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Queer Youth Activism Camp - APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 30

Apply to Queer Youth Activism Camp! Queer Youth Activism Camp will be held this summer, July 26th - 30th, in Kerrville, Texas.  Will you be there?  We've extended the application deadline to May 30th, so there is still time to apply!  Click here for more information and an application.

 

 
 
Flour Bluff Students Speak Out, Demand Change

Students at Flour Bluff High School outside of Corpus Christi have been rallying this week for change at their school.  Last year, Flour Bluff students fought and won the right to form a GSA, despite opposition from their district.  This year, the administration has continued to create obstacles for the GSA, requiring members to have parents sign consent forms in order to participate in the club.

A tragedy occured last week that highlighted the need for safe spaces at Flour Bluff High School. This tragedy occured as a result of bullying, bullying which the administration at Flour Bluff ignored while continuing to perpetuate an unsupportive climate.

Flour Bluff students have identified these recent events as symptoms of larger problems, and have proposed a list of changes the administration can make to create an environment that is welcoming for all students.  The petition recognizes that increasing disciplinary measures and punishing student bullies doesn't fix the roots of the problem. So often school districts hide behind 'zero tolerance policies' and heightened disciplinary measures which negatively impact all students, rather than preventative measures that really have the power to shift climates.  Help students at Flour Bluff push for real, lasting change on their campus!

Support Flour Bluff Students, sign their petition!

Follow this link to read more, and to sign on:  http://www.change.org/petitions/flour-bluff-independent-school-district-change-flour-bluff
 
Update! Statewide Project - Submit to the Texas Queer Youth Zine

 

Your votes have been tallied and the results are in! Our statewide project will be a..... *drum roll*

Texas Queer Youth Zine

Now accepting your submissions for this statewide queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, allied, intersex, pansexual, label-less, etc.) youth zine.

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For more information, go to www.texasqueeryouthzine.weebly.com the Texas Queer Youth Zine website!

What is a zine?

A zine is a do-it-ourselves,publication. It is an independently published pamphlet or booklet that is used to spread ideas, messages, and voices. It is what we make it!

Check out this link for more info on zines: http://grrrlzines.net/about.htm,

Why are we making a Texas Queer Youth Zine?

  • To create a mosaic vision of what WE want Texas to be for queer youth
  • To share the changes we want to see in our schools and communities
  • To create a platform for queer youth around the state to connect, unite, share experiences, combat isolation, and exchange activist tools and resources
  • To compile and amplify the voices and stories of Texas' amazing queer youth, and increase visibility of the diversity within our communities

Who should submit?

If you identify as queer, questioning, trans, genderqueer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, allied, or anything in between, and you are a youth in Texas, make your voice heard!

If you are a part of a high school or middle school GSA club, your club can submit something together, or you can submit something as a member of your club.

We welcome all of the experiences and identities that exist within Texas' queer youth communities, especially voices of queer youth of color, trans and gender-nonconforming youth, queer youth with disabilities, queer immigrant youth, and queer youth from low-income backgrounds.

What should we submit?

Zines are free-form publications. They include everything from collage to poetry, cartoons to rants, how to's to manifestos, stories to chants to.... whatever you can dream up. Tell us something about you, about your community, or about making change. Share tools, ideas, visions that will be useful to other youth. Express yourself in whatever way feels most powerful or real to you!

We'll even be accepting audio, to publish in an online version -- so feel free to send your voice along, too.

Where do we send our submissions?

By email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or by snail mail to Texas GSA Network, Re: Zine, 909 E. 49 1/2 Street, Austin, TX 78751.

Include the following information:

  • Your name (if you don't feel comfortable publishing your name, let us know if there is another name you would like your submission published under or if you would like it published anonymously)
  • Your age
  • Your hometown
  • Your mailing address (only if its safe for us to send a final copy of the zine there)
  • If you are in a GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance or Gender & Sexuality Alliance club), what is the name of your school?
  • One place in your town or city where you would like to see the zine distributed, once it is finished (think coffee shops, bookstores, art spaces, youth spaces, community centers).

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS BY FEBRUARY 15, 2012

 

For more information, go to www.texasqueeryouthzine.weebly.com!
 
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