Sharing stories with the Chapel Hill HS Gay-Straight Alliance

[Shana A]

Sharing stories with the Chapel Hill HS Gay-Straight Alliance (+)
by: Pam Spaulding
Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=2FF2AD61F372FE31AF91CD90A7BB00CE?diaryId=7568

On Monday I attended the regular meeting of the Gay-Straight-Alliance at Chapel Hill High School and it was a wonderful experience, being surrounded by so many self-aware, talented and insightful young people who were willing to share with me what life is like for them as LGBTs and allies in 2008.

and http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/nc_sharing_stories_with_the_chapel_hill.php

[Natasha]

NC: Sharing stories with the Chapel Hill HS Gay-Straight Alliance

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/nc_sharing_stories_with_the_chapel_hill.php
10/17/2008

Some of the GSA members are fully out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or allies (no transfolk are in the group at this time, which has had as many as 50 members show up), some are out to siblings, but not all family members. Quite a few come from religious families where they know it would cause a great deal of strife to come out at this time.

They hold their regular meeting during lunch period on Mondays from 12:20 - 1:05, so it was an all-too-brief gathering, but we did get to do quite a bit of Q&A with me. We had about 20 young people at this meeting. I shared what it was like to blog about LGBT issues, my coming out process, being black and gay, the political realities of being LGBT in North Carolina -- and the rights we don't have, etc. I also had a chance to ask some of them questions as well, since it's been a looooong time since I was in high school ('77-'81).