'Middle Sexualities' Topic for Thursday IWU Program

On Middle Sexualities and Resisting Labels, a program examining gender and sexual identity, is scheduled for 12:10 p.m. Thursday, February 4, at Illinois Wesleyan's Memorial Center Davidson Room.

Matthew Damschroder, assistant dean of students for campus life, will present the discussion.

"Some argue students today resist labels associated with sexual and gender identity," an IWU release on the program notes. "This is maybe a simplistic response to the increasingly complex ways that students identify as somewhere in the middle of gay/straight and male/female.

"If you have questions about what it means when students use terms like bi/pansexual, non-binary, queer, genderqueer and fluid, this is a safe space to learn more, get answers and become equipped to support students fully in pursuit of communities of respect and inclusion."

The discussion is sponsored by IWU Safe Zone with the support of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.