On Thursday, January 26th, my group volunteered at Housing Works. Housing Works is an organizations who’s proceeds go to AIDS/HIV prevention. They give free medical attention, housing to homeless LGBTQ people, just to name a few. We volunteered at their Thrift Store. Instead of just using the money that is donated, they have two store…
On January 19th, my group had a really great oppertunity. We got to go to an assembly being held at the high school called The Transgender and Non-Gender Conforming Assembly. We knew there would be high schoolers who fit in that category speaking, but we didn’t know much else to expect other than that. When…
On January 9th, my group met with Randi Reynolds, some of our past 2nd grade teacher. Randi is a transgender man, which means after transitioning, he identifies as a man. We interviewed him using similar questions to our interview with Chap. We wanted to get two different perspectives on these topics. We learned from comparing…
On January 8th, we interviewed Chap, the director of diversity. We asked her mostly about what her views on some modern topics were, as well as what the school is doing to incorporate LGBTQ issues into curriculum, and how we are teaching kids about LGBTQ rights and issues. We asked her want she thought about…
On Thursday, January 12th, we went to the Pride Center of Staten Island. This is the only community center in Staten Island that is completely for the LGBTQ community and allies. This center is a really important place to many people on Staten Island. It is really important that kids and teens of the LGBTQ…
On Tuesday, January 10th, 2017, my group interviewed one of our former humanities teachers, Suzanne Cohen. We asked her about her experience, and what it is like today to be a gay woman. We asked her about what it was like when she came out ot her family and friends. One really good point she…
This wasn’t a fieldwork, but I felt like I had to make a post about it. Over winter break, each group had to choose a book about our topic. My group chose “Being Jazz” written by Jazz Jennings. Jazz is a 16 year old transgender girl. She has been recognized by President Obama, and The…
Small spoiler warning! On Friday, December 2nd, my group showed the grade a film called Trevor. It is a 20 minute film about a boy named Trevor. He is a 14 year old gay kid in the 1970’s. He loves listening to Diana Ross and he loves the theater. Trevor goes to school like a…
On Tuesday, November 22, my group went to a speaking with Jodie Patterson. Jodie is a mother of an eight year old transgender son. She explained her experience along with her initial reaction. It was really interesting to hear the story from a parent’s point of view. I feel like perspective plays a big role…
On Wednesday, November 16th, my group went to the Speaker Series at the EI High School. We were very excited when we first heard about it because Moisés Kaufman was going to be the one speaking. He is the writer of The Laramie Project. He talked about theatres’ roll in the modern day. He talked…
On Thursday, November 10th, (the same day we went to FIERCE. We had a long day.) my group went to see the EI High School Play, The Laramie Project together. The Laramie Project (written by Moises Kaufman) is based on the true story of what happened in Laramie, Wyoming. A twenty-year-old man named Matthew Shepard…
FIERCE NYC, LGBTQ 11/10/16 On Thursday, November 10th, 2016, my group went on our first fieldwork. We went up to an organization called FIERCE in the Bronx. What FIERCE does is they focus on children of color in the LGBTQ community. They help them feel more comfortable in their skin. They do that by having…
