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- Jake mentioned an interesting piece of news: a 70-year-old man from New York had gotten a sex-change :P
- We need to come up with some kind of fundraising event, just in case we ever need money. And fast.
- Last year, there was an idea for a “Breaking Stereotypes” week. We could maybe do that in June with MCC [Multi Cultural Council] ??
- Guys, please remember we’ll have Sue coming in next meeting [Wed., February 3rd]. Again, she’s the woman whose daughter came out to her 10 years ago and wants to get involved with the GLBTQO Community
- We thought up some questions to ask her. Those are attached.
- Ms. Vorkink said she would try to approve the Movie Night Event this Friday :)
- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been law for a while. In Obama’s speech on Wednesday, he proposed to repeal this!! :D
- We did an activity: GLBT History Quiz :)
- Also, Jake brought up a few interesting articles on Change.org: The articles are the postings of an openly gay man who, in an interest to understand the opposition, attended an ex-gay event. It is split into 3 parts, 2 of which have already been released. [Thank you, Jake, for the links!! ^__^ <3]
•Part 1: http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/the_view_from_inside_love_won_out
•Part 2: http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/ex-gay_ministries_finding_the_root_of_your_homosexual_condition
Evan: 2/10/10
Jake: 2/24/10 [mention 2 people?]
Questions [I’ll print these out]:
• What was your initial reaction when your daughter came out to you?
• Did you ever suspect that your daughter might be lesbian? Was there moments when you saw it coming?
• How much has living in a liberal state sped up the acceptance process?
• If your son had come out as gay, instead of your daughter, how would your reaction been different?
• You might have incorrectly heard before that the child’s upbringing is often blamed for their being gay. Essentially, bad parenting is the source of the child’s gayness. Did you ever feel guilty that your daughter was lesbian? Have you ever blamed yourself?
• Does your daughter have a girlfriend or partner at the moment? Is it ever awkward at family gatherings? Does she fit in, and is she accepted by the other family members?
• Questions about the support group you started up: What kind of support do you provide? Have you tried reaching out to other parents? How?
• In perspective, has your daughter been happier ever since she came out, or was she happier before?
• After your daughter came out to you, how did your views on homosexuality change?
Upcoming Events:
* 2/3/10 [Wed.] – Sue comes in to talk [NEXT WEEK!!]
- 3/19/10 [Fri.] – tentative date for the Movie Night – “Straightlaced”
- 4/16/10 [Fri.] – Day of Silence
- 5/8/10 [Sat.] – Boston YouthPride [possible event?]
- June – Breaking Stereotypes Week [possible event? With MCC?]
- June-ish – GLSEN Conference [possible event?]
- A “Bake Sale” ^__^ [possible event?]
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wed., January 20th, 2010
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- Here’s something for the Glee fans: Kurt is getting a boyfriend!! ^__~
- Naomi met with some GLSEN [Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network] members and brought back a poster and some news: there’s a GLSEN annual conference sometime in the summer [June-ish?]. We should see if we could possibly find some way to go!! :) All GSA’s are invited and there will be all kinds of workshops and activities to do.
- Here’s some news you probably won’t like, however: Scott Brown won the election, and he’s now a senator O_o [the shocking thing? Massachusetts had not elected a Republican Senator in 38 years!! Wow.] That’s bad news for us because he opposes gay-marriage
- Note: We need to have more school-wide events to just make sure the school knows we’re here and are actually an active group.
- I know we’ve been planning this since last year, so we should actually go to YouthPride this year!! It’s going to be around May/June-ish and we need to get all the basic info on it before we can even think about going [ie. Contact info, date, time, exact location?]. Jake, if you have time, could you look this up?? Thanks :P
- Remember we were planning a movie night for the movie “Straightlaced??” The tentative date for now is on Friday, March 19th, 2010.
- Ms.Vorkink gave us the news that Sue [the guest speaker] will most likely be coming in 2 weeks from now: on Wednesday, February 3rd :) That’s awesome!! We need to plan out what we’re going to ask her though.
- Please don’t forget that the Day of Silence this year is on Friday, April 16th, 2010 [the week before vacation]. Instead of just using the cards as we did in the previous years, we might add a little color with rainbow ribbons?? ^__^ We’ll get around to planning / and preparing for that in the next few meetings.
- If we were to have a “bake sale” again, we could hand out flyers and other info, besides serving the food. Or we could join a few other clubs and have a bigger bake sale. Anyone interested? :)
- I asked the group for advice about a friend of mine. Thanks to all who made suggestions. They were great, and I really appreciate it!!!!!!!
- We also had a few other topics come up:
• The definition of “genderqueer.” Basically, the person doesn’t identify as male or female despite their biological gender. They prefer it when they’re referred to with pronouns such as “they” [singular], “their,” “ze” [used instead of he or she], or “hir” [in place of her or his]…
• Q: How come people are so concerned about being around GLBTQO people / so against them? A [here’s what the gist of it was about]: We as humans don’t react to change that well, so some people believe that life, and the idea of family, will change. In their opinion, the family structure will fall apart if gender boundaries begin to disappear.
• Jake made up an interesting term: “Extrapolated denial” [while discussing the question above]. As he explained it, it’s exactly what some people are doing: they’re in denial that this problem has anything to do with them. Those people say it’s not their problem and blame another [who in this case, happens to be GLBTQO]
• The [stupid] common belief that someone can “become gay.” Evan put that into words nicely, “Why would we want to subject ourselves to discrimination?” :)
- This was a good meeting, lots of stuff discussed.
EVAN / NAOMI – we should probably make Facebook Events soon for all the events in the near-future? :) I’d make them, but I think you guys should be the ones to at least approve them or something.
Upcoming Events:
- 2/3/10 [Wed.] – Sue comes in to talk
- 3/19/10 [Fri.] – tentative date for the Movie Night – “Straightlaced”
- 4/16/10 [Fri.] – Day of Silence
- June – Boston YouthPride [possible event?]
- June-ish – GLSEN Conference [possible event?]
- A “Bake Sale” ^__^ [possible event?]
--> This means we need to make posters, flyers, and packets of information. We need to get the word out ASAP just so everyone actually KNOWS there’s some kind of upcoming event and will know about it weeks before-hand.
- Here’s something for the Glee fans: Kurt is getting a boyfriend!! ^__~
- Naomi met with some GLSEN [Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network] members and brought back a poster and some news: there’s a GLSEN annual conference sometime in the summer [June-ish?]. We should see if we could possibly find some way to go!! :) All GSA’s are invited and there will be all kinds of workshops and activities to do.
- Here’s some news you probably won’t like, however: Scott Brown won the election, and he’s now a senator O_o [the shocking thing? Massachusetts had not elected a Republican Senator in 38 years!! Wow.] That’s bad news for us because he opposes gay-marriage
- Note: We need to have more school-wide events to just make sure the school knows we’re here and are actually an active group.
- I know we’ve been planning this since last year, so we should actually go to YouthPride this year!! It’s going to be around May/June-ish and we need to get all the basic info on it before we can even think about going [ie. Contact info, date, time, exact location?]. Jake, if you have time, could you look this up?? Thanks :P
- Remember we were planning a movie night for the movie “Straightlaced??” The tentative date for now is on Friday, March 19th, 2010.
- Ms.Vorkink gave us the news that Sue [the guest speaker] will most likely be coming in 2 weeks from now: on Wednesday, February 3rd :) That’s awesome!! We need to plan out what we’re going to ask her though.
- Please don’t forget that the Day of Silence this year is on Friday, April 16th, 2010 [the week before vacation]. Instead of just using the cards as we did in the previous years, we might add a little color with rainbow ribbons?? ^__^ We’ll get around to planning / and preparing for that in the next few meetings.
- If we were to have a “bake sale” again, we could hand out flyers and other info, besides serving the food. Or we could join a few other clubs and have a bigger bake sale. Anyone interested? :)
- I asked the group for advice about a friend of mine. Thanks to all who made suggestions. They were great, and I really appreciate it!!!!!!!
- We also had a few other topics come up:
• The definition of “genderqueer.” Basically, the person doesn’t identify as male or female despite their biological gender. They prefer it when they’re referred to with pronouns such as “they” [singular], “their,” “ze” [used instead of he or she], or “hir” [in place of her or his]…
• Q: How come people are so concerned about being around GLBTQO people / so against them? A [here’s what the gist of it was about]: We as humans don’t react to change that well, so some people believe that life, and the idea of family, will change. In their opinion, the family structure will fall apart if gender boundaries begin to disappear.
• Jake made up an interesting term: “Extrapolated denial” [while discussing the question above]. As he explained it, it’s exactly what some people are doing: they’re in denial that this problem has anything to do with them. Those people say it’s not their problem and blame another [who in this case, happens to be GLBTQO]
• The [stupid] common belief that someone can “become gay.” Evan put that into words nicely, “Why would we want to subject ourselves to discrimination?” :)
- This was a good meeting, lots of stuff discussed.
EVAN / NAOMI – we should probably make Facebook Events soon for all the events in the near-future? :) I’d make them, but I think you guys should be the ones to at least approve them or something.
Upcoming Events:
- 2/3/10 [Wed.] – Sue comes in to talk
- 3/19/10 [Fri.] – tentative date for the Movie Night – “Straightlaced”
- 4/16/10 [Fri.] – Day of Silence
- June – Boston YouthPride [possible event?]
- June-ish – GLSEN Conference [possible event?]
- A “Bake Sale” ^__^ [possible event?]
--> This means we need to make posters, flyers, and packets of information. We need to get the word out ASAP just so everyone actually KNOWS there’s some kind of upcoming event and will know about it weeks before-hand.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wed., January 13, 2010
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- We took pictures for the yearbook. This was our last chance for a picture, so if you didn’t show up at the meeting, sorry, but you won’t be in the picture :(
- News: New Jersey’s state senate has rejected the same-sex-marriage bill last Thursday. And, as the site says, it’s “unlikely the state will have a gay marriage law in the very near future” >_< [See link (1) below for more info]
- More news: Since Monday, the trial for the Prop 8 challenge has been taking place in California. There’s a pretty big chance this will go to the Supreme Court, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best results!! ^__^ [See link (2) for more info]
- Here’s an idea: we’d like to have another Movie Night soon, and we’ll be showing “Straightlaced” – we all thought it was a good idea :)
- Oooh, this part’s exciting!! We might be possibly having a guest speaker soon!! Her name is Sue [I won’t post up the last name for her privacy] and she has a grow-up daughter who’s a lesbian. She came out 12 years ago, and Sue would like to come in and talk to us about that. She’d love to get involved and help us out, which is amazing. We should probably come up with some questions for her. We should look forward to that sometime in the near future, if everything works out ^__^
- Then, we sort of discussed the movie “Straightlaced” but we got off track a little. But here’s the gist of what we talked about:
• How we could connect the movie back to our own lives and experiences (a little)
• The cheerleader’s story of how the others stayed away from her because she is lesbian– that was just sad. It doesn’t seem like much of this happens in WHS, though, don’t you think?
• Definition of “Metro-sexual” – a heterosexual male that has a strong concern for his appearance or a way of life that displays attributes stereotypically associated with homosexual men [see link (3) for more info]
- After that, we started talking about certain schools debating what to do about trans students. Let’s put it this way: if you’re trans-gendered, what changing room or bathroom would YOU go into? It’s hard, so unisex bathrooms might possibly be added in schools.
Additional information:
1. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/01/new-jersey-state-senate-rejects-gay-marriage-measure/
2. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/01/prop-8-trial-offers-lessons-in-history-as-day-2-of-testimony-unfolds/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual
We WILL be having GSA next week on Wednesday.
Hope to see you there :D
- We took pictures for the yearbook. This was our last chance for a picture, so if you didn’t show up at the meeting, sorry, but you won’t be in the picture :(
- News: New Jersey’s state senate has rejected the same-sex-marriage bill last Thursday. And, as the site says, it’s “unlikely the state will have a gay marriage law in the very near future” >_< [See link (1) below for more info]
- More news: Since Monday, the trial for the Prop 8 challenge has been taking place in California. There’s a pretty big chance this will go to the Supreme Court, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best results!! ^__^ [See link (2) for more info]
- Here’s an idea: we’d like to have another Movie Night soon, and we’ll be showing “Straightlaced” – we all thought it was a good idea :)
- Oooh, this part’s exciting!! We might be possibly having a guest speaker soon!! Her name is Sue [I won’t post up the last name for her privacy] and she has a grow-up daughter who’s a lesbian. She came out 12 years ago, and Sue would like to come in and talk to us about that. She’d love to get involved and help us out, which is amazing. We should probably come up with some questions for her. We should look forward to that sometime in the near future, if everything works out ^__^
- Then, we sort of discussed the movie “Straightlaced” but we got off track a little. But here’s the gist of what we talked about:
• How we could connect the movie back to our own lives and experiences (a little)
• The cheerleader’s story of how the others stayed away from her because she is lesbian– that was just sad. It doesn’t seem like much of this happens in WHS, though, don’t you think?
• Definition of “Metro-sexual” – a heterosexual male that has a strong concern for his appearance or a way of life that displays attributes stereotypically associated with homosexual men [see link (3) for more info]
- After that, we started talking about certain schools debating what to do about trans students. Let’s put it this way: if you’re trans-gendered, what changing room or bathroom would YOU go into? It’s hard, so unisex bathrooms might possibly be added in schools.
Additional information:
1. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/01/new-jersey-state-senate-rejects-gay-marriage-measure/
2. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/01/prop-8-trial-offers-lessons-in-history-as-day-2-of-testimony-unfolds/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual
We WILL be having GSA next week on Wednesday.
Hope to see you there :D
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Wed., January 6th, 2010
PLEASE NOTE:
~*this might be updated before Sunday*~
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- Happy New Year, everybody!! :) Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate them :]
- Evan’s back!! Woot :D
- We got a new member it seems? That’s great :) Keep on spreading the word, everyone ^__^
- Late on Wednesday night, December 23rd, 2009, the Pakistani Supreme Court ordered that their government officially acknowledges a third gender, which includes transgendered people, transvestites, and basically anyone who doesn’t define themselves as male or female. The Chief Justice also stated that any discrimination against these people of the 3rd gender would be considered a hate-crime and illegal. Actions would be taken and punishments dealt out to those discriminating against 3rd gender community in Pakistan. [More info: http://www.sdakinship.net/sdakinship/de/newsnotes2009/pakistanthirdgender.html]
- In Uganda, there was the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in place that said homosexual acts were punishable by death. There’s a proposed amendment to that bill, which removes the death penalty and shortens the period of imprisonment. The people will be imprisoned until they’re “fixed.” [More info: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10795 although the information isn’t recent] **
- We watched and finished the movie “Straightlaced”
Next meeting:
- Discussion about the movie
- Someone will be coming in to take a picture for the yearbook
- We need to put a few items up on our bulletin board
- Please, PLEASE show up on time
** Please correct me if I got anything wrong? Thanks.
~*this might be updated before Sunday*~
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- Happy New Year, everybody!! :) Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate them :]
- Evan’s back!! Woot :D
- We got a new member it seems? That’s great :) Keep on spreading the word, everyone ^__^
- Late on Wednesday night, December 23rd, 2009, the Pakistani Supreme Court ordered that their government officially acknowledges a third gender, which includes transgendered people, transvestites, and basically anyone who doesn’t define themselves as male or female. The Chief Justice also stated that any discrimination against these people of the 3rd gender would be considered a hate-crime and illegal. Actions would be taken and punishments dealt out to those discriminating against 3rd gender community in Pakistan. [More info: http://www.sdakinship.net/sdakinship/de/newsnotes2009/pakistanthirdgender.html]
- In Uganda, there was the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in place that said homosexual acts were punishable by death. There’s a proposed amendment to that bill, which removes the death penalty and shortens the period of imprisonment. The people will be imprisoned until they’re “fixed.” [More info: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10795 although the information isn’t recent] **
- We watched and finished the movie “Straightlaced”
Next meeting:
- Discussion about the movie
- Someone will be coming in to take a picture for the yearbook
- We need to put a few items up on our bulletin board
- Please, PLEASE show up on time
** Please correct me if I got anything wrong? Thanks.
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