| 词条 | Lavender Graduation |
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}}Lavender Graduation is an annual graduation ceremony conducted at universities to honor LGBT students and acknowledge their accomplishments and contributions.[1][2] It was created by Ronni Sanlo, a Jewish lesbian keynote speaker in LGBT communities.[3] Lavender Graduation is an informal complement to an institution's formal commencement ceremony, rather than a replacement.[4] HistorySanlo began this tradition because she was denied access to attend her own children's graduations due to her sexual orientation. Sanlo mentions that up "until 1995, there were no ceremonies to honor our LGBT students. There were only ceremonies for students of various ethnicities and for other groups like ROTC, but nothing for our students, those to tend to feel most disenfranchised from their colleges and universities."[5] The first Lavender Graduation took place at the University of Michigan in 1995 with three graduates.[6] Today, over 200 colleges and universities offer lavender graduation ceremonies for their students.[6] CeremonyLike other commencement ceremonies, lavender graduation ceremonies typically include a speaker—who can be a student or a guest—and a reading of graduates' names.[4] Attendance is open to all members of the campus LGBTQ community, and students can also attend traditional commencement ceremonies. It is usually held before formal commencement. The ceremony takes its name (and sometimes the color of tassels or other items given to students) from the significance of the color lavender in the LGBTQ community.[6] OppositionJonathan Saenz, President of Texas Values, a Texas-based organization advocating for traditional family values, stated, “This special Texas A&M ceremony essentially promotes and celebrates dangerous and risky sexual activity that can fiercely jeopardize a person’s well-being....I’m not sure this is the most responsible way for a university to prepare students for the real world.” Saenz saw this as a direct violation of the then ban on gay marriage. The A&M Student Senate and one state Legislator unsuccessfully tried to delete funding from the LGBT resource.[7] References1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Broderick|first=Patricia M.|date=2003-11-30|title=Colleges and Universities|journal=Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America|language=English|volume=1|pages=232–237|via=Gale Virtual Reference Library}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/lavender-graduation|title=Lavender Graduation|work=Human Rights Campaign|accessdate=15 February 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ronnisanlo.com/about.htm|title=About Ronni|publisher=Ronnisanlo.com|accessdate=15 February 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://college.usatoday.com/2014/05/03/lavender-graduation-tradition-celebrates-lgbt-students/|title=Lavender Graduation tradition celebrates LGBT students|work=USA TODAY College|accessdate=15 February 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.campuspride.org/tools/lavender-graduation-a-time-for-celebration/|title=Lavender Graduation: A Time for Celebration|work=Campus Pride |accessdate=15 February 2015}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/lavender-graduation|title=Lavender Graduation {{!}} Human Rights Campaign|date=|website=Human Rights Campaign|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-10-13}} 7. ^Wright, John. "Anti-gay Leader Says A&M’s Lavender Graduation “celebrates Dangerous and Risky Sexual Activity”." Anti-gay Leader Says A&M’s Lavender Graduation “celebrates Dangerous and Risky Sexual Activity”. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. 3 : Ceremonies|Graduation|LGBT culture |
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