Brooke Hallowell  Director, School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences
INVOLVEMENTS AT OU:
School director; director of the Neurolinguistics Laboratory; research in India,
China, Russia, Germany; fanatic about the wonders of Athens, OH.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE OUT or TO BE AN ALLY?
Collaboration is essential to advocacy. It takes many voices sometimes to help people hear the truth.
WHY ARE YOU “PROUD”? WHAT ARE YOU MOST “PROUD” OF?
Protection of domestic partner benefits at OU.
WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF COMING OUT?
Speaking truth to power.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO OTHERS WHO COME OUT?
Pay lots more attention to those of us cheering you on that to those you think might be judging you. Embrace and be sure of your own worthiness and goodness.
THOUGHTS FOR NON-LGBT PEOPLE ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE AND CONCERNS:
Voices of people who are not represented as "LGBT" are essential to LGBT advocacy.
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