Lay, Aubrey Transcript

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Aubrey Lay is a Government and Linguistics major in the Class of 2023. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. At William & Mary, he is a co-captain of the bhangra team, a co-president of Rainbow Coalition, a 1693 scholar, and is involved in research with Discourse Analysis at William & Mary and the Exodus Project.

Aubrey Lay discusses his involvement as a co-president of Rainbow Coalition, including events for intersex awareness week, queer sex ed, and the Over the Rainbow Gala. With Rainbow Coalition, he has collaborated with Lambda Alliance and the Center for Student Diversity. He also discusses the Exodus Project, which is investigating the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine and its effect on LGBTQI people. Aubrey describes the ability for William & Mary students to build queer-affirming communities in various spaces, including his experience on the Bhangra team.

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