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Suzanne’s interview 1/9/17.

  My group and I are in the GSA club in our school. The GSA club is a group for people of the LGBTQ community and allies of the LGBTQ community. One of the teachers named Suzanne made this club and allowed us to interview her on the discrimination she dealt with because she is…

The Trevor movie, 12/3/16.

My group wanted to watch a film called Trevor, which is about a boy named Trevor that discovers he is gay. Trevor is a 13 year old that starts to develop feelings towards his best friend Pinky. His whole school thinks he is gay since he is depicted as a stereotypical gay kid. After we…

Jodie Patterson speech, 11/22.

My group and I decided to go to a see Jodie Patterson speak about her transgender child and what it is like to be a mother with a trans kid. When her then son was very little he was usually very happy and energetic. But then there was a sudden change in behavior. Jodie noticed…

Laramie Project done by the high school, 11/10/16.

My group went to the Laramie Project play in the high school. The Laramie project was about a kid who had been brutally murdered because he was gay. It had many monologues of the people who knew Matthew speaking about who he was and what happened. The play was very knowledgeable and the acting was…

Fierce nyc fieldwork with Mustafa, 11/10/16

We asked if we could volunteer with Fierce, an organization that helps LGBTQ youth feel confident and encourages people to come out, and learn more about what they do to help. The Executive Director, Mustafa, said he would love to have us. On November 10th, my group and I went to the Bronx to go…