Resident Adviser Reflection

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Through my experience working as a Resident Adviser (RA), I have noticed inequities and injustices that exist in the educational system. My first year as a RA, one of my residents identified as a transgender female. She was extremely open about her transition, would answer any questions and expressed interest in wanting to have a roommate and suitemates, but was mandated a single room. It wasn’t until my second year as a RA that I realized how unjust that student was being treated. Through conversation with a coworker who is a member of the LGBTQ community, he explained to me that higher education isn’t as accommodating to members of the LGBTQ community as they could be. The student from my first year as an RA wasn’t given an option to have

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