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SUMMARY:“The Kids are Not All Right: LGBT+ Student Lives beyond the Happ
 y Normal and the Suicidal Exception” - Jeff Lockhart\, University of Cam
 bridge Centre for Gender Studies
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CONTACT:Jeff Lockhart
DESCRIPTION:Even before the It Gets Better Project launched in 2010\, univ
 ersities were portrayed as places where LGBT+ youth could be happy and fre
 e from the bullying and social isolation that often characterizes their li
 ves in school and at home. Of course\, even a casual glance made it obviou
 s that students like Matthew Shepard faced brutal violence\, and that stud
 ents like Tyler Clementi committed suicide after being harassed. These two
  ideas about university life for LGBT+ students make up what I call the Ha
 ppy Normal and the Suicidal Exception: generally\, university life is a gr
 eat experience characterized by liberation and acceptance\, but a few isol
 ated lives still end in tragedy. This paper draws on both original researc
 h conducted in the US and related literature to argue that these understan
 dings are far too simplistic. Students today have many new opportunities f
 or support\, community\, and relationships. However\, they also experience
  a stunning array of harassment and hostility that has negative effects on
  their academic study as well as their health and well-being. Most never b
 ecome the tragic victim we see in the media. Instead\, they live on\, they
  survive in the truest sense of the word\, going to class\, to work\, to t
 he store. Their lives\, most LGBT+ student lives\, are unintelligible with
 in the paradigm of the Happy Normal and the Suicidal Exception. 
LOCATION:Room S2 (2nd floor)\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, CB3
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