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Between The Lines is supported Get breaking news updates. by many fine advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for Follow us @YourBTL claims made by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials provided by advertisers or their agents. Copyright 2011 Pride Source Media Group, LLC Receive our E-Digest – just sign up today online 4 Between The Lines • July 28, 2011 BY TARA CAVANAUGH Shannon Dettore directs the Office of LGBTQ Services at Central Michigan University. A newlywed, she is pictured below, resting on her wife. I want to make sure the students realize they really have someone on their side. Can you tell us groups, on activism and social justice. 1. about your job We’re also in the process of feeling out at CMU? what the follow up to this class should be. We actually just I’m having conversations with folks from changed our name, our women’s studies department and family so finally it’s more studies department, talking about possibly inclusive. It was the Office of Gay and having a minor for these students that are Lesbian Programs; now it’s the Office of interested in doing activism. LGBTQ Services – which is very exciting, My partner’s a teacher, so I see what something I’ve been fighting for in my she’s gone through being queer in the three years of being here. Really the big teaching system. And we have a very mission of our office is to provide a safe and predominant teaching program on our inclusive environment. And that’s one of campus. So we wanted to make sure that the big things that I push for in making all we had something so that other teachers of our students feel safe. The other side of going out into the teaching field are able to what I really push for is equal treatment on connect with teachers that are already out our campus and making sure that our queer there working and that are queer. With this students feel as if they have a voice and that mentoring program, before students are in there’s someone here fighting for them. the teacher education program, we’ll be able While I’m trying to make sure our to connect them with teachers that are out campus is safe and inclusive, I also want to in the teaching field and have that mentor make sure the students realize they really to talk to. have someone on their side. The way that our state is with our (lack of) nondiscrimination policy, we want to Tell us about the student groups you lead. make sure that our students feel like they do have support prior to going out into the 2. We have two student groups and we’re in teaching field. the process of starting Queer People of Color We definitely have a lot of exciting as well. So we have Spectrum, which is things going on. I’m the first full time our gay-straight alliance, and then we have director to be in this position, so it’s nice Transcend, which is our transgender student to be able to take on that role and show our group. I’m the advisor for our transgender campus that it was vital for us to have a full student group, which was new last year. time director here. We have seven members, which is small, but on our campus that’s a pretty good You have a really positive attitude. How do representation of the transgender community. 5. you encourage students to have that kind of It’s open to allies as well, but the majority of attitude as well? folks that attend do identify as transgender or gender queer. When I speak with students, I always try and meet them where they are. I know what it So Queer People of Color will begin this fall? feels like to come out in a religious household 3. That is in the process of getting started. We and how scary that can be. And I know those did hold one meeting last school year. And fears that come with holding your significant we had about 50 students show up, which other’s hand as they’re walking down the was a phenomenal representation. I really street. have this big push for recognizing race and I think it’s important to always say OK, sexuality, how they intertwine and how these are the realities of things, and these are they’re different. the things that can happen. But if we allow Really the basis is to have those ourselves to be sucked in by what we don’t conversations and go there. have and what we can’t do, then you’re going to live a very miserable life. Because the What else are you working on for the fall? reality of it is, we don’t live in the best state 4. I am teaming up with our Student Ombuds to be queer. And it’s hard sometimes. Officer to teach an LGBTQ First Year I think that instead of always being Experience class. We have First Year reactive or down on things, I try to be as Experience class on our campus already, proactive as I can in stepping up and making which is for freshmen coming in, so that sure that our students see that these are the they get the feel of what campus is and get things we need – and while we don’t have studying techniques.