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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 | VOLUME 112, ISSUE 22

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In one conversation with Alicia Samuel, it’s clear she’s motivated, opinionated and fearlessly charging forward to create a stronger support system for LGBTQ2+ youth in the London community. Alicia’s action takes many forms, but the two main avenues are her charitable foundation Queer Events and her radio show, Rainbow Radio, at CHRW.

“There’s still a lot of discrimination. There’s still a lot of things that need to change,” says Alicia. “It happens when you have profs that are [of] a certain mindset, and they’ll make comments in the class that are homophobic.

The drive and passion the English major exhibits is the product of an unfortunate start to her life as a Western University student.

According to Alicia, if change is to ever occur, it will require a shift in a collective, complacent mindset.

“It’s hard when you try to speak up about it but no one listens. Or they tell you there’s nothing they can do.”

Even more than the university, though, Alicia explains these systemic issues extend to the London, and Canadian, populations.

“I was actually at Brescia [University College] years ago, and I experienced so much harassment and intimidation that I actually had to take time off,” Alicia explains.

“Everyone thinks, ‘OK, we have marriage equality; it’s in the media: there are a lot of queer representation in movies and TV.’ But, that’s not necessarily true,” says Alicia.

Although she underwent this social trauma, she’s doing her best to ensure others won’t find themselves in the same position. A desire to create a stronger LGBTQ2+ London community led her to co-founding Queer Events in 2016.

“There’s a trope where, if there’s a lesbian on the TV show, within three episodes they’re going to get killed off dramatically; they never have the happy ending, you never see queer relationships with a happy ending. And if you do, they’re very few and far between.”

According to their website, the goal of Queer Events is to create “a more connected, stronger, welcoming and accessible LGBTQ2+ community.”

A need for vigilance and awareness across LGBTQ2+ causes has led to Alicia’s careful observation of the content played on her show at CHRW. On Rainbow Radio, music will only be played by artists that are a part of, or allies to, the LGBTQ2+ community. As a result, Alicia keeps a close eye on all public comments, making sure she does not play music from problematic sources.

Since the charity’s inception a few short years ago, the foundation has collectivised events online for the London LGBTQ2+ community. Queer Events has been so successful that they are now planning their own events; for example, the organization is currently in the process of planning a second annual queer prom.

Alicia explains last year’s event drew more than 300 Grade 7 to 12 youth from London and the surrounding areas. In fact, some students even commuted from outside the London area just to have a chance to meet their peers.

“We’ll hear comments like, ‘I forgot what it was like to be this happy,’ or, ‘I didn’t think there was anyone else out there like me,’ ” says Alicia. “It gives the kids an opportunity to see [they’re] not alone.”

A lack of community is unfortunately something that extends farther than just high school. According to Alicia, LGBTQ2+ students at Western are often left out in the cold.

“I do so much research to ensure that the allies that I play haven’t made transphobic comments or homophobic comments,” says Alicia. “We will actually cut an artist if it comes to light that they’ve done something.”

On the brighter side, Rainbow Radio allows Alicia to introduce Queer Events to the Western community. On the show, DJ Trini — her stage name — helps to broadcast events happening across London.

Balancing a charitable foundation, her own show at Radio Western and a full course load ensures that Alicia is always on the move. And, to this point, it still hasn’t become normal.

“It’s really hard. It’s very hectic. I don’t know that I have found the perfect balance for it yet,” jokes Alicia.

■ CHARLIE MARSHALL

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City of London talks with YouTube about FOCO JESSICA SINGER NEWS INTERN @UWOGAZETTE To stop dangerous and illegal activities during Western’s “fake homecoming,” City of London staff are speaking with YouTube about the dangers of posting videos of students climbing and jumping off roofs.

This activity is commonly known as “brewfi ng,” where students climb onto roofs and use them as social spaces, explained Orest Katolyk, London’s head of bylaw enforcement.

Katolyk has been in contact with YouTube about posting these types of videos, and he explained how performing dangerous stunts at unsanctioned street parties has resulted in serious injuries.

“This has kind of become about whose video can go more viral.

So now the trend has become jumping off roofs, trying to break tables,” said Katolyk.

YouTube recently changed their policies on posting content that is

dangerous in nature. The site has removed videos of the Bird Box Challenge, which urges people to post videos of themselves performing unsafe or difficult tasks while blindfolded, and the Tide Pod Challenge, where people bite into laundry detergent capsules.

The city has discussed with YouTube that videos of students performing reckless activities in an inebriated state may also encourage dangerous and illegal behaviour.

“It’s somewhat human nature to see if you can up the ante and maybe jump off a higher roof,” explained Katolyk. “It’s that kind of philosophy of challenge, who gets the most watched videos, that kind of thing.”

Katolyk says that this has been an issue for about three years among many universities and colleges.

Although the term “brewfi ng” was coined in California, the trend of performing other dangerous stunts, like jumping off roofs and

Ivey appoints new dean KENDRA CAREY NEWS INTERN @UWOGAZETTE

MAX MAO GAZETTE Students on top of a roof during FOCO, Sept. 30, 2017.

burning furniture, has spread across North America.

“Initially in North America, because we’re members of the International Town and Gown Association, these issues come up at their seminars and conferences,” said Katolyk. “Previously, the issue was challenges on burning couches,… so you pull your couch out of your house, put it on the road and set it on fi re.”

Katolyk explained that the issue of unsanctioned street parties is multi-faceted.

While banning YouTube videos will not solve every problem, the city is looking at all of their options to ensure students will not be

injured or killed from something they did in an inebriated state.

“Our position is that we’re not going to solve unauthorized parties simply by taking videos down,” said Katolyk. “But certainly diving off of roofs and people getting hurt is something that is dangerous in nature and, in our opinion, does not fit in with YouTube’s policies”.

No decision has been made by YouTube to take down the videos.

The city is continuing to meet with Western University administration, emergency management staff, student leadership and communications officials to look for solutions to this issue.

On Feb. 28, Western provost Andrew Hrymak announced the appointment of Sharon Hodgson as the new dean of Ivey Business School.

Hodgson joins Ivey from IBM, where she held a position as corporate director, driving change and innovation enabled by technology.

The past three decades have seen her in a leadership position with IBM, PwC and Andersen Consulting.

Over the course of her career at IBM, she served as a consulting leader of the Growth Markets Unit in Shanghai and leader of North America’s Business Analytics Optimization Unit in Philadelphia.

In addition to the consulting experience Hodgson brings to Ivey, she has earned a bachelor of commerce from the University of Manitoba, as well as an MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. She also participated in the Advanced Executive Program for IBM at Harvard Business School.

Hodgson will assume her new position as the dean of Ivey on May 6.

She will succeed Robert Kennedy, who accepted the position of dean of the Business School at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in July 2017. Since Kennedy’s Departure, Ivey professor Mark Vandenbosch has been serving as acting dean.

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Diversity in the LGBTQ2+ community on campus The political climate is scary. Every day it seems like our existence and our rights are being threatened and taken away. How do we fight back? How do we resist? Visibility is crucial for continuing these conversations, and this is the aim of the Pride Issue.

The LGBTQ2+ community is flourishing throughout our campus and our city; we hold incredibly diverse identities and experiences that contribute to making Western University a better place.

The diversity of our community is beautiful. We need to recognize and support all parts of being LGBTQ2+. To be LGBTQ2+ also means to be brown, black, gender non-conforming, a refugee, an immigrant, disabled, Indigenous, neurodivergent and

PHOTOS: SAMIT KHALSA, CHARU SHARMA, BETSY LUO AND MINGWEI HUANG GAZETTE

so much more. We hope to have captured a peek into the diversity of the community on campus in this year’s Pride Issue.

Following previous successes like gender-neutral multi-stalled bathrooms on campus and the ability for students to go by their chosen names in university documentation, we are inspired to continue working toward making this campus more accessible for the community.

But it would be unfair to pretend that it is easy for LGBTQ2+ folks to exist on this campus; we celebrate a multi-stalled gender-neutral bathroom in the UCC, yet it still hasn’t been renovated from its gendered design. We celebrate the ability to not be dead-named by technology, but we still

lack doctors and counsellors who relate to this experience. Instead of systems that are inclusive for everyone, pre-existing systems that never actively considered the LGBTQ2+ experience force us to be exceptions that must be accommodated. There is still work to be done, and to the people trying to do it — unpaid, under-recognized and often dismissed — we see you. We thank you.

We look forward to seeing projects like the Pride Issue continue, as they provide the community with visibility and space to thrive. To those outside the community, we hope you will respect and celebrate us creating these spaces. To those in the community, you’re already doing enough — you exist.

■ ZOE (SPECTRUM UWO) & ROSA (PRIDEWESTERN)

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I am nothing like the one I love I fell in love with her In a way I’ve never fell in love with anyone before She was the softest form of grace Yet I’m told it’s a sin to look at her the way I do Like sunshine never touched the earth the same And storms aren’t meant to be chased till dawn Convinced the men before her just wanted to feel the weight of the fight

It’s the way in which she sees the world around her

If she is grace I am mercy

There is meaning to the way she moves

When she is summer I am winter And when I am in love she is already gone

Her pace is calculated

I am left with a new world at my palm

Unchanged by this world

In my eyes I see her everywhere

She takes her time

I search for her endlessly I try to find the humble people The ones who do not take up the entire space in a room Ones who spend more time looking at the beauty of others

There is only madness to how I move I run to every flickering spark this world presents For this fire is uncontrollable I see the world as endless possibilities

Then at the beauty in themselves

She finds safety in a shelter for the night

Ones who shine just because they do

I find safety in saying her name

I spend my time feeling my heavy heart live in vanity

As if sweetness was meant for me

Passing people up because they do not remind me of her

I want to lead my burning fire through them all

She is lightening, sticking only when she wants I am always the fire beneath

Maybe I was meant to be in love

Still I cannot shake the spell she left on my lips

In usual ways

I cannot pretend that I don’t rewrite our faith in all of my poems

The fire she started

With the most beautiful person

For in all of my poetry there is her

The fire she doesn’t strike upon twice

An Insight into Intersexuality

PIPER KEARNEY My name is Piper Kearney. I am an Intersex individual.

Being Intersex is one part of me. I have goals and interests just like other people. I love to garden and go for walks in nature. I am trying to bring a human touch to show individuals that Intersex individuals are like everyone else. They have goals, want to find love and dance.

Intersex is a biological variation in sex characteristics. It is an umbrella term for a multitude of variations ranging from

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hormones and/or chromosomes to physical variation in anatomy.

Studies show that one in 2,000 children are born visibly Intersex. This does not include the number of children who find out during puberty or the number of individuals that learn when they decide to try and have children.

It is estimated that anywhere between 0.5 per cent and six per cent of the global population fall into some category of Intersex. The only debate being over what classifies as “different enough” to be Intersex.

I am also an Intersex activist. The Intersex community here in London is quite invisible.

My goal is to bring awareness and to connect with the Intersex community here in London.

Here are a few projects I am doing.

I am doing an Intersex information event on March 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Reimagine Co. (211 King St., London).

I am going to have an Intersex table at Pride this year.

I will raise an Intersex flag on Intersex Awareness Day Oct. 26, 2019.

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Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners OLIVIA LAKE

This piece was originally submitted for MIT 2152 – Media and Social Movements.

In 2014, Pride, written by Stephen Beresfordand and directed

by Matthew Warchus, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film received a standing ovation, the Queer Palm award and later premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Pride recounts the unforgettable true story of the group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. In the summer of 1984, during the height of the UK miners’ strike, the LGSM, led by Mark Ashton and Mike Jackson, began to collect donations for a mining community in Dulais Valley in South Wales. The subsequent friendship that developed between these two groups was critical during the AIDS epidemic for defending gay rights against the authoritarian Thatcher government. Prior to the debut of Pride, however, the history of the LGSM and their unlikely

partnership with the National Union of Mineworkers was largely unknown to the general public.

Knowledge of these events today is still relatively limited as the story exists mainly in the shadows of more familiar milestones of the LGBTQ+ movement such as the Stonewall riots. I will argue that the efforts of the LGSM deserve greater recognition in the study of LGBTQ+ rights and the study of social movements as a whole because the group’s successes shed light on the importance of bridging solidarity among different groups of people.

The LGSM was a revolutionary organization in how it effectively combatted issues of the political identity paradox. In Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, the political identity paradox theory states that “the stronger the identity and cohesion of the group, the more likely people are to become alienated from other groups, and from society.” Moreover, groups that are isolated have a more challenging time achieving their

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political goals because they do not have support of alliances. David Featherstone, author of Solidarity: Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism, further suggests that solidarity has often been misunderstood as likeness, and this tendency to relate to groups based solely on narrow identity markers can be extremely limiting. The LGSM, however, understood the importance of fostering new ways of relating based on shared experiences of oppression. After highlighting this commonality, they were able to bridge divisions between class and sexuality-based politics.

In Europe and North America, the 1980s were a disastrous decade for members of the LGBTQ+ community, especially for gay men. In the UK, gay marriage was illegal, there was an age restriction on consent, equal rights did not exist yet and with the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, in addition to battling discrimination, gay men were also fighting for their lives. In wards across the UK, gay men suffering from HIV and AIDS began dying at alarmingly high rates. There was no treatment available to these individuals, and there was also very little information about how to prevent the spread of the virus. Margaret Thatcher, the ruling prime minister at the time, was largely unsympathetic toward the gay community during this period. Due to the stigma of the AIDS virus as a “gay disease” and the belief that it could be contracted from casual contact, many gay men lost their jobs or were evicted from their homes. The paranoia of the AIDS epidemic resonated through every avenue of public life, reinvigorating homophobic attitudes and undermining the progress that had been achieved by the budding Gay Liberation Front.

While the gay community continued to suffer under these conditions, the Thatcher government also began condemning participants of the miner’s strike. The strike, which lasted from 1984 to 1985, was the last attempt of the NUM to stop the closure of collieries in local communities across the UK. For many of these towns, mining was the only source of employment. In their fight against pit closures, the miners encountered a heightened level of police violence and harassment. The same chief constable of the Greater Manchester Police, Sir James Anderton, who said gay people suffering from AIDS lived in a “human cesspool of their own making,” was also quoted describing mass picketing demonstrations as “acts of terrorism.” At picket lines, police bludgeoned strikers, charged with horses and arrested people, all tactics previously employed to subdue gay rights groups. It was this expression of brutality that inspired the formation of the LGSM, because gay people began to understand how this violence mirrored their own experiences.

Mark Ashton, founder of the LGSM, recognized that the two groups had a common enemy, a point he made clear in stating, “Mining communities are being bullied like we are, being harassed by the police, just as we are. One community should give solidarity to another. It is really illogical to say: ‘I’m gay and I’m into defending the gay community, but I don’t care about anything else’. ” Ashton, who was an outspoken and avid communist, convinced his LGBTQ+

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friends to join forces with the working class, an impressive undertaking considering the history of persecution gay people had suffered at the expense of these same individuals.

The largest and most successful of the 11 LGSM groups across the UK was located in London, England, and its headquarters was the Gay’s The Word bookshop at 66 Marchmont St. At the 1984 London Pride parade, members of LGSM collaborated at the bookshop and began collecting donations for the miners’ strike.

However, they soon realized the Thatcher government had sequestered the funds of the NUM, so it was not possible to donate directly to the union. Instead, the London LGSM decided to concentrate their efforts on helping a single mining community in Dulais Valley in South Wales. In December, the group arranged a concert in order to increase awareness and monetary support. The name of the concert, “Pits and Perverts,” was a reclaiming of branding The Sun had published in an attempt to subvert the support the miners were receiving from the gay community. The concert was a huge success, raising over 5,000 pounds (approximately C$9,000). In total, it is estimated from street collection, raffles and other initiatives the LGSM raised a total of 20,000 pounds (approximately C$35,000) and paid a quarter of Dulais’ bills during the mining dispute. In all of their efforts, the LGSM campaigned openly as lesbians and gay men. This visibility was important because LGSM’s alignment with the working class was also a deliberate strategy to push issues concerning gay rights, sexual liberation and HIV and AIDS treatment to the forefront of the political agenda.

Although the miner’s strike was defeated in 1985, the LGSM’s alliance with the NUM had far-reaching benefits for the LGBTQ+ community. For starters, the LGSM’s visit to Dulais helped to increase visibility of the gay community, promote acceptance and break down prejudices held on both sides. During their visit, LGSM members were welcomed into the homes of heterosexual families. In 1988, the town held a meeting in order to discuss ways to counter Clause 28, an addition to the Local Government Act that prohibited the promotion of homosexuality by local governments. In response to the assault on the LGBTQ+ community, Kath Jones of South Wales wrote to Mike Jackson: “[We] have not forgotten the solidarity, and the moral and financial support that the Lesbian and Gay Communities gave to our families during the Miners’ Strike of 1984/85.… We will do all we can in our area to publicise and campaign

against the implications of the Bill especially Clause 28.”

The LGSM also made a lasting impact on the working class’ understanding of sexual politics.

At the 1985 Pride parade in London, straight supporters were invited to participate in the march for the first time in the event’s history. Leading this march was the LGSM and their NUM allies. After this point, miners’ groups began to regularly participate and endorse various LGBTQ+ events. Additionally, trade unions and labour movements also undertook a process of creating LGBTQ+ networks for members within their individual organizations. At the People’s History Museum in Manchester, there is an archive of documents dedicated to the LGSM’s role in helping to establish rights for LGBTQ+ people within working class communities. It includes documents like the “Legislation for Lesbian and Gay Rights: A Manifesto,” as well as an end of year report on the initiatives of the London district of the Communist Party of Great Britain, with respect to the Lesbian and Gay advisory.

This report asserts that the work of the CPGB needs to exist to help lesbians and gays obtain the rights they deserve. Collectively, these documents illustrate that there was a conscious effort to make space for gay people in labour movements.

One of the biggest political breakthroughs for the gay community occurred in 1985 when the Labour Party conference saw a motion to support equal rights for gay men and lesbians. Although the motion came down to the wire, it was carried due to the block of votes of the NUM. Therefore, by cultivating solidarity with the miners’ cause in 1984, the LGSM was able to expand their sphere of influence and make significant political change.

A testament to the genuineness of the bond that was established between the LGSM and the NUM is the fact that when Mark Ashton died of AIDS in 1987, the miners from Dulais travelled to London to attend his funeral. He was only 26 years old.

Mark was a revolutionary, and his belief in the importance of fostering solidarity among different groups of people was integral not only to the success of the LGSM, but also the strengthening of advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community across the UK. During one of the most turbulent periods in history for the gay community, I am humbled by Ashton’s work and the profound impact he was able to make with the little time he had. His story and the story of the LGSM deserve the recognition, analysis and admiration it has yet to fully receive.

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pride

• TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

❥ ❥ ❥ To all the girls I’ve loved before ❥ ❥ ❥ MORGAN S.

Dear Taylor, When we were twelve, we kissed. We were just kids messing around, and we both agreed it was an accident.

Intentions aside, I liked it. We were inseparable; I spent more time at your house than I did at mine. We combined our names into one and called each other “Taygan,” and I found myself writing it over and over again, all over my homework.

You were my best friend, and everyone says to marry your best friend. I thought maybe I should marry your brother, since he’s the boy that is most like you. Eventually he and I dated, but I really didn’t like him at all. It was just another thing that I thought I should do, and it didn’t last long. You and I though, we will love each other forever.

When we were 12, I had a crush, but now when we’re 23, you’re family. You’ve just had your daughter; she’s five months old, and she looks so much like you. You asked me to be her godmother. Last week, I stood in front of a Catholic congregation next to you, shaking as I made the sign of the cross on her forehead knowing that the religion she’s being sworn into hates me. I want her to know that no matter who she is, she will be loved.

Love, Morgan

Dear Nadia, I hope things got better for you, but I don’t think they did. You were one of the cool girls, and you’re so goddamn gorgeous. When we became friends, I asked you why I hadn’t seen you at school before, and you told me you’d been in the hospital; you didn’t elaborate. Your parents were getting divorced because your mom hated your dad, and so did you. He was never home; he was always cheating.

When I went to your house for the first time, it was weirdly empty. I stayed till late, and no one ever came home. I knew that I wanted to be there for you then, someone you could rely on.

The second time I went to your house, you started taking off your clothes and you didn’t ask me to turn around. I stayed where I was, sitting on your bed, hoping not to make it awkward. You spent a while going on about how uncomfortable your outfit was, and then you couldn’t seem to settle on a new one. You kept getting dressed and then would undress again. You started to talk about when you were a model, and you showed me some of your poses — just in your underwear. I couldn’t understand why I liked it so much. When you finally did get dressed, it didn’t last for long. You had this idea where we would dress up like porn stars.

We spent the evening on your bed

shirtless, talking about our dreams and finding excuses to touch.

We didn’t hang out again. High school was weird.

Love, Morgan ••• Dear Saarya, I have a lot to say, but even when you’re not here, I feel tongue-tied.

When I met you in second year, the first thing that caught my eye was your smile. Later, you would tell me that you think it’s too big, but it was the first thing that made me fall in love with you. When you laughed, your whole face would light up, and I could see the joy in your eyes. There was a time where my camera was filled with pictures of that smile. Candid shots, selfies, poses, group photos.

I made friends with your friends, and I tried to play it cool, but Catherine’s brother is gay, and I know she saw the way I looked at you. We made plans for that summer, and I spent three nights sleeping on a mattress on the floor beside you. I was barely able to sleep those nights, with you taking up all the space in your sleep and me being too afraid to touch you.

The day when we were alone in

the kitchen is still one of my biggest regrets. You’d been making fun of my dancing when you got in my way.

Our eyes lock; your air is my air. You move closer, but I’m hesitant because you’re straight and you’ve never been kissed, and am I about to be your first? Then Catherine came downstairs, and we ran apart from each other, bursting into laughter, and I’m sure you were embarrassed of what you had almost done. I’m sure you were embarrassed of me. I should have just gone for it. Catherine asked me if we had kissed. Things on the

trip went to shit after that.

The next time I saw you, it was months later. You told me that now that you had graduated, your family wanted you to get married. That you’d met a man online who was from a good family. You told me this is what you wanted and you married him last year. It’s difficult to mourn when we were never really together.

Love, Morgan Names have been changed to protect persons’ privacy.

CHARU SHARMA GAZETTE

7 annoying things your cis-het male hook ups say KRITI MEHRA

versa? Why can’t I just be bi in peace?

Being bisexual and choosing to engage with cis and straight men can be… interesting, at best. As a visibly queer person, there’s a recurring set of questions and remarks that I’m almost always subjected to. So, here’s a mini compilation of things said to me by men, because why should I suffer alone?

“You have twice as many options as others and you still single? lmao” Touched the wrong nerve there, but OK.

“Do you have any tips/advice for me?”

I do, actually. Glad you asked. Now, let me go on to tell you all the things you can do better, only for you to go ahead and do none of it.

“Do you prefer sleeping with men or women? Or is it 50/50?”

Buddy, why ask this question if you’re going to be offended by the answer? “lEtS hAvE a tHreEsOmE” This one is usually followed up by “yOu eAt pUsSy dOnT yOu?” I love when my whole identity is reduced to what I can do to help a guy get off!

Best feeling in the world!

“Have you been with more men or women?”

Why do you want to know? To see if I’m more straight than gay or vice

“So you half gay half str8?”

Nope, but you full ignorant.

“Ever been with a white guy before?”

While I’m at it, jabbing at cis-het men, I might as well highlight the experience of engaging with — whom I call the embodiment of the quote “ignorance is bliss” — white men. What do you mean have I been with a white guy before? We’re in London; just look around you.

As an international student from Mumbai with an Indian accent, I’m rather accustomed to being called “exotic” some nights when I make the mistake of going to straight bars, but my favourite experience was at Lavish. LAVISH! I was exoticized by a cis, straight, white man at the only gay bar in London, because HOW DARE I HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONLY QUEER AND SUPPOSEDLY SAFE SPACE IN THIS CITY. I WILL PUNCH A HOLE IN THIS WALL. HOLD MY DOLLAR BEER, BRO.

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we get letters Discla imer : Some topics discussed relate to suicide, mental illness and graphic health issues.

Dr. Laurence Batmazian is one of the family physicians at Student Health Services.

Note: This article represents my personal opinion and should not be interpreted in any way to represent the views of Western University. All stories occurred prior to my employment at Western — there are absolutely zero students (past or present) referenced in this article.

In a time of increasing sensitivity around one’s genitals, I thought it important to explain why your student health physician may ask very personal questions and want to see very personal areas.

1. WE ASK ONLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE GOOD CARE I once saw a young man who complained of some uncommon urinary symptoms. I asked if everything was “OK” in his genital region, to which he responded, “Yup!” It was not until the third visit that I caved and asked if I could take a quick look.

Unfortunately, I had to inform him that the green ooze emanating from his urethra was not a normal part of growing up. One cotton swab later and I was writing him an apology note for not diagnosing his chlamydia two weeks earlier.

I was lucky — other doctors have missed cervical cancer, infected tampons and strangled testicles.

Honestly, we do not want to look at genitals. Our job, however, is to provide good care and if that requires us to offer to take a look, you should expect us to.

2. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE AN EXAMINATION We respect that you may have any number of reasons to decline to be examined. Those of us with trauma histories can sometimes feel triggered for reasons that we can’t explain. Other times, you just don’t feel like showing off your thrombosed hemorrhoid to your doctor (do not Google this). You don’t have to give a “valid” reason: if you say no, I respect that. Now, of course, you assume the risk of whatever it is we didn’t see — but the privilege of adulthood includes choosing what risks to take.

I have never left a room feeling bad that a patient did not want me to examine them. However, for many doctors, one of our biggest concerns is inadvertently making you feel uncomfortable and finding out after the fact.

If there is anything we can do to make the visit more comfortable — whether that is setting you up with a provider of a certain gender, warming up the stethoscope, or doing a better job of explaining exactly the steps of what is going to happen, then please tell us. We genuinely want to know.

Now is also a good time to remind you that you always have the right to request a chaperone during your visit, particularly for any sensitive examinations.

3. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK WHY Sometimes we ask questions that might seem offensive or request

physical examinations that do not at first make sense — feel free to ask us to justify why. Medicine is not a secret; as the patient, you have the right to ask me why I do what I do.

I hope, however, that you also trust me. The media has greatly publicized the < 0.01% of physicians who are nefarious.

I urge you to not let bad apples ruin your faith in our profession.

Instead, I hope this article makes you feel empowered to do what bad doctors fear and good doctors want: ask questions in the moment. That way we can clear the air right away.

Why might I use the back of my hand to move your breast when listening to your heart? Because one of the heart valves is located right underneath. Why might I use a flashlight to illuminate your scrotum? Because I can quickly eliminate cancer as the most likely diagnosis. Why do I ask about your sex life when you have a sore throat? Because gonorrhea in the throat is a thing. Why do I want to know if your vaginal discharge smells different than usual?

Because that might be a sign of something worth treating. Just ask us — we’ll fill you in.

The same goes for questions around suicidality. An estimated one quarter of people who die by suicide see their primary care practitioner within their last month. I ask, bluntly and frequently, whether patients have any suicidal thoughts because every morning I fear waking up to an e-mail from the university saying that we are one Mustang short.

4. THERE IS NOTHING YOU ARE GOING TO SAY OR SHOW THAT WILL SURPRISE ME In the last five years, I have been (among other things) bitten, pinched, punched, robbed and violently threatened by various patients.

I promise you: there is nothing you can say or show me that will surprise, impress or scare me.

And look, we can all relate to being uncomfortable showing our genitals or sharing personal details about our lives with our health care providers. That’s human. But the reality is, we actually do not think about your body after you leave the room.

Like most people, I actually spend a significant amount of time each day thinking about myself, my own life problems and food. And trust me, the last thing I want to think about while peeling a banana or crunching on a cucumber for lunch? Your genitals.

5. WE CARE Everyone at Student Health Services does this because we are genuinely here to help. It may surprise you to know that we make less than our non-student-health counterparts. (Please write your MPP and tell them.) We have made sacrifices to work at Western because working with students is what we love doing.

So let it all hang loose. Spill out your metaphorical (and only if truly necessary, your literal) guts, and feel free to tell us how to make your visit and experience more comfortable. We’re here to help.

DR. LAURENCE BATMAZIAN

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Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum needs to get with the times

BY GAZETTE EDITORIAL BOARD A lot has changed since 1998. Internet culture has exploded, gay marriage has become legal and the #MeToo movement has taken Hollywood by storm. But one thing that hasn’t changed forward with the times is the Ontario PC’s sex-ed curriculum.

One of the Ford government’s first moves upon entering office in summer 2018 was to repeal the Liberal government’s updated health and physical education curriculum. This was met with immediate backlash from groups such as the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, who challenged the rollback of the sexual education curriculum in court, stating that it was in violation of Canadian Charter rights. However, these charges were ultimately dismissed in a hearing on Feb. 28.

While the Progressive Conservatives work on developing their own sex-ed curriculum, which is set to be released in September, the curriculum from 1998 has been reinstated. This curriculum is 21 years out of date and does not cover issues relating to consent, Internet safety or the LGBTQ2+ community — all of which are highly present in the lives of children today.

The removal of the Liberal’s curriculum was perhaps most damaging to the LGBTQ2+ community, whose representation in classrooms was removed with the repeal. Our education system can’t pretend that ignoring the LGBTQ2+ community will prevent children from being introduced to it. The community has been gaining representation in popular culture, including in children’s media, such as on the Disney channel, which introduced their first openly gay character last month. It’s important for children to have a safe space to learn about the LGBTQ2+ community, ask questions and help them safely explore their own identities.

Even today, there is widespread gender and sexuality-based discrimination — not addressing these issues in classrooms makes the stigma surrounding the LGBTQ2+ community worse.

LGBTQ2+ youth are three times more likely to be bullied and four times more likely to contemplate suicide than their heterosexual, cisgender peers.

Ontario schools promote tolerance and diversity, but these values need to be reflected in the

curriculum. Having adults address and normalize the LGBTQ2+ community in classrooms will let children know that it’s OK to identify as queer.

Despite the negative impact on the LGBTQ2+ community, the Feb. 28 ruling does appear to have a silver lining. The ruling clarifies that teachers have the freedom to teach material not included in the current curriculum, including material from the repealed Liberal curriculum.

While this may seem obvious, it goes against the PCs so-called “snitch line” system, where parents could call to report a teacher for covering sex-ed material outside of the curriculum and have them reprimanded by the government.

Although this allowance is reassuring for educators, the point of having a standardized curriculum is to ensure all students are equipped with the knowledge they need to succeed.

Allowing individual teachers to decide whether or not their class gets to learn from updated sources seems unproductive.

One would hope this would be resolved with the PCs’ incoming updated curriculum, but that seems unlikely. Ford’s government has given themselves a little over 14 months to develop their new curriculum, a process that took the Liberals over five years to complete. Additionally, while the Liberal curriculum consulted both parents and professionals in areas such as education, sexual health and mental well-being, it appears that, with less than six months until their deadline, the PCs haven’t done much more than consult with parents.

This isn’t to say parents shouldn’t have a voice in their children’s education, but rather that they shouldn’t be the guiding force behind the development of curriculums. Parents always have the option to withdraw their children from sex-ed class if they’re uncomfortable with the curriculum, but they shouldn’t have the power to stop other children from learning. Curriculums should be guided by experts who know what information is going to be necessary for children to succeed and lead healthy lives. This information will often be very different from what children’s parents may have learned in school, because the world has and will continue to change — and our curriculums must reflect that.

Editorials are decided by a majority of the editorial board and are written by a member of the editorial board but are not necessarily the expressed opinion of each editorial board member. All other opinions are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USC, The Gazette, its editors or staff. To submit a letter, go to westerngazette.ca and click on “Contact.”

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sports

• TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

Mustangs season ends in heartbreak KARINA LEUNG GAZETTE STAFF @UWOGAZETTE The Western Mustangs women’s hockey team lost a three-game series 2–1 to the Toronto Varsity Blues in the second round of the Ontario University Athletics playoffs at home on Saturday.

In the first game, the first period was a back-and-forth affair, though no scoring occurred, which was a trend throughout the rest of the series.

After trading several penalties, Varsity Blues forward Kiyono Cox scored on a breakaway early in the third period.

Toronto then went on to capitalize on the player advantage, with Mathilde De Serres putting the puck past Western netminder Carmen Lasis, before Taylor Trussler sealed the game with an empty-netter.

The physicality of the series was evident early on, and the referees let the players play, which caused frustration for the Mustangs during the first game of the series.

Head coach Candice Moxley was well aware of the style of game

that the Varsity Blues brought to the table, but didn’t attribute the loss to that factor alone.

“I think it was more or less our battle mentality going into it,” said Moxley. “We knew they were going to be a rough and physical team, and that’s the style of hockey that they play.”

In the second game, Western and Toronto traded penalties in a tight, physical game. It all started to break loose in the second period, as Beatrice Arsenault-Dufour sent a stretch pass to rookie forward Emma Suitor, who went up one-on-one against an opposing defender, using her as a screen to fire off a rocket to beat the Toronto goalie. The Mustangs continued to capitalize on their momentum, as Rachel Armstrong and Evra Levesque added two more goals in the third period. Western netminder Carmen Lasis was just five minutes away from a shutout when Jessica Robichaud managed to squeak a puck through the five-hole, but that was all the Varsity Blues managed to

produce on offence, as the Mustangs closed out the game in enemy territory to bring the tiebreaker home to Thompson Arena.

In the third game, both teams took two penalties each in the first period. Western’s penalty killing units were magnificent in stopping the Varsity Blues power play, which was second overall during the OUA regular season. However, the Varsity Blues penalty kill was also able to stifle the efforts of the Mustangs, resulting in another scoreless first period. The second period saw Robichaud score her second goal of the series after sloppy play in the neutral zone resulted in a turnover by the Mustangs. However, Western was able to make up for it by capitalizing on the power play, as forward Sydnee Baker banked one home.

With a minute and a half to go in the middle frame, the Mustangs were on the receiving end of yet another early whistle, as a scramble in front of Toronto’s crease led the referees to stop the play on what they thought was a covered puck. It slowly trickled

‘Stangs drop OUA West finals CHARLIE MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR @CWMARSHALL98 Beaten, but not dead, the Western Mustangs can still move on to nationals despite dropping their Ontario University Athletics West Division finals series 2–1 to the Guelph Gryphons.

The Mustangs won the series’ first game 4–3, dropped the second 6–1 and narrowly missed a victory in a double overtime 4–3 loss on Sunday night to end their OUA title hopes.

The opening game of the series was a perfect example of how Western sought to play in the postseason, according to third-year right winger Mitchell Brooks.

“I think how we came out is exactly how we want to play and exactly what we’re capable of doing,” said Brooks. “We came out and played a north-south physical game and that got us off to a good start.”

Brooks was one of the goal scorers on Thursday night. The game featured offence from all four lines as Brooks, Mitchell Fitzmorris, Cordell James and Kyle Pettit all scored for Western.

Pettit, who scored the game winner, has compiled an excellent postseason resum thus far with three goals in eight games. Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer lauded the efforts of his forward after the game.

“Right since Kyle’s got here, he’s been one of our top guys,” explained Singer. “As you mention, he’s so multi-purposed in what he does — plays both special teams, wins important draws, got a big goal tonight for us obviously. He’s one of our smartest hockey players, which helps.”

Interestingly, Pettit’s game-winner was the first time the Mustangs had the lead. Singer explained the group has proven an ability to battle through adversity throughout the season.

“I think our guys have, right throughout the playoffs and not only tonight, been resilient,” said Singer. “I said to them, ‘We’ve climbed almost to the top of the mountain, of course it’s going to be hard. Of course the other team is going to be outstanding and they’re going to play well, too.’ You’re going to have little valleys in the game and it’s how you rebound from those valleys and try to make them as short as possible [that] are going to help you move forward.”

In the second game, Western wasn’t able to break through the valleys, though. The team allowed five unanswered goals before Stephen Desrocher was finally able to break through on the power play for the Mustangs in the third.

In overtime, Western was tested both physically and mentally. Tied at three, one full overtime period could not break the stalemate. Desrocher explained that after four periods the team was running on fumes.

The game truly could have gone either way, but it was the Gryphons that eventually found the magic.

Guelph’s star Danish centreman, Mikkel Aagaard, picked up a loose puck in the slot and ripped home the golden goal.

Even though Western couldn’t overcome the Gryphons, their dreams of nationals are still in sight.

If the team can beat the Carleton Ravens on the road next weekend in the OUA bronze medal game, they

will advance to the national championship tournament.

“It’s definitely going to suck for a few days,” conceded Desrocher.

“But, we got to get back to it at practice. We can turn it into a positive and make it to nationals and anything can happen there. It’s good that we still have a chance to play for a trophy.”

The Mustangs will play for their postseason lives in Ottawa on Friday night .

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into the net, but luck was not on their side as it was too late.

Heading into the third period with a tie, the teams knew that whoever scored next was likely to win the series, as it had been a low-scoring affair with both goalies shining for their respective teams. While the physical play continued, no penalties were called in the final frame of the game, so the battle came at evenstrength for the two teams. Finally, with 6:46 to go in the game, Varsity

Blues defender Julia Szulewska received a cross-ice pass in front of Lasis, and shot it in past the left pad, sealing the Mustangs’ fate.

“It’s deflating. It’s actually heartbreaking,” said Moxley, immediately after the loss. “These girls battled hard all season. I thought they deserved more than the outcome they saw today, but unfortunately at the end, you win some and you lose some.”

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perseus phoenix pisces

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taurus ursa virgo

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