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Introduction Joseph Balderama-Cortez. The Temple of Selene" Rhiannon Ripley, "Balance" Katlin Sweeney, "Look Up_" Kendra Rtzpatrick "Hours in a Week" Anne S. Hall, "Because You Love Me" Leann Leite, "Mother of a Mother" Jessica Olinger, "Art Therapy Katlin Sweeney, "Wasteland" , B. Belmonte, "A Grape's SkirT
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Regarding the elections that have occurred a couple months ago (the Presidency. W House and the Senate), the situation has been quite chaotic and stressful for a lot of people: Trump, at best, is a complete wildcard as to how things will socially progress. 4 And needless to say a great deal of this concern has been cast by many vulnerable groups: Women, Hispanic/Latino individuals, LGBTQ persons, etc. The list goes on. For me specifically, a great deal of anxiety and focus has been for my LGDFQ rights, and it stems from the individuals that Trump has been appointing and surrounding ^ himself with. r "But Trump said he's f ne with same-sex marriage, there's nothing to worry about." There's a lot more to worry about than just marriage, and already he's proven Itl^ himself to be extremely dangerous with the people and legislation he's surrounding himself with. 5ame-sex marriage isn't the true end goal for LGBTQ rights - the true goal here is gaining the same social and economic freedoms as my heterosexual counterparts, now put in jeopardy:
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My boyfriend's parents are long-time Republicans, and voted Trump in this election. Due to that, we felt it necessary to discuss and bring to light the severe setbacks my boyflriend and 1 could suffer under the upcoming administration. We asked them to have a seat and told them in greater detail our stories of the homophobia we had already endured up to this point: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act and ^ many state laws permitting discrimination on the basis of our sexual orientation. ^ Each of these would have repercussions on how people would perceive the LGBT community, often resulting in the silence of our identities and the shame forced Y upon us by our peers. We told his parents that the homophobic culture up to this point, in spite of several discriminatory laws being struck down, was still ven^ much prevalent in California and among other parts of the country. _^
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My name is Christopher Michael Cervantes-Hernandez, and 1 am a -hfth-year student studying Computer 5cience with a minor in Mathematics. Being a college student naturally comes with its own sets of challenges, some of which will unfortunately prove too much for even the most accomplished of individuals. In my case the staKes are even higher, as 1 belong to demographics who are the hardest hit when it comes to achieving their educational pursuits: 1 am without family assistance, 1 am Latino and 1 am gay. * The struggle to prove my worth as a productive individual has pervaded every facet of my life, and with a college degree the only tangible manner in which 1 can achieve this goal of being truly self-sufTcient, it is therefore not surprising to hear when people come to describe me with words liKe "studious", "driven", "calculating" or even "cold". 1 have done all that 1 can to maKe sure 1 never lose sight of obtaining my degree, which has included many difhcult decisions along the way.
Fortunately, however, 1 did manage to receive a lot of help along the way. And for a while It seemed liKe things were finally starting to get better Grades were improving. I became a math tutor under a nationally recognized system. I manaqed to enroll myself in my state's healthcare systemCafLr having no Wmal healthcare ' ''"'^'^ anniversary mark with my
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Slater writes poetry, -hction, and nonf^ction. His worK has appeared inTrans Lit Mag. TreeHouse: An
Exhibition of the Arts. Bird's Thumb. The Commuter. Canyon Voices. The Tower Journal and Metonym. Slater is completing his MFA m Rctlon at San Diego State University and interns for Fiction International.
Katlin Sweeney is a first year M.A. student in American Literature at San Diego State University She works as a Teaching Associate and Fellow in SDSU's Department of Rhetoric & Writing Studies, as an Editorial & Marketing Associate at San Diego State University Press, Editor/Creator of Rally Zine, Prose Editor at Venus Magazine, and as a homeschool writing tutor. She graduated summa cum laude from California State University San Marcos in 2016 with a BA. in Literature & Writing Studies and a minor in Women's Studies. Her work has been published in Hoax Zine. The Moon Zine BonKI Magazine, and The Queery Magazine She is the former Editor-in-Chief of CSUSM's The Cougar Chronicle and former Peer Coordinator of CSUSM's ASl LGBTQA Pride Center.
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