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"Diversity Rules” is very much like the visions of the great men and
women before us who affected change in our lives for the better.
Diversity Rules attempts to facilitate changes in the way people
perceive the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning
(LGBTQ) community. It gives voice to the LGBTQ community, its
friends and supporters throughout the Central Leatherstocking Region of
New York State and beyond.
While the primary focus of “Diversity Rules” is on the needs and
concerns of the LGBTQ community, it will also address diversity beyond
sexual identity, including gender, race relations, and equality for all.
“Diversity Rules” is a broad based publication appealing to a wide range
of interests that also provides an outlet of expression for those
outside of the LGBTQ community.
This publication will also take seriously diversity among LGBTQ, not
simply by understanding sexual identity as a form of diversity, but also
recognizing that people who fall under LGBTQ are themselves diverse.
The diversity of the LGBTQ community spans issues related to ethnicity,
gender, class, nationality, citizenship status, race, and regional
differences. This diversity within LGBTQ often creates as much
friction and unrest within as much as diversity generally in society at
large.
“Diversity Rules” will recognize that there are people who have a strong
affiliation with lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transvestites or who may
in fact be LGBTQ and yet use “queer” strategically to be more inclusive
and to signal that not only are sexual identities and sexual practices
fluid, but that there are cross-generational differences regarding these
identities and practices as well. "Diversity Rules" will be
a vehicle for coalition building among a variety of people who fall
outside of what is considered normal sexual identities, cultures and
practices.
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