Although I know that this essay is not supposed to be of the persuasive kind, there is an issue that has been weighing on my mind as of late that I believe Roxbury Latin must address, and that is the lack of affinity groups on campus. As someone who is part of the LGBT community at an all-boys school, I have certainly felt excluded in some aspects of school life. People are not openly disrespectful to me or my community, at least not to my face, but I have certainly felt that far too often my presence has not been acknowledged. From discussions that we have in classes like personal development to assemblies that we have on topics pertinent to teens, whenever my community is discussed, it is always a sort of afterthought or not even included
