Content Warning: Mentions of transphobia and violence LGBTQ+ people often experience discrimination in both their school and work lives. Get to hear your broadcasters' experiences and difficulties in a way that can only be described as "My Queer Academia". (or not, but it sounds nice, doesn't it?) Out Of Spite is the show where LGBTQ+ issues are anything but out of mind. Catch us live on Twitch, Wednesdays at 2:30PM EST: https://twitch.tv/queertvofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outofspiteofficial/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/outspite Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UEj9SWWqQzQrELmvIzoxx Opening song is "Above All", by "HOME". Allowed under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://soundcloud.com/home-2001 -- The following is all statistics and data: • A 2018 study by Rutgers found that, when compared to cis/het students, more LGBTQ college students reported that their campus was safe and secure, or even inviting. [“Queer-Spectrum and Trans-Spectrum Student Experiences in American Higher Education” (https://tcc-j2made.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/09/White-Paper-Final.pdf) [Rutgers, 2018]] ◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my sexual orientation are respected on this campus”: ▪ 85.7% of the heterosexual students agreed ▪ 50% of non-heterosexual students agreed ◦ When posed with the question of, “Students of my gender identity are respected on this campus”: ▪ 65.2% of cisgender students agreed ▪ 30.8% of TGNC students agreed • 2018 Study by the HRC Foundation and University of Connecticut: ◦ 27% of LGBTQ+ Youth can “Definitely” be themselves in school ◦ Only 26% of LGBTQ youth report that they “always feel safe in the classroom” [“2018 LGBTQ Youth Report” (https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/2018-YouthReport-NoVid.pdf) [HRC Foundation & University of Connecticut, 2018]] 20% of LGBTQ+ people experienced discrimination when applying for jobs ["Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of LGBTQ Americans” (https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/surveys_and_polls/2017/rwjf441734) [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017]]