How is my service learning at The Center connected with gender and communication? It is connected in every single way and aspect of it. My service learning consisted of communication between different genders and predetermined societal gender roles.

For example, I encountered quite a few androgynous people at The Center, many effeminate men, and masculine women. It is nothing out of the ordinary there, because it is a safe haven for the LGBT community.

However, many people outside of the LGBT community, especially those who are more conservative, might find reversed gender roles wrong; and might be very uncomfortable around people who push the boundaries of what is predetermined by our society. My gender communications class frequently discusses how people are born the same but are greatly influenced by the media, and their culture and society, in molding their ideas and portrayals of their sex.