Service Learning 7

Johana P. Martinez
Nina Perez
4/1/10
Introduction to Women's Studies


Activism: This week, because i just got some more signatures and talk to Jen on how the video for the project was going, since she went to Tent City to get more people to be in it, she said it was at first a little awkward to ask people to say discriminating things about themselves but just to make the video more realistic. It would have been fun to have been there but because of work schedule i can only do so much for the cause.

Reflection: We had a reading about the All-American Queer Pakistani Girl, and during class we talked about how for those who have come out to their family have a hard time to do it and how their family will react. Just like Khan had a hard time to relate to her Pakistani background because of her sexuality, and to be accepted i feel like that's the same way it goes for the transgender community(179). Trying to have equal rights and to be accepted is hard for both these parties.

Reflection: This week and remembering the class discussion about coming out made me a little more courageous in coming out to my family. I know that for them accepting my lifestyle is going to take a while to accept but im sure they will come around.

Work Cited:
""The All-American Queer Pakistani Girl"" Women's Lives Multicultural Perspectives. Ed. Gwyn Kirk. Comp. Margo
Okazawa-Rey. By Surina A. Khan New York: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages,
2003. 178-180. Print.