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Production and Events Manager Dr. Anthony Garcia ‘16 shares his experience as an LGBTQ+ Employee with Daily Nexus

The Daily Nexus interviewed UC Santa Barbara faculty and staff members on UC Santa Barbara’s Out List about their experiences within the field of higher education as members of the LGBTQ+ community. For the article, the Department of Music’s Production and Events Manager and alumnus, Dr. Anthony Garcia ‘16, spoke about how his decision to join the Out List and publicly come out came from the importance of representation for his identity as a bisexual man. “I felt it was important for me to come out publicly...because I have a sort of belief that no one’s really that straight, or that much on any end of the spectrum, to be honest,” shared Dr. Garcia. “I think it’s important that we recognize that there are more examples of the in-between and where people fall on the spectrum.”

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