You feel the school have missed an opportunity here? Have you not been made aware of the massive amounts of oppression women suffer currently in extremist Muslim countries? And most of the women suffering at the hands of the extremist are mainly straight, so one can imagine the hardship of being both gay and Muslim.
in which way do you feel being straight and dare I say white (or should I say non-Muslim/religious) would have been more appropriate or more inspiring/empowering?
You realize that until not ALL women are free (and yes that includes gay women and Muslim women as both those categories add a layer of oppression to « just » being a woman) from oppression, none of us will truly be free?
The fact that you think that gay rights and religious hardships is a kind of oppression that shouldn’t be acknowledged on international women’s day because it doesn’t affect you/the majority of occidental woman is beyond me. Religion and sexuality are two of the main oppressing factors of women, literally the whole patriarchy all the way down to abortion rights and women body autonomy and slut shaming is based on it. Come on, OP! If you can’t see how intersectionality is fundamental to actual freedom for women, I don’t know what to say.
it’s ALL linked. No woman will truly be free if lesbians are gauged okay to oppress or to sexualize, or worse, brutalize and murder for loving who they do and no woman will genuinely be free until all women (including Muslim women) have full freedom of choice and full body autonomy.
The fact that you think learning about someone more mainstream, more straight and more the norm would be most appropriate and the better opportunity boggles the mind. I personally think it’s those most oppressed who still chose to fight back and be proud of who they are despite the risks who are most inspiring. I am heavily inspired by the women of Iran currently. There is something about making a stance that could mean life or death for you but also means freedom that is truly inspiring. Any gay Muslim woman who is out and about risks serious life-threatening backlash from her community.
it might not seem like much to you but gay marriage is still illegal in most countries and was legalized in a lot of Europe only in the last decade (!). The fact that you think the month of June is enough light on the topic of LGBTQ+ folks to undo thousands of years of homophobia and discrimination is funny. Because NO, we shouldn’t just talk about gay rights in June. It should be talked about (just like with women’s right) every day until gay folks are treated like straight folks anywhere, to the point no OP like you would ever be upset at a school for talking about a lesbian woman on another month than June!