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Events From 2020
Events From 2020
Allyship 101
Allyship 101
Allyship presentation and Q&A: Allyship is an important topic for the LGBTQ+ community. While we have made some progress in societal perceptions and legal rights, the support of those outside of the community by speaking out for us and fighting for our rights alongside us continues to be necessary. Learn about what it means to be an ally and some simple do’s and don’ts.
LGBTQ+ Creator's Panel
LGBTQ+ Creator's Panel
LGBTQ+ Creators Panel: In recent years, there’s been a dramatic increase in both the quality and quantity of LGBTQ+ focused media. This wave has been led by a generation of LGBTQ+ artists, writers, and content creators; featuring their queer identities in their content and providing representation as we’ve never seen before. Come to this panel to meet some of those creators and learn about their inspirations, creations, and hopes for the future of LGBTQ+ media.
Noah Gigni (Visual Artist)
Noah Gigni (Visual Artist)
Noah Grigni (they/them) is a Boston-based freelance illustrator and comic artist interested in queer futurism, magical realism, body image, dreams, and the subconscious. Noah is the illustrator of It Feels Good To Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn, The Every Body Book by Rachel Simon, The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean, and The Gender Identity Workbook For Kids by Kelly Storck. They are currently working on their debut graphic novel, Cloudland, coming in 2022 from Macmillan. You can see their work at noahgrigni.com or on instagram @noahgrigni.
Jenn Koeber
Jenn Koeber
(Creator)
Her work: https://www.worksfromthetreehouse.com/my-instagram-feed/ andhttp://www.jenniferkoerber.com/
Pamela McAnulty
Pamela McAnulty
(Musician)
Her/their work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sdG2h1N5F8&list=PLsNfCVrN0OVsOeuGET8bGVYOsd1XEoo2m
Catie Curtis
Catie Curtis
Interview for ToBeGLAD (2020-03-31 at 08:05 GMT-7)Catie Curtis is a singer/songwriter working and living in the Newton area. She wasn't able to join us for the live event on Friday, but agreed to an interview earlier in the week. Find out more about her work at https://catiecurtis.com/
"Radical" is one of her songs that she mentions in her interview: https://youtu.be/21GkPlzrzOk
Some artists that she finds inspiring: Joan Armatrading, Cheryl Wheeler, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ferron
Her Quantine playlist at Spotify
Gay Back in the Day
Gay Back in the Day
Gay Back in the Day Panel: As high schoolers, it can be hard to imagine what life was like for people our parents’ or even our grandparents’ age. Unsurprisingly, some of those people were LGBTQ+ with stories and experiences far different from ours. Join us in hearing the stories of LGBTQ+ people of all generations at Gay Back in the Day!
Allan Blume
Allan Blume
Educational consultant and former professor at Simmons University. He always knew that he was gay yet self-identified and came out at age 20. Married and with his husband for 32 years. Fathers of three sons. Allan is in his late 60's.
Dan Fabrizio
Dan Fabrizio
Dan Fabrizio (he/him/his) is a gay cis male teacher at Newton North High School. In addition to teaching Spanish, he has been involved in the school's drama program and served as the advisor to the GSA.
Jennifer Espinal
Jennifer Espinal
nnifer is a cis, gay woman in her 20's who worked at NNHS as a Behavior Therapist.
Pamela McAnulty
Pamela McAnulty
Pamela is a transwoman in her/their late 50's.
MH Eskridge
MH Eskridge
MH is a cis, gay/bisexual woman in her early 50's.
Sherry Edwards
Sherry Edwards
Sherry is a cis-gendered, white lesbian woman in her 70s. She grew up in the rural South before moving first to NYC and eventually to the Boston area. She is now an Art teacher at Day Middle School in Newton helped start the first middle school GSA. This interview was conducted on 3/22/21. Click here for video.
Neurodivergant and LGBTQ+
Neurodivergant and LGBTQ+
In the past few years, mental health has become a more regularly discussed topic both in and out of the LGBTQ+ community. A presentation followed by a Q&A will focus on how members of the LGBTQ+ community are more susceptible to struggles with mental health because of the discrimination and lack of support or acceptance they face on a daily basis.
Related article from Trevor Project re: Mental Health and LGBTQ+ youth during COVID-19
Race & LGBTQ+
Race & LGBTQ+
A George ToBeGLAD interview (2020-04-01 at 09:05 GMT-7)Adam George
Adam George
Mr. George is a half-black, half-white gay man. He is also an English teacher here at NNHS.
V Goldstein ToBeGLAD.mp4Valerie Goldstein
Valerie Goldstein
Valerie is a student at Newton South (Class of 2021). She identifies as bisexual and biracial.
I Hwang ToBeGLAD interview.mp4Inae Hwang
Inae Hwang
Inae answers to any pronouns and identifies as gender fluid, queer (sexuality), and Asian-American.
LQBTQ+ Expression
LQBTQ+ Expression
Speakout
Speakout
Poem by Alex Kolodney, Class of 2020
Welcome to the LGBTQ Community by Eliza Huntington, Class of 2020
Mama's Girl by Daze Purcell, Class of 2020
Not a Monkey by Kayley Somers, Class of 2021
This is Home by Cavetown, performance by Alex Kolodney, Class of 2020
Virtual Art Display
Virtual Art Display
Alex Kolodney (they/them)
Alex Kolodney (they/them)
Instagram: @alkemy_arts
Aliyah Ferreira (she/her)
Aliyah Ferreira (she/her)
Instagram: @arcadeally_04
Kayley Somers (she/her)
Kayley Somers (she/her)
Instagram: @illus.create
Nat (he/she/they)
Nat (he/she/they)
Instagram: @thisisafiller27
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