"You make me want to write songs about girls again."

[greenie_breizh]

From 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??

Comments

[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

Is there such a thing as overdose of subtext? I hope not, Torchwood's almost there if there is. *g*

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!

[vae]

Torchwood is past subtext, into text and well on the way to supertext.

Excellent! Glad my Englishness can help.