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Author: Jonathan Doucette

Jonathan graduated with Highest Honors in Comparative American Studies from Oberlin College in 2011. During his time at Oberlin, Jonathan served as the Accessibility Chair of the Sexual Information Center (SIC), charged with the task of ensuring the SIC was open and embracing for students of all backgrounds and identities. As a trained sexual health counselor, Jonathan collaborated with and offered assistance to students and community members in Oberlin relating to issues of sexual health, education, and identity. Additionally, Jonathan worked as an HIV Peer Tester and an intern at Family Planning Services in Lorain County, Ohio, working with a variety of communities to prevent the spread of HIV. Before joining GHC, Jonathan worked as an English teacher in Myjava, Slovakia, through the Fulbright Commission. He hopes to one day attain a PhD in American Studies, using the academy as a site for profound and lasting positive social change.

Bear Witness (Trigger Warning)

(TW: transphobia, violence, victim blaming) This weekend has been unkind to the HIPS community. Following a recent spate of anti-trans violence in the month of June, this weekend saw two more horrific attacks against trans women in DC. Media coverage surrounding the attacks—including recent police reports—have all but glossed over the fact that these crimes are […]

Application Woes; or, Be Nice to Yourself

You’ve checked the GHC website for the third time today, despite the resolution you made to yourself to restrain from pressing that looming “refresh button” mocking you in the top left-hand corner of your browser. Your eyes are glossed over and itchy. Surely you must’ve missed something: a necessary requirement you do not possess; the […]

Stigma Woes; or, Be Nice to Sex Workers

I sat alone in my basement apartment at 5:00 a.m., ears ringing, the silence jolting and invasive. I had spent the previous eight hours on the overnight outreach van with my new employers, the aptly titled “HIPS,” or Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive, and I felt at once desperately fatigued and fretfully manic. The night was […]

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