Hiii, everyone!!

This year, we’re going to try something new. I’ll be taking notes of what happened during the meeting, typing up that information, and posting it up here. Anyone is free to comment on any of the topics, especially if you didn’t participate in the discussion during the meeting and wanted to. If you missed a meeting, the information will most likely be up here. I don’t always have the time to get online on Wednesdays, so I’ll post up the notes from the group meeting as soon as I can – probably Saturday, at the latest. If there’s anything I can ever clarify, feel free to ask ^__^


- Anna

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wed., October 14, 2009

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- News: On Saturday, October 10th, HRC [Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest GLBT* civil rights organizations] released a segment of President Barak Obama’s speech at the 13th Annual National Dinner. It’s official now: he has promised to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. He also talked about DOMA [Defence of Marriage Act] and the Employment Act.
- Obama’s one of the only presidents to support gay civil-rights. Although no changes have taken place yet, Obama confirms that he’s going to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy **
- The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act is one of the only bills protecting GLBT rights
- National March for Equality was this weekend. A little under 50,000 people showd up for this event!! Successful :)
- Jake thinks he might be able to get his sister to get someone to come and talk to us / she might come and talk to us herself?
- National Coming Out Day was this Sunday, the 11th.
- WHS Coming Out Day will be on October 19th (Day 7) and we have to prepare. The lunch schedule for that day is below.
- Reminder to all who will be helping out at the tables: it’s suggested that you walk around and talk to the people and invite them to come by the table. Let the people know we’re there. Also, hand out the flyers!
- Anna will be making posters (bring in draft, get it signed, and then print out on colored paper).
- Naomi and Jake are in charge of making the flyers (?)
- Played more of the “Cross the Line” Game. [Reminder: what happens in the room, stays in the room! Respect Everyone's privacy.]

* GLBT = one of the most common acronyms for “gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered members of the gay-community. Sometimes, other acronyms are used like GLBTQO. In our case, we use the term “Alphabet” to describe the GLBT-Communty because there’s just too many letters to list off (the acronym sounds something like this: GLBTQIAAPOM. That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? Much easier to say “alphabet”) ^__~
**To find out more, go to the following site: http://www.hrc.org/13652.htm

WHS Coming Out Day Lunch Schedule:
1st Lunch: Natalie and Mary
2nd Lunch: Gaby, Naomi, Jake, Evan, Anna
3rd Lunch: Lauren, David
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