Look dude.touro doesn't like homosexuality...get over it, get your degree, and be a good physician. The person who has the biggest issue with YOUR sexuality...is YOU. Strait truth dude...no intention to be mean..but you're gay and your school doesn't like it...get over it and move on. If you need a medical school to validate your sexuality you need counseling. Again, don't mean to be mean, but that's the strait truth.
There is nothing wrong with expecting other people that you're in a relationship with (professional or personal) to validate you; validation is not about agreeing but about respecting. All of these TUGSA students went to TUCOM expecting that they would be respected; i.e., there was an officially recognized GLBT club. Some of them would not have gone to TUCOM if that had been different.
People expecting and demanding that they be validated, i.e., respected (e.g., not be discriminated against) is what the civil rights movement, the women's right movement, and the gay rights movement are all about; and thank God for it.
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You know, Rosa Parks could have been ok with the lack of validation that she was getting but thank God she wasn't. We're ALL better for it. The victory of any minority (be it racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, etc) against discrimination is a victory for all of us.
It is great to see that NSU-COM (my first choice
😍 ) shares these values:
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disability, age, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from the military, veteran status, or
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available to students at NSU, and does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admission
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I hate it when gay people try to strong arm their sexuality...like somehow If I give my (or school) gives their approval they'll feel better. Stop worrying about the rest of the world. Be happy...and live how you want to live 🙂
What is "strong arm their sexuality"?
😕 Refusing to settle for secondary class status is not strong arming its just struggling against discrimination. If minorities push is because the door has been closed. You are right about "Be happy...and live how you want to live." All most people want is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; the problem is that discrimination is an obstacle to being happy, to even being able to pursue it. Thank God TUCOM reversed their discriminatory policy and thank God that TUGSA, GLMA, and AMSA pushed for it.
Peace.
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