PRISM

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PRISM

• People Respecting Individuals and Sexual
  Minorities

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What is PRISM?

• PRISM is a club on the NAU campus that supports
  the awareness and tolerance of issues of sexual
  minorities on and off campus for the Gay,
  Lesbian, Bisexual, Transvestite and Queer
  community in Flagstaff.
• PRISM provides students with a place to go for
  emotional support and a way to provide input on
  governmental issues.

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Governmental Issues

• Prop 107 Reaffirms the definition of marriage
  in the Arizona Constitution.
• Students involved in PRISM rallied outside of the
  University Union with signs protesting the
  redefinition of marriage, which does not give the
  same benefits to domestic partners.

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Resistance

• Fronske
• The Homosexual Community of NAU
• The Heterosexual Community of NAU

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Men

• Gonorrhea
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• HIV
• Bacterial and Parasitic Infections

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Women

• HIV
• Herpes and HPV
• Bacterial STDs
• Bacterial Vaginosis

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The Gay Community

• Many homosexuals on campus believe that PRISM is
  only a group where people meet in order to
  hook-up.
• Meat Market Effect
• Lets go play with the other fags

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Conflicting Religious Beliefs

• Christianity
• Catholicism
• Islam
• Judaism
• Hinduism
• Native American

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Problems Within PRISM

• People DO believe it is only a club to be able to
  hook-up with others
• Lack of dedication of others
• Cliques
• Communication
• Membership
• Lack of Organization

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Positives of PRISM

• Provides a safe place for members to go
• Sense of Community
• Attempts to make the community aware of issues
  pertaining to homosexuals
• Brings people with common problems together
• Straight people join too!

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Works Cited

• Christian denominations and homosexuality.
  Editorial. Religious Tolerance. 9 July 2006.
  lthttp//religioustolerance.org/hom_chur2.htmgt
• "Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Health STDs among
  lesbian and bisexual women."  Public Health
  Seattle and King County.  November 2005.  12
  March 2007.  lthttp//www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt
  /lbstd.htmgt
• Marona, Amber. Personal Interview. 14 March 2007.
• Pena, Celeste. Personal Interview. 14 March 2007.
  
• Religious views on homosexuality. Wikipedia,
  The Free Encyclopedia September 2006. Wikipedia,
  September 2006. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo
  sexualityReligious_views.htm.gt
• Shambach, Glenn. Personal Interview. 14 March
  2007.
• Sowadsky, Janet.  "Health Concerns for Gay Men." 
  The Body The Complete HIV/AIDs Resource. 
  December 1988.  23 March 2007. 
  lthttp//www.thebody.com/sowadsky/gaymen.html.gt
• Sutton, Laura. Personal Interview. 14 March
  2007.