Write and Shop! OUTniagara Youth Writing Contest

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 Tell us – Heck! Tell the world - 
How do you stay positive and fabulous as a gay youth. What are you most proud of in your queer world?
First Prize: $100 Gift Certificate to the Pen!
Top 3 submissions will be published on our website!
Due Date: Friday April 13 (we have a sense of humour)
Keep your… [Continue Reading]

OUT at Work Nov 17, 2011

Today I was asked by a Grade 10 teacher to come into her class – right now – to explain to her students why using the word “faggot” and “gay” as a synonym for the word “stupid” is offensive and hurtful. She had tried and apparently, they were not taking her word for it. So… [Continue Reading]

OUT at Work – Standing Up

Last week was time for a couple of folks at my school to stand-up ;  each with opposing view-points and values, but each doing what they felt was the right thing for them to do.
Just for a little background and context, ten minutes before the start of first period each day, music is played through-out… [Continue Reading]

OUT at Work October 25, 2011

Today, a teacher at my high school grabbed me while I was in the halls and begged me to come to her room immediately. The excitement? – she was the proud owner of a brand new, crisp and clean PRIDE flag  – flying loud and proud smack-dab in the middle of her classroom.  It’s presence… [Continue Reading]

OUT at Work October 2011

See what you think of this, because I’m not sure myself.
A teacher at my new high school told me that one of his pet peeves is when one of his female students qualifies her answer with a comment such as, “I’m not sure this is right but …” or “This is probably wrong but I… [Continue Reading]