YouthSAFE & Carrie Hart (Greensboro, NC) What is a GSA? GSA traditionally stands for gay-straight alliance. A GSA is basically any group that works within a school to address and enhance school culture around issues of homophobia, transphobia, and all…
Resources
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Not Tolerate Discrimination Against the LGBTQ+ Community
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforces equal credit opportunities. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act that was released to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity has been expanded with a new…
Ask Eli
Elijah Cameron (Asheboro, NC) Q: I am having issues with body dysphoria. I am upset that I don’t feel at home in my body, what do I do? A: Body acceptance is a process, sometimes life-long. While that may sound…
Your friendly neighborhood binding safety guide
Elijah Cameron (Asheboro, NC) and Red Behnke (Saxapahaw, NC) You are walking out and about town when suddenly you don’t feel quite right. Your chest feels tight and you find it hard to breathe. Your back is sore and your…
Summer Reading List
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White June Jordan’s poetry Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde Queer Spirits by AA Bronson and Peter Hobbs Dykes to Watch Out…
Local & Regional Resources
Organizations for Youth Youth OUTRight (Asheville) Time Out Youth (Charlotte) YouthSAFE (Greensboro) InsideOUT 180 (Durham/Chapel Hill) LGBT Camps ASPYRE Leadership Camp (Greensboro) QORDS Camp (Browns Summit) GSA Activist Camp (Charlotte) LGBT Conferences Trans Student List LGBT in the South (Asheville)…
The Main Funders of LGBTQ+ programs and events
LGBTQ+ community usually holds pride events to recognize the impact LGBTQ+ people have worldwide. Most of the changes related to LGBTQ+ rights took place within the last 50 years. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people still face discrimination because of their sexual…
Story Banking | April 11, 2013
Elena Rue of StoryMineMedia joined QueerLab this past week (April 11, 2013) to lead a workshop on video-based storytelling and interview technique. View some of the stories gathered during the workshop below: