGLG WH G OUT OR TRYG TO EXPLA TO THEIR FAY. OR FAI WHO ARE STGGLG TO PE WH THEIR KIDS G OUT TO THEM. TO SHARE MY STORY ABOUT WHAT MY JOURNEY WAS LIKE, WHAT I DID, WHAT TOOLS AND WHAT MECHANISMS I ED.THE RPONSE WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT. I POSTED ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. ONE OF MY IENDS OM INDIA DURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE REACHED OUT TO ME. AND THEN HE SAID MY ARTICLE WAS EYE-OPENG AND MA HIM CRY, AND CHANGED HIS MD ON LGBT ISSU. THAT WAS REALLY TOUCHG, AND MANY OTHERS ALSO WROTE TO ME, EXPRSG GRATU FOR ME SHARG MY STORY AND SAYG THAT WAS MEANGFUL FOR THEM TO READ ABOUT.I THK HELPS PEOPLE KD OF UNRSTAND WHAT LGBT PEOPLE GO THROUGH — PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CLOSE IEND OR FAY MEMBER, THEY N STILL UNRSTAND AND THEY N GET A BETTER PERSPECTIVE. THE SLI CK THAT I RELEASED WAS ALSO HELPFUL FOR SOME PEOPLE.WHAT DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?I THK THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY STEM, AND ’S BEEN ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY FOR THE LAST OR SO. LIKE IF YOU GO TO PRI — I WENT TO THE ONE SAN FRANCIS 2016. GOOGLE, SALFORCE, AND FACEBOOK EACH HAD A HUGE NTGENT. AT LEAST PUTG, THE TECH DTRY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. I MEAN, THE HEAD OF APPLE IS A OPENLY GAY MAN. TIM COOK — HE’S TALKED ABOUT WHY HE WANTS TO BE OPEN ABOUT , AND WHY HE THKS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE, PECIALLY BEE HE’S OM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE U.S., AND THAT’S NOT A PART OF THE U.S. KNOWN FOR GAY RIGHTS. COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE FIELD SELF. IF YOU LOOK AT , THE SO LLED “FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE,” ALAN TURG HIMSELF, IS A GAY MAN. AND OF URSE, HE WAS PERSECUTED FOR HIS SEXUALY AND FORCED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. THAT’S SOMETHG ALMOST EVERYONE PUTER SCIENCE KNOWS ABOUT. SO THERE’S A LOT MORE AWARENS ABOUT THE LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS ISSUE.I THK WE SHOULDN’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE LARGER LANDSPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSU — LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS AS PART OF HUMAN RIGHTS. WE SHOULD PARTNER WH ALLI AND OTHER MUNI THAT ARE STGGLG FOR THEIR RIGHTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT KEY ANIZATNS, THAT ALL UNTRI LIFT NSTUTNAL VALU UP, AND THAT EVERYONE GETS EQUAL RIGHTS — THAT CLUS TRANS PEOPLE — AND MAKE SURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF THE STUTNAL BODI TAKE HATE CRIM AGAST LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE SERLY. TRANS PEOPLE ARE PECIALLY VULNERABLE TO HATE CRIM. ALL OF THE ISSU ARE TERRELATED. ULTIMATELY, ’S A MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE DON’T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. SO WHOEVER HAS MA MORE ADVANC SHOULD HELP UPLIFT THE OTHERS WHO ARE STILL STGGLG TO MAKE THOSE SORTS OF ADVANC STUTNALLY AND SYSTEMILLY.BUT THE TRAJECTORY HAS BEEN MOVG FORWARD. THAT’S GOOD. IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE SUPREME COURT EXTEND THE FERAL CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTN FOR ANTI-DISCRIMATN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF SEX TO CLU SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. COLORADO HAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR. THAT’S AWOME. POLIL PARTI, THEY’RE STARTG TO PUT UP MORE DIVERSE NDIDAT, AND WE DID HAVE AN OPENLY GAY PRINTIAL NDIDATE THIS YEAR. THAT’S ALSO BIG PROGRS.IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER UNTRI, IRELAND HAD THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. INDIA — THE SUPREME COURT GAVE A VERDICT A UPLE YEARS AGO THAT GAY RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED UNR THE CONSTUTN. SO THEY CRIMALIZED HOMOSEXUALY. SIX YEARS AGO 2014 WHEN I WAS G OUT, THEY GAVE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE. THGS ARE IMPROVG MANY OF THE PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND THAT’S ENURAGG TO ME. AND THAT’S A POSIVE SIGN THAT WE ARE MOVG THE RIGHT DIRECTN.BUT WE SHOULDN’T LET OUR GUARD DOWN, BEE ANYTHG THAT IS PROGRS N BE REVERSED. WE SHOULD BE VIGILANT, AND WE SHOULD PARTNER WH ALLI AND OTHER MUNI THAT ARE FIGHTG FOR THEIR RIGHTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LIFT EACH OTHER UP. AND THAT CLUS BLACK LIV MATTER — WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LOSG THEIR LEGAL DUE PROCS RIGHTS AND BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST SYSTEMILLY. WE SHOULD SUPPORT PEOPLE OF LOR, WE SHOULD SUPPORT WOMEN’S RIGHTS, ALL OF THE MATTERS. ALL OF THE ARE ULTIMATELY HUMAN RIGHTS.IS THERE ANYTHG ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO MENTN?WE HAVE A SPECTACULAR MUNY ON MP FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE. THE LGBT ROURCE CENTER IS ONE OF THE LARGT OF MANY SCHOOLS THAT I’VE SEEN — NOT JT THE UNTRY, BUT THE WORLD. THEY’RE DOG TERRIFIC WORK TO BE NNECTED WH THE MUNY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL EVENTS AND A LOT OF PANEL EVENTS. OSTEM IS DOG TERRIFIC STUFF TOO. THEY’RE DOG AT A NATNAL LEVEL. THE STUNTS — YOU ALL ARE ANIZG ALL THE EVENTS — THE WRG, THE TALKS, THE PANELS, ALL OF THAT IS HELPFUL FOR STUNTS TO FEEL PART OF A STRONG MUNY ON MP.AND I HOPE MORE STUNTS ARE AWARE OF THIS. THEY SHOULD BE ASSURED THAT THIS MP AND THIS MUNY IS SOMETHG THAT THEY WILL CHERISH AND THEY WILL REMEMBER. THAT THIS MUNY WILL HELP UPLIFT THEM THEIR LIFE, RATHER THAN SOMETHG THAT THEY FEEL ISOLATED ABOUT AND FEEL LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT. AND SO, FACULTY, STAFF, STUNTS — EVERYBODY IS THIS TOGETHER.CLOSG NOT

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