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A new place to call home

Until he arrived at the University of Mississippi and felt welcomed and accepted, Dylan was an outsider even in his own family as a gay man. Surviving being kicked out of the house by his mother and forced conversion therapy by his Uncle, Dylan was finally able to be himself in college.

Read about the impact of acceptance on Dylan's life.

My family didn’t accept me. Ole Miss Did.

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References:

Lewis, D. (2017, May 23). My family didn’t accept me. Ole Miss did. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/ole-miss-lgbt-students.html

Dee

Who is Dee?

A new place to call home

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Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

A new place to call home

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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