BY MERALI CHAVEZ, ALEXA SOTO, and LILIAN GONZALEZ People part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, and queer community try to hide because they are afraid to be judged or mistreated. Today we will be taking aboout the LGBTQ community and how they are afraid of coming out to the public and their family. My group and I listened to an interview with Steven Ortega. Steven is a college student at California State University, Northridge. ’’LGBTQ is my culture, my identity, and my community’’ said Steven Ortega. Our Quote connects to the main idea by talking about how it’s hard to be part of the LGBTQ commity. What we learned by listening to the interview is that for people part of the LGBTQ community it’s hard to come out because family and friends might not accept them for who they really are.
Love is Love
Period 2
BY KIMBERLY POGOY, GABRIELA SAUCEDO, NATALIE GALVAN, and GABRIELLA VEGA The LGBTQ+ community is a worldwide community. LGBTQ+ community stands for all of the different types of [sexual orientations]. For example, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. Some people from the LGBTQ+ community are discriminated or even harassed for being apart of the community. For instance, Steven Ortega, whose pronouns are (they, them, and their) and whose stated sexuality is queer. Steven Ortega is a college student at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). They major in sociology and is apart of Mecha. We interviewed them because we learned their story on how they came out to their mom as gay and their experience on how they were harassed by their teacher. A lot of people have been harrassed for being apart of the LGBTQ+ community. “My highschool teacher called me a faggot,” said Steven. Things like what happened to Steven happen all the time. The LGBTQ+ community is a very good community to fight off the homophobic people who don’t respect them, they stick together and are a beautiful community all world wide.
LGBTQ+ Community
Period 5
BY PRISCILLA ROSAS, EVELYN RODRIGUEZ, MELYSSA GALVEZ, and GRECO SALGADO Many people discriminate against the LGBTQ community. We interviewed Steven Ortega and he said, ”LGBTQ means a lot to me, it’s is my culture, my identity, and community.” This quote connects to the main idea because everyone who is LGBTQ can relate and anyone who is against it can’t change people from being LGBTQ because that’s just who they are. As a group we learned that there are two types of people in this world towords LGBTQ. Some accept them and some discriminate them. By accepting them, these caring people start marches to protest for rights or celebrate the community, and some fight for non-binary restrooms so everyone can feel equal. There are parents out there that don’t accept their kids for being LGBTQ and some do accept them. That’s why people are trying to make LGBTQ people have equal rights like other people.
Over the Rainbow
Period 6
BY SANDRO PARRA, DANIELA MANICA, ANDREA AVENA, and KATHERINE ARANDA Steven Ortega’s high school teacher called him a faggot. Steven was new to the school and didn't really know much about where he was. This article is about LGBTQ rights and how Steven Ortega was treated badly for being different. When we asked Steven what LGBTQ meant to him, he said, ”It makes us who we are, it’s our own culture.” He said he is part of this worldwide community. Another quote that caught our attention was, “people are being targeted,” said Steven. We think Steven wanted to say that people shouldn’t be treated differently because they are part of the LGBTQ community, and they are also being targeted because of non-binary restrooms. Non binary means not relating to, composed of, or involving just two thing. “Our identities make us who we are,” said Ortega. “Some people are afraid to come out because they feel like they’re going to be targeted for being different.” People can sometimes be rude for example, Ortega’s high school teacher called him a faggot. We learned that people can be rude to the LGBTQ community along with the people apart of this community.