”You're being isolated because there's an investigation going on." Ladislao, or you can call me Lalo. That's my nickname. Vera. 12-11-1998. Here, Indiana. Where I live and sleep every day. I majored in Theatre + Drama. So, I laugh a lot. I studied Acting and Dance, holding 159 credits, earned my Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington. I suffered substantial damages, including losing my society, support, grief, lost wages/salary, and legitimacy of my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre + Dance. I have continuously fought for my rights at IUB to get the degree that I worked extremely hard for. I have suffered mentally so much for so long, leading to life-threatening choices; due to IUB's harassment for my appearance and the lifestyle I live between July 2020 through May 2021. IUB neglects to bring to light that I have asked for help due to their deception activities. It has been five months since IUB has last discriminated against me. I repeatedly reached out to IUB agents for support as I defended not only my innocence but actually to be heard by an official. At that time, I was only on probation at IUB, thinking that I would still be obtaining my IU degree. That was also when I stopped doing my passion: acting and dancing. I had made IUB and their agents aware that their oblivious manner triggered my severe anxiety and major depression. I was mentally unstable, and I explicitly expressed that I was suicidal. Community members reported harassment & threat concerns to IUB, alarming my safety. IUB continually ignored these harassment threats—officials are legally responsible for not protecting students—on this case, me, Lalo Vera. IUB was my hope to get justice for myself and others, and they ignored all. Unfortunately, that has caused me to develop a physiological disorder during Fall 2020 because I had lost all hope. As a result of ill-treatment and physical and mental disorders, I committed an unfortunate suicidal attempt in a motor vehicle accident on November 19, 2020. IUB subjected me to aggravated assault towards mental harm that caused countless mental illnesses in that struggle suicide. Federal Laws are in violations within IUB besides my student expulsion in Spring 2021 and my employment termination in Fall 2020. IUB authorities created conspiracies of affections over agents' actions sent out to harass me, Ladislao Vera. Responsibility leads to public schools—IUB —to create a safe learning environment per 20 USC§801(a). Several respected community members claim that I am a victim of heterosexism.Indiana University Bloomington has knowingly discriminated against me no matter how much I have achieved and overachieved in all of my years attending, then deprived me of my bachelors' degree six months before graduation. I have worked just as hard as many other students, and this situation was handled unlawfully. All individuals need to see the problems and understand why changes need to happen. What happened in that school to turn a routine operation into a life and death struggle for me due to discrimination, and why it should never have happened, and never should happen. Is this what this case is all about—acting out their personal prejudices? We don’t get treated equally for others like me. IUB should have been a safe environment. I work for IUB myself and have seen how differently I’ve been treated compared to others. I cannot just leave every job when treated poorly, not for a college student. On the other hand, why try to fight to stay somewhere you and your skills aren’t appreciated, or worse, where your life will be miserable if you dare stand up and fight. Being overlooked for a promotion, wrongful termination, receiving a write-up with no basis, and other serious negative employment actions qualifies as different treatment. At present, too many gay and transgender workers are being judged based on our sexual orientation and gender identity—factors of which have no impact on our ability to perform in a workplace setting. The incident that occurred was not a drunk driving matter. It was me tragically losing control to yet another mental episode. This situation has caused significant controversy in Monroe County, Indiana. Like many a mystery, this is no mystery. This one is a case of mistaken identity. I was misguided and blackmailed into following commands of an elusive sorority to save my residents and retrieve an important possession. I had to decide how far I was willing to deal with this to keep everything in this contemporary homage to Indiana University with no other options. Recorded documentation argued in Student Conduct Hearings that my disabilities would have made it impossible for me to overpower and beat the sorority members in the way prosecution witnesses describe. Video Recordings claimed that the real criminal was Indiana University Police Department, who partnered with a Latina sorority when they discovered the sorority tried to frame me, a Latinx male. I, Ladislao Vera Junior, am a hard-working man from Hammond. I wanted to become the first member of my family to graduate from college. All of that is threatened now because I find myself accused of conspiracies' attacks. But accusations are not evidence, and the judge will instruct that the State must prove my guilt beyond a reasonable double with proof. My name is Lalo, and I have spent my life fighting for my education. Life changed dramatically when I started to work for my school Indiana University Bloomington in 2018. When IU Directors asked me two questions about if I have talked to students about their own (1) sexuality or (2) marijuana, I made a choice, to tell the truth. I do not speak openly and aloud about my sexuality. I keep it amongst myself due to the discrimination I already face. The only time marijuana was a topic was when I would smell it and find which student it was. Being busy with school work and going to a job left me no room to do many extra activities. Also, being in your right mind is crucial for a college student. Too bad I had many other concerns and realities to think about while in the IUB community. Ultimately I was not feeling right in who I am and what I used to be. My mother scheduled many doctor appointments with different clinics before the spring 2021 semester due to my unusualness that I never had before. Unknown conditions led my body and brain to zero to three hours a night for around six nights a week. I never create change for myself, but I cannot bear another innocent Latinx, homosexual, queer, or gay student treated differently due to their background. My objective is to get people that were systematically affected back to where they need to be. It gave me a desire to do the same thing within the community, specifically in the Latino community. What I do now seek to advocate and promote balance for underrepresented students. I create events to help students with their cultural awareness, academic resources with career explorations. We are doing everything we can to help the families of those killed and the survivors dealing with the physical and emotional pain of being targeted in the worst-anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime in U.S. History. If this campaign receives this treatment, it won't be just my life that has been saved. There will be many more discriminated students in the future who are treated with these horrible threats, and it will open up other trials on other LGBTQIA+ discriminations. We need to change things and show how determined parents can forge a path for other families encountering similar obstacles. We need to find treatments for homophobic psychological issues. We need to give other people hope. We need to start saving lives. Hopefully beginning with Lalo Vera xoxo

Ladislao Vera Junior EARNED the Bachelor' of Arts in Theatre + Drama from Indiana University.

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