Introduction

So I'm Lindsay, I'm a junior (?) this is my first semester at Akron, I transferred from Otterbein which is a private liberal arts college in Columbus. I am working on two BA degrees, one in sociology one in psychology. I took two years off of college between Otterbein and Akron. A big part of the reason I took time off is that I was having a lot of issues with coming out, with certain members of my family and with people I knew in school. I chose the New Hope organization because of those two years I needed to take off. The group deals with young adults coming out later in life, and having been through so much when I came out, the group means a lot to be personally, as well as educationally. Since I'm working in sociology and psychology it will be an amazing opportunity for me to work with this group. I eventually want to focus on sexuality and LGBT issues at the PhD level. I feel like education is first step to ending homophobia and sexism, especially hate crimes, and violence.

Other than that, my fiancée and I live in Akron with our 3 dogs, a basset hound "Aberforth", a pit mix "Jada", and a keeshond mix "JD"...it's a zoo. Tif (my finance) and I are complete opposites but it works well. I'm a dorky bookish type who does nothing but read and research, and she’s a computer nerd who likes sport bikes and fast cars - but like I said some how it works out. I'm a total snob when it comes to art, movies, and music; it's a fault, but everyone's got one. I tend to ramble (if you can't tell) and when given an opportunity to speak about something I know or feel strongly about it's almost impossible to get me to shut up. But I love debates and arguing, especially with someone who really knows the topic and can challenge me or teach me something I didn't know. I am all about activism and generally over load myself with groups and commitments because I want to do everything. I don’t like sports or working out, in fact I don’t think I’ve even been inside a gym since high school. I love swimming though when I was little I wanted to be a mermaid when I grew up (and I’m not kidding that was my goal), or a rocket scientist…I was a weird kid too. In short I'm a big dork, I would chose staying in and reading a good book or having a good conversation over going out ANY day. But I like my dorkiness, I’ve come to terms with it.

Local women's organization

I've been looking for my local woman's organization and I found a group in progress called "New Pride" which is a support group and community meeting place for young LGBT adults who are coming out. I don't know if this counts as an organization however? The group is still looking for another facilitator (someone to help run the group) and I applied for the position, which would also make me a working member of the New Pride host organization called The Akron Pride Center. The APC is a local organization that hosts all kinds of LGBT support groups as well as community meetings, disscussions and programs that all have to do with LGBT issues. The organization strives to include diversity into all their programs.
I chose this organization because I feel like it is all inclusive. It supports and creates a safe place for all ranges of the LGBT community, from teens to the New Pride group to drug and alchohol addiction support for LGBT individuals.

- OH PS here is the link to website if you are interested New Pride
also check out the Akron Pride Center they do a lot of really interesting programs and community work