SwiftySpeedy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 So like a week ago I signed up for the school's GSA and I'm really excited when I can go to the club. Oh, the pin will arrive in the mail right after The club. I'm really happy about this week, and summer is right around the corner too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illumi Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 weird name for a club tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloThere Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I’d probably do the same next year, though I wonder how I would. There’s nothing about it on the school page and I only vaguely hear of a “pride club” on the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBird Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 About a month ago I was hoping to join the one at my school too (called 'Rainbow Club') but since it's fairly close until the end of the year I just decided to wait until September :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloThere Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, cerimonials said: About a month ago I was hoping to join the one at my school too (called 'Rainbow Club') but since it's fairly close until the end of the year I just decided to wait until September :) yeah same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jot-Aro Kujo Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 hours ago, LIVI0 said: weird name for a club tbh Gay-Straight Alliance is a name that's been used by LGBTQ+ activism and social clubs in schools since the 80s. Some schools call it something else (Genders & Sexualities Alliance is pretty common these days), but there's historical precedent for Gay-Straight Alliance because it emphasizes the goal of supporting one another, especially in the days of things like no legalized gay marriage and the AIDS crisis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloThere Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said: Gay-Straight Alliance is a name that's been used by LGBTQ+ activism and social clubs in schools since the 80s. Some schools call it something else (Genders & Sexualities Alliance is pretty common these days), but there's historical precedent for Gay-Straight Alliance because it emphasizes the goal of supporting one another, especially in the days of things like no legalized gay marriage and the AIDS crisis. I would love to just go to one and see the people I could meet, perhaps it could help me in some way? I'm not sure, but I'm gonna need to really know what the heck it is first from the school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rather be Reading Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Cool! I'm in my school's GSA, and it's super fun, though very chaotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftySpeedy Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Rather be Reading said: Cool! I'm in my school's GSA, and it's super fun, though very chaotic. What do you mean by chaotic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rather be Reading Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 There's just a lot of energy in the room, and most of the activities that get planned usually end up getting derailed for something else random. For instance, we were going to play Life, the board game. However, we never got past set-up because of the pink/blue gendered playing pieces, and the meeting was actually spent creating our own playing pieces out of cardstock. It probably differs a lot by school. I know for a fact that my middle school's GSA was more structured than ours :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illumi Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said: Gay-Straight Alliance is a name that's been used by LGBTQ+ activism and social clubs in schools since the 80s. Some schools call it something else (Genders & Sexualities Alliance is pretty common these days), but there's historical precedent for Gay-Straight Alliance because it emphasizes the goal of supporting one another, especially in the days of things like no legalized gay marriage and the AIDS crisis. ik but i just found the name silly. it was simply a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jot-Aro Kujo Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 19 minutes ago, LIVI0 said: ik but i just found the name silly. it was simply a joke Oh ok, sorry about that. It's hard to tell tone online sometimes and I know a lot of kids aren't aware of the history of these things, so I took it the wrong way, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloThere Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, Jot-Aro Kujo said: Oh ok, sorry about that. It's hard to tell tone online sometimes and I know a lot of kids aren't aware of the history of these things, so I took it the wrong way, lol. Yeah, it’s weird how hard it is to tone things right online, sometimes something meant to console people can end up angering them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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