"If this is what you call love, it comes at much too high a cost."

Dr. Taylor,

Teaching LGBTQ+ individuals to internalize self-hatred and shame is the very opposite of love. Your LGBTQ students will have a higher suicide rate, higher probability of substance use disorder, and many other emotional scars that will take years to heal. If this is what you call love, it comes at much too high a cost.

You would better serve these students by encouraging them to find an affirming university that would better address their needs.

Thanks,
Joshua L. Bearden, PhD
Samford Class of 2004