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Sarah posted an update in the group
Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 12 years, 3 months ago
Does anyone have advice for revitalizing a GSA? The one at my school has fallen apart, but I’m really hoping that we’ll be able to get it together this year.
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Bring food.
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SECONDED. cookies and brownies are the only reason mine ever gets new members. also, talk about like tv shows with gay/lesbian/trans* themes cuz EVERYONE likes television.
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Structure helps a lot. My girlfriend and I essentially took over the GSA at our school, and the second we started actually figuring out what we’d be doing in meetings things started to work better. We went from 4 members in 2009/10 to ~20 this past year.
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I’m VP of my school’s GSA and my GSA has been there before. 1st for events. plan well and don’t do everything by yourself. get people involved. make sure to take part and involve the school in human rights/ anti-bullying campaigns. go look for some some throughout the year like Coming Out Day. Sites to look for these events are GLSEN and the HRC.…[Read more]
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AG posted an update in the group
Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 12 years, 3 months ago
What are y’all doing this summer? I’m taking two summer courses because my parents are obsessed with me finishing school early.
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Work! I am still so thankful that I got hired.
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Work, writing essays for scholarships, driver’s training session 1 (ughhh) cause I haven’t taken it yet and I’m 16 and my parents want me to get my license >.<
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I’m interning at the NYCLU and also spending a bit of time in Southampton and Nantucket at friends’ houses. Natalie, are you in the NYC area like me?
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cait posted an update in the group
Straddler-on-Straddler advice 12 years, 3 months ago
So I already know there is no answer, but how the he’ll do I stop staring at the straight girl and imagining if I wait patiently enough she will be mine? I mean when she chats with other people I get jealous, which is ridiculous cause she can and should do whatever she wants. I try to be honest with myself and admit i’ve put her on a pedestal and…[Read more]
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Uh, maybe you could start some sort of Really Absorbing Project that required that you Go Places (where she isn’t) and Do Things Constructively and just generally have other things on your mind for a while and then maybe you’ll be out of this feedback loop of unghh. Maybe one of your friends has something you could help with.
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I think we’ve all been there with someone who wasn’t/isn’t interested, they don’t even have to be straight. It sounds like you are honest with yourself about how unrealistic your feelings/attraction may be (but isn’t all attraction like that?). Is there any way you can get to know her/her flaws better to try and kill the attraction?
I usually…[Read more]
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cait joined the group
Straddler-on-Straddler advice 12 years, 3 months ago
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Kierious posted an update in the group
Underage Straddlers (in lieu of an inevitably more creative name) 12 years, 3 months ago
Anyone else here applying to colleges this summer?
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I’m in such a tizzy because if I’m gonna do uni/college (I’m not American ;)) I really should be applying in the next coupla months. But I’m not sure if I wanna go back to study right away, or have a gap year. So many decisions! Also, a gap year means I’m gonna need some money. I spend all of mine on secondhand books… Heh.
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I’m applying in the fall- sooo many life decisions to make and all I want to do is play pokemon.
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Ugh, I know, right? If Ash doesn’t have to age and just gets to travel the world with his pokebuddies, why can’t we do the same?
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Oooo where would you apply to uni? I’m american, but my mum’s canadian so I have dual citizenship. I was thinking of applying to Mcgill and maybe Concordia in Montreal.
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Fall, for me. I may or may not be experiencing mild anxiety over this.
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I’m going to start my applications in August, kind of afraid I’ll either get in nowhere or get in everywhere (’cause apparently you can’t go to four or five schools in dif. states at the same time).
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I’ll be writing some college essays, yes. Bring on the writers’ block – at least with less anxiety than during the school year.
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Lucy joined the group
Straddler-on-Straddler advice 12 years, 3 months ago
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Dani posted an update in the group
Straddler-on-Straddler advice 12 years, 3 months ago
I like this girl, she’s cool. She lives down the street, we talk a lot via text message – but every time I ask her out she blows me off. She’s definitely gay – so it’s not a “questioning her sexuality” thing. She told me I’m intimidating in the witty kind-of way. Ok – so i’m intimidating (not the first time i’ve heard that from a girl). What the…[Read more]
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I don’t want to dash your hopes, but she may just not be interested. I know a lot of women who would rather make excuses than actually just tell someone that they aren’t interested, so it’s worth considering that too. If that’s not the case though, I suggest trying to just hang out with her in a general context, without necessarily the pressure of…[Read more]
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I’m with @discospider… she probably just doesn’t want to ruin the friendship by saying no. But props to you for having the guts to ask her out, perhaps ask her to join you in a group thing where she can bring friends too, something like that? Thenyou’ll def be able to see if you’re getting a friend zone vibe.
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So, I had a feeling she was into me, because she texts me at least once a week – without me texting her or anything. I knew it wasn’t the date nervousness thing because I’ve asked her to cook outs, bbqs, the beach etc. She lives so close that it was weird like – what the heck is up? So I pressed her this week because I was leaving on vacay and
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Ouch ): I wish people could just be upfront about this sort of thing. You ask someone out, they say, ‘you’re amazing, but I’m happily taken’, and the game is over and no-one’s feelings are hurt. It’s just mean for a taken person not to disclose upfront!
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Dani joined the group
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