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greenie_breizhFrom Wayne, Year 9 (quoted in the chapter Lesbian and Gay Issues in the Curriculum by Patrick & Sanders, in the book by Debbie Epstein, Challenging Lesbian and Gay Inequalities in Education (1994)):
Joe
I came home from a party last Friday night.
Boy oh boy what a fright.
My parents found my letter from Joe.
I guess I really love him so.
They asked me a million questions.
What was it like? Don't you feel sick?
I can't take it anymore, let me out quick.
'So you're a bender?' No I'm not
The word is Gay you know!
You love me and I love you,
And also I love Joe.
What's great is that the boy wrote this poem as a result of in-class work on LGBT issues and so there's 90% of chance he leans more towards girls himself. And yet that didn't stop him putting himself into the shoes of a boy his age that would have feelings for another boy. It's a very powerful mental exercise to effectively address feelings of discomfort/homophobia around LGBT people.
On a vaguely related note, I've started the new season of The L Word and OMG I want to STAB Jenny. Possibly even more than before, and I didn't really think that was possible. I also want to see lots more Max (who's really, really cute, even more than before, I feel) and I really wish he'd get together with the super cute sign language interpreter. That would be just perfect. <3
(And Torchwood is tonight but I'm totally failing to get excited so far. I think I'm underwhelmed by the thought of Masters being on the show.)
PS. Anyone in England knows what the fuck an INSET is??
Joe
I came home from a party last Friday night.
Boy oh boy what a fright.
My parents found my letter from Joe.
I guess I really love him so.
They asked me a million questions.
What was it like? Don't you feel sick?
I can't take it anymore, let me out quick.
'So you're a bender?' No I'm not
The word is Gay you know!
You love me and I love you,
And also I love Joe.
What's great is that the boy wrote this poem as a result of in-class work on LGBT issues and so there's 90% of chance he leans more towards girls himself. And yet that didn't stop him putting himself into the shoes of a boy his age that would have feelings for another boy. It's a very powerful mental exercise to effectively address feelings of discomfort/homophobia around LGBT people.
On a vaguely related note, I've started the new season of The L Word and OMG I want to STAB Jenny. Possibly even more than before, and I didn't really think that was possible. I also want to see lots more Max (who's really, really cute, even more than before, I feel) and I really wish he'd get together with the super cute sign language interpreter. That would be just perfect. <3
(And Torchwood is tonight but I'm totally failing to get excited so far. I think I'm underwhelmed by the thought of Masters being on the show.)
PS. Anyone in England knows what the fuck an INSET is??
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Date: 2008-01-16 07:15 pm (UTC)And about TW: same here. My flist seems to be in an uproar about it, especially after seeing some of the promos but I'm not that hyper. Guess I'll start squealing during the epi though, lol :)
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Date: 2008-01-16 10:14 pm (UTC)And is that INSET as in schools? In which case: IN SErvice Training day - kids stay off, teachers go in to plan and meet and do whatever it is teachers need to do when kids aren't there.
Kids generally think that they're marvellous ideas.
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Date: 2008-01-18 07:18 am (UTC)And yes! I meant in UK schools, no one in the book seemed to deem it appropriate to explain. That totally makes sense, thanks so much!
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Date: 2008-01-18 09:40 am (UTC)Excellent! Glad my Englishness can help.