Exploring the LGBTQ+ Experience and Allyship  

Season 6: Episode 1  Title: Exploring the LGBTQ+ Experience and Allyship   Summary:  In this episode, UAlbany students Mia Cannizzo, Alexa Crespo, Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, and Bianca Zazzarini-Leon discuss the experiences of being members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community. The conversation explores navigating sexual identity and confronting biphobia. Furthermore, the conversation goes into detail about the transition to college life, with a more supportive system and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, including the vibrancy of drag shows and pride parades. Mia’s background in sociology helps highlight the media misrepresentation of the community as well as the intersectionality of the LGBTQ+ identity with other aspects including race, gender, and religion.     Warning Explicit Language  Time Stamps:  :00 Introduction  00:30 Self-Discovery of Sexual Identity  2:33 Confronting Biphobia  4:53 Transitioning to college   9:09 Our first Drag shows and Pride parades  13:47 The dulling down and overexaggerating of the LGBTQ+ community in the media  23:17 Attack on LGBTQ+ rights   34:44 Exploring the intersectionality of sexuality, gender, race, and religion  55:42 How do we make sexual health education more LGBTQ+ inclusive?  1:05:05 Unsafe relationships  1:08:00 Final thoughts  1:12:39 Thanks for listening!  Contributors: Alexa Crespo (Host/Editor), Arely González-Hernández (Host/Editor), Asia Harris (Host/Marketing) Bianca Zazzarini-León (Host/Editor/Graduate Consultant) (Host/Marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 6, Episode 1 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.   Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio. Email Carmen Serrano: ⁠[email protected]⁠  Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories.” Click on the following link: ⁠https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort=