Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Capstone Update

I'm aware of how late this post is but I figured I'd post it anyways. Lately it's been a bit difficult to keep up with life and everything that's in it. But the good news is that I'm finally giving out my survey's this week and will be collecting the data by the end. I hope to hit many of the clubs and pretty much anyone I can get to do it. The survey is specific to females. It' asks about their sexual identity or orientation. It goes on to ask questions questions like how do you define the term lesbian? Do you think that Fredonia is an LGBT friendly campus? I also asked what kind of lesbian terms individuals may or may not be familiar with, and their job is to circle the lesbian terms on the survey that they have heard of. Some of them were one's that I hadn't even heard of like:

Boi
For lesbians, a boi is a woman who is biologically female, but has a boyish appearance or presentation. A boi may be lesbian identified or s/he may be trans identified. For gay men a boi is a gay man who is boyish or young in appearance or identity.

Or

Blue Jeans Femme
A Blue Jean Femme is a lesbian who identifies as femme, or feminine, but prefers jeans and more casual clothing to dresses and skirts.

There were many more but these were the one's that I was the least familiar with. I also want to look into why lesbian labels seem to be based of superficial aspects like clothing and makeup?

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