Spreading the message of diversity, Jocardo Edward Ralston performed a one-man production of No Sex in the City on Monday, October 14.

The production was sponsored in part by ALLIES, Student Life and the Student Social Workers Association (SSWA).

“As a member of the Student Social Workers Association and chair of the Minority Affairs Committee,” said Judy Nieves, a sophomore Social Work major from McNairy County, “one of the goals of sponsoring the Jocardo production was to welcome diversity. Another goal was to promote the universal message of acceptance of one another while offering true fellowship and understanding to everyone.”

The production included bits of humor and also instances of his own personal life in dealing with his sexuality.

“I didn’t choose to be gay,” Ralston said, “it’s not a choice! Who would pick being taken into a cornfield in the middle of the night and be tied and beaten to death [speaking of the Matthew Shepard incident].”

Ralston also spoke of issues dealing with self-love. Society portrays the perfect person as being skinny, but the average person is never like that “perfect” image.

“It was interesting,” said Brent Moore, a junior Communications major from Clarksville. “However, I wished he would of made more points besides ‘I’m gay’ and ‘I like sex’.”

The production was humorous, but it did not achieve its major goal of spreading the message of diversity.