Taken in part from my address to the 200 attendees at Dare to Dream, October 18, 2013. Last week I joined one of our volunteers to help with the GSA group at the middle school. It was their open house day and the students had invited other people to come get know them and get […]
Posts Tagged ‘bullying’
15 Years In and Still Daring to Dream
Posted: 20th October 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #LGBT youth, allies, bullying, GSA, HIV, Matthew Shepard, safe space
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Words Haunt
Posted: 8th September 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #LGBT youth, adolescent development, bullying, healing, microaggressions
“The punches stop hurting. The words take longer to heal.” I’ve been pondering this since an interviewee said it to me last week. Yesterday I ran training for new volunteers and we spent a fair amount of time on current trends in working with LGBT youth, during which we focus on different factors that can […]