Thursday, 20 March 2014

Rainbow Club - Wascana Community School


Introducing the Wascana Community School 

Rainbow Club (GSA)


We meet every Wednesday at noon and are a growing club of activists and allies.

Activities - drama games, talking circles, videos and research, tableau, power play theater, forum theater....

We are building towards activities for our senior students to build awareness and activism!

This week we took a look at the classic "heterosexual quiz".  See it here.  




Video - Social Experiment: What happened when a gay person and a straight person hugged?

What happened when a gay person and a straight person hugged?  Spoiler alert, no one's sexual orientation rubbed off! :)

See the Upworthy video here!


Panel presentation from Carla Blakely, Russell Walker, Mikayla Schultz and Mike White on gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, and the importance of being an ally for social change! March 2014, Wascana Community School.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Supporting GSA's - Teachers As Allies

Supporting your school's GSA can be a fantastic experience for both your students and yourself.  There is a risk involved, but it is a courageous venture worth taking. Check out this Top 10 List for suggestions on how to help. Here's another great one that includes the staff perspective.

Everyone needs an ALLY!!


Friday, 19 July 2013

What's Trending, What to Follow...

I highly recommend following upworthy.com or @Upworthy for some of the latest trending stories in LGBT rights.

Current story links:

10 year old girl speaks out about LGBTQ employment rights:
http://www.upworthy.com/a-10-year-old-girl-has-more-sense-than-34-of-our-states-now-thats-messed-up?c=utw1

Andrew Garfield (Spiderman) speaks out about LGBT movie and comic characters:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/07/19/enders-game-spider-man-big-gay-panic-mark-harris/

Tim Horton's apologizes for LGBTI website ban:
http://globalnews.ca/news/728910/tim-hortons-apologizes-for-blocking-gay-website/

LGBT friendly message in the new Backstreet Boys song:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/new-backstreet-boys-video-in-a-world-like-this_n_3625237.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003