FHSU Safe Space Voices Concerns over Trump Presidency, Marginalization

[SaifulIslam01]

Nearly a month after President-elect Donald Trump’s acceptance speech to take over the highest office in American politics, some students at Fort Hays State University are voicing concerns over their future.

“The second I heard that Trump is our President-elect, I immediately thought wow, I waited thirteen years to come out of the closet. This makes me want to go back in,” said Hannah McGee, a student at FHSU.

The FHSU Office of Inclusion and Diversity Excellence (IDE) hosted asia mobile number list a “talking circle” December 6th in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union for students to express their emotions and gather together for support.

“There’s a lot of lack of resources on our campus to support our marginalized groups. Especially because right now there’s no director for [IDE] on our campus, so this was kind of a way to allow those students who do identify under those marginalized groups to kind of express themselves, express their feelings, frustrations, thoughts and opinions,” said Ulises Gonzalez, Student Leader of IDE.

Some students at the safe space cited the Trump administration’s rhetoric as a cause for concern.

“If you look at Donald Trump’s Vice President Mike Pence, he openly supports gay conversion camps, which basically says you can shock somebody into being straight and that scares me,” said Wade Jones, student Treasurer of the Gay Straight Alliance at FHSU.