2018 Symposium Speaker
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About TyGrowing up in Idaho as a gay individual with gender issues Ty's biggest childhood accomplishment was survival.
They endured teasing, physical threats, and kids pulling their pants down or crawling under bathroom stalls to watch them use the bathroom. Sometimes Ty screamed, cried, and threw things, which resulted in school administrators locking Ty in closets and isolating them further. Ty was surrounded by adults who chose silence over advocating for them. Yet, despite those around them, Ty grew more determined to succeed. That determination has since inspired Ty into action. They have been arrested while silently, respectfully, and peacefully advocating to change Idaho’s existing Human Rights laws. Ty is driven to make a difference in laws and policies. Ty dvocates that it is time for Boise State University to make changes that will make a world of difference to the LGBTQA and gender non-conforming students, by being advocates for those who most need it. |
Ty's Project
Ty's work focuses on encouraging and assisting Boise State University in making changes to the University’s Style Guide and Student Policies to incorporate gender neutral pronouns, as well as providing students at Boise State with gender neutral bathrooms in University buildings.
Ty intends to help Boise State live up to its core values of “academic excellence, caring, citizenship, fairness, respect responsibility, and trustworthiness.” Ty's work showcases the extreme importance of not only providing policies and guidelines with gender neutral language at the University but also areas of space where in which students feel safe and not vunerable.
Ty aims to show that with these additions to the University's Style Guide, as well as the creation of gender neautral bathrooms, Boise State can get one step closer to ensuring the entire student demographic feels safe, respected, fairly treated, and as though Boise State University is truly their home.
Ty intends to help Boise State live up to its core values of “academic excellence, caring, citizenship, fairness, respect responsibility, and trustworthiness.” Ty's work showcases the extreme importance of not only providing policies and guidelines with gender neutral language at the University but also areas of space where in which students feel safe and not vunerable.
Ty aims to show that with these additions to the University's Style Guide, as well as the creation of gender neautral bathrooms, Boise State can get one step closer to ensuring the entire student demographic feels safe, respected, fairly treated, and as though Boise State University is truly their home.