{"id":56824,"date":"2020-10-26T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56824"},"modified":"2020-10-28T07:40:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T12:40:12","slug":"convos-create-change-discusses-gender-and-sexuality-experiences-surrounding-fhsu-and-hays-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=56824","title":{"rendered":"Convos Create Change discusses gender and sexuality experiences surrounding FHSU and Hays community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STORY AND PHOTOS BY KERISA BROWN<br>VIDEO BY GRANT ROWLEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Tuesday, Arts for Social Change teamed up with the Paseo Art Platform, the Fort Hays State University Black Student Union, the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, the FHSU Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the FHSU African Ambassadors to host their second Convos Create Change Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convos Create Change is a panel conversation series that discusses topics including race, gender, sexuality, and religion. This week\u2019s panel was a conversation about gender and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation included a wide range of talking points including the panelists\u2019 own personal experiences as well as topics of gender and sexuality as it relates to student life at FHSU. These topics included advice to others, hate and discrimination, religion, common misconceptions, asexuality, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelists even offered some advice to attendees or listeners who might be questioning their sexuality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy advice to someone who is questioning their sexuality is that outness is not a prerequisite for your validity,\u201d panelist Cole Beneda said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you are on the spectrum or if you are still discovering it \u2013 our community has a place for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5617\" height=\"3745\" data-attachment-id=\"56825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=56825\" 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