My first skateboard opened up my world up to skating and to something I knew I always felt inside but could never identify- masculinity.
Tag: Gender
Introduction to queer studies at CSULB is ‘a place to think about the way you think’
The course teaches students to consider “how queer manifests itself outside the body.”
Gender identity should be determined by kids, not stereotypes
Gender is an increasingly hot topic in today’s culture. As barriers break down, parents are left with questions.
Breaking the code
In college, the idea of strict dress codes is absurd. Today I woke up to sunny weather and threw on shorts and a tank top without hesitating. Seven years ago, this decision would have cost me a shameful walk to the front office and an outfit change into boy’s gym[Read More…]
LBSU coaches share the same track
Although men are predominant in commanding from the sideline, women are advancing in the coaching world as well. According to a national 2012 study by Vivian Acosta and Linda Carpenter, two former physical education professors at Brooklyn College, men coach 57 percent of female teams, and women coach 43 percent.[Read More…]