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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Ask and Tell, Please

I just noticed that tomorrow night, Thursday March 3d, there is a special forum
Do Ask, Do Tell
at the Neutral Zone, 310 E. Washington, Ann Arbor,
from 7-10 p.m.
Riot Youth presents a Free, community event- Do Ask, Do Tell to have a conversation with LGBTQQA youth activists. Be inspired to help them create positive community change. The evening includes community building, poetry, theater performances and conversation. For more information, click here http://www.neutral-zone.org/events/891/do-ask-do-tell
Now, because of a conversation I had with another parent earlier today, this is my question for you (and please, do tell us)--in the comments section:

1. If your child's school has, you believe, an environment that is friendly to LGBT youth, what is it about the school that makes it friendly?


2. If your child's school has, you believe, an environment that is not friendly to LGBT youth, what is it about the school that makes it unfriendly?

(No need to give the school's names--I'm interested in the characteristics.)

Thanks,

Ruth

2 comments:

  1. I think for me as a student If you're going to ask me that kind of question if what is it about that makes a school friendly? I believe that it's about how teachers interact with their students. It should be friendly for it is the second home of a student when they went schooling. In fact a child spends more time in school than in their own house. I am also a student in a ocalschool here in our place so far I can say that it is a friendly school somehow. I have nice experience their.

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  2. My kids' high school seems to be doing some things to make it safer -- gay straight alliance and certain clubs that are safe and accepting places for gay students. But, when my daughter briefly dated a girl, I advised her not to come out publicly while in high school. It is still a fish bowl and it is better to wait for the larger pond of college where there are all kinds of people and a lot more opportunities to be with like minded friends. But, she does know several gay students who are out and seem to be doing ok.

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