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"Allies are
crucial to the
development of
a safe campus.
Except for
some hardcore
radicals, most
people realize
that we have to
make it together
as human
beings.^
-Anthony Reid
Photo by Michael Jerch
Oh yeah. Fm the Community Coor-
^nator for Connor Community and we
Actually already have staff signed up for
'Upcoming Safe Zones. I didn’t even work
hard, but my staff is trying to push an
initiative to get all North Campus RAs
h^ained at the same time. We hope to get a
^hole group to do it together because we
^ feel it’s important as a group. There is
^so a South Campus group who wants to
it, mostly in Hinton James.
i^AMBDA: What role do you see allies of
LGBTIQ community playing in cam-
I Pns climate?
!
j AR: Allies are crucial to the development
! a safe campus. Except for some hard
core radicals, most people realize that we
i^ave to make it together as human beings.
, We definitely want allies learning about
I our issues so they can realize that our is-
^'^es are also their issues. Our issues affect
l^em. Being aware and deliberate about
^nguage matters. It’s so important that
allies can step up to the plate and feel em
powered to help LGBTQ people.
LAMBDA: In what ways did you work to
improve the LGBTIQ climate when you
were an undergrad?
AR: At the end of my sophomore year,
I got involved with BSM and B-GLAD.
Both of those organizations were more
political then than they are now. My first
year here, BSM marched quite a bit. I re
member thinking, I don’t want to get ar
rested. I just want to get an education.
LAMBDA: What was the nature of your
relationship to B-GLAD?
AR: Senior year, I wanted to make sure
that I had B-GLAD on my plate. B-GLAD
used to march a lot. My first march was so
empowering - oh my God! I don’t even re
member the actual purpose. And I got to
talk on the megaphone, too. We marched
from the Campus Y around campus yell
ing. There were a couple hundred people.
and that was one of the smaller ones.
LAMBDA: What was the goal of B-
GLAD’s marches?
AR: At that point it was about mak
ing Carolina recognize that there was a
group that was not represented, but that
deserved respect. It was at the time the
chancellor changed to Michael Hooker,
and I think it was really good for him to
realize our presence on campus. And I
feel that he acknowledged that. Marches
were so visible and empowering and help
ful for your own identity politics.
LAMBDA: What other interests did you
pursue as a Carolina undergrad?
AR: Anyone who knows me knows that
I’m a sports junkie. I’m sometimes crazy.
I have to calm down. And I have always
loved Carolina basketball. My senior year
I was Fever president. And I was CAA
president. Basically as an undergrad I was
all over anything sports-related. I went to
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