I talked a bit with a couple of members and everyone seemed really friendly. Thomas Wesley was president at the time and we had talked on campus and through Facebook, and I finally had the opportunity to step in the office. Luckily the initials remain the same, so we sometimes refer to it as the “GSA formerly known as the GSA.” It’s a much more all-encompassing name that allows more discussion of identity. We are an organization for not just straight people and gay people, but for everyone, be they lesbian, bisexual, asexual, gay, transgender, gender neutral, queer – anyone. It was a decision we made together to sort of change our focus as well allow the name of our organization actually express the organization itself. We actually just recently renamed the organization UM-Dearborn’s Gender & Sexuality Alliance. The 20-year-old college junior and Garden City resident hopes to carry the relatively new student organization forward with a revamped name and plenty of upcoming events as the fall semester gets underway.ġ How did you get involved with UM-Dearborn’s Gay-Straight Alliance? Benjamin Jenkins is gearing up to begin running the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Gender & Sexuality Alliance.
