Totally Psyched for GSA This Year - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

Amy · 16th Sep 2008, 06:26 PM

Its going to be frickin' awesome! Our first meeting was today, and so were the elections. freetochoose is Treasurer, AJAYsavage is President, and I got VP! It was me and another bisexual running, so I just had to say "may the best bisexual win" ^_^ It was awesome.

A little story of our GSA. The club has been at my school for 11 years now, and the school has progressed ALOT since the start. The club didn't do much last year. There were alot of changes in officers. In Dec. the original Pres. transfered, then in April the next Pres.(the original VP) resigned, because he didnt want to be President. It was quite dramatic, and there were alot of people to watch it happen. By alot of people, I mean the roughly 50 people who came to that meeting for the Day of Silence. Over 100 people did DOS, plus the speaking supporters.

This year we are (hopefully) going to be helping with No On 8. For those who do not know, if Prop 8 is passed, the allowance of marriage equality will be no more. We will be having Movie Nights. Im just going to say one quick thing, our school mascot is a cowboy.

But most importatly, Choose Another Word. CAW is about not saying "that's so gay" or anything else homophobic like that. Basically, when someone says "that's so gay", instead of just staying silent, we are going to tell them not to, and to choose another word. And DOS, of course.

I just felt like sharring my happiness.

Psychedelic Bookmarks · 17th Sep 2008, 12:39 AM

That's so cool!! Good luck with all your events/campaigns.

beckyg · 17th Sep 2008, 06:40 AM

That is awesome! Your school has had a GSA for 11 years? Wow, I didn't even know they existed that far back. My school's (and my kids school) mascot is a cowboy also. Congratulations on your appointment as Vice-President. I hope you have continued successes.

16th Sep 2008, 06:26 PM	#1
Amy DFTBA Full Member Gender: Somewhere between female and I don't know Out Status: Open, not out. Location: Northern California, United States Age: 18 Posts: 2,380 Join Date: Jul 2008	Totally Psyched for GSA This Year Its going to be frickin' awesome! Our first meeting was today, and so were the elections. freetochoose is Treasurer, AJAYsavage is President, and I got VP! It was me and another bisexual running, so I just had to say "may the best bisexual win" ^_^ It was awesome. A little story of our GSA. The club has been at my school for 11 years now, and the school has progressed ALOT since the start. The club didn't do much last year. There were alot of changes in officers. In Dec. the original Pres. transfered, then in April the next Pres.(the original VP) resigned, because he didnt want to be President. It was quite dramatic, and there were alot of people to watch it happen. By alot of people, I mean the roughly 50 people who came to that meeting for the Day of Silence. Over 100 people did DOS, plus the speaking supporters. This year we are (hopefully) going to be helping with No On 8. For those who do not know, if Prop 8 is passed, the allowance of marriage equality will be no more. We will be having Movie Nights. Im just going to say one quick thing, our school mascot is a cowboy. But most importatly, Choose Another Word. CAW is about not saying "that's so gay" or anything else homophobic like that. Basically, when someone says "that's so gay", instead of just staying silent, we are going to tell them not to, and to choose another word. And DOS, of course. I just felt like sharring my happiness. __________________ "The opposite of love is not hate, but fear" Forrest Church

17th Sep 2008, 12:39 AM	#2
Psychedelic Bookmarks Helena Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Totally Psyched for GSA This Year That's so cool!! Good luck with all your events/campaigns. __________________ "I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial." (Morissey)

17th Sep 2008, 06:40 AM	#3
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: Totally Psyched for GSA This Year That is awesome! Your school has had a GSA for 11 years? Wow, I didn't even know they existed that far back. My school's (and my kids school) mascot is a cowboy also. Congratulations on your appointment as Vice-President. I hope you have continued successes. __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

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