URVASHI VAID PRESENTATION

1 What were your expectations prior to attending this event? What did you know about the topic before you attended the event?

I was expecting that the program will be all about LGBT population. I expected that I might gain more knowledge about them. Before I attended that program I knew little about LGBT population that they are not treated equally.

2 How was the information presented? Did the information presented at the event differ in any way from what you had learned or believed in the past? How?

Urvashi Vaid talked about the history of LGBT population and talked about some movements that took place to provide equality for LGBT population. Nope, the information presented at the event did not differ in any way from what I had learned or believed in the past. I knew that LGBT were discriminated, but they were protesting for equal right.

3 What was one thing that you learned from this event that you did not know, or had never heard, before?

 I did not know about Urvashi Vaid and that she was LGBT activist.

4 Did the personal, professional, or academic background make the speaker an authority on the topic? Why or why not?

Yes, the personal, professional, or academic background made the speaker an authority on the topic because she has good knowledge about the population. She is a lesbian, has worked as LGBT activist and she is a lawyer.  She is a member  of that population so, she knows better than other heterosexual person.

5 What can you take away from this presentation to assist you in your Alternative Viewpoints paper?

From this presentation, I got more idea that about people protesting against discrimination of LGBT population.

6 If someone in the class had the opportunity to ask a question, how did the speaker respond? Was their answer satisfactory to you? Why or why not?

Some audience asked few questions about her presentation, the speaker responded well. Yes, her answers were satisfactory to me.   She tried to explain more understandably.