On Thursday, January 26th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group took a trip to Housing Works. It is an organization that has fought to end AIDS and support LGBTQ people for many years. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to work there for four hours that day. Since we were required to go with an…
On Thursday, January 19th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group went to a high school assembly to see students from LREI and other schools around the city talk about their experiences with gender. There were kids who were transgender and gender non-conforming. A few kids were also gay, bisexual, and pansexual. It was amazing to learn…
On Thursday, January 12th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group had an interview with Elysa Fein Cunningham at the Staten Island Pride Center. It is the only center for LGBTQ youth in Staten Island. In our interview we learned about the center and what they do. They have clubs for people of all ages, and anyone…
On Tuesday, January 10th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group had an interview with Suzanne Cohen, my former-Humanities teacher. We asked her questions about being a gay woman in today’s society. We asked her about experiences she had, how people reacted to her coming out, and how we can help kids at our school feel more…
On Friday, December 2nd, our LGBTQ Social Justice group showed our grade a short film called Trevor. The film is about a thirteen year old boy named Trevor who realizes he’s gay when he falls in love with his best friend, Pinkie. With his love for Musical performance and Diana Ross, Trevor is quite the…
On Tuesday, November 22nd, our LGBTQ Social Justice group went to a lecture from a mother of a transgender child. Jodie Patterson is the mother of five children, one of them being transgender. Penelope, who is nine years old was born in the body of a girl, but with the mind of a boy. Jodie…
On November 16th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group watched Moises Kaufman speak from 7-8pm. Moises Kaufman wrote The Laramie Project (the play was saw a week earlier). He spoke about what inspired him to write the play, and about his experience interviewing people all over Laramie, Wyoming. Moises talked about The Laramie Project’s first performance,…
On Thursday, November 10th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group took a trip to see The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman. It was performed by LREI’s high school students. The play is about a young man in college named Matthew Shepard living in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. Matthew was brutally beaten by two men. They beat…
On Thursday, November 10th, our LGBTQ Social Justice group took a trip to the Bronx to meet up with a small organization called FIERCE. It is made for children of the LGBTQ community, specifically children of color. We agreed to do volunteer work from 1-4pm. After taking the train we met up with Mustafa Sullivan,…
