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transOkay, my brother goes to a certain high school that was in the news last year, because the state of Texas had to force them to allow a girl to start a GSA there. I, unfortunately, graduated from that school the year before it started.
Anyway, I was reading my brother's school paper a couple hours ago, and the school has gone from being very bitter about it, and they were very bitter, to actually kinda supportive. They had an article about how the school had a stack of the little explanation cards for the day of silence, on the counter in the main office. They also told the teachers not to try to get students that had the cards pinned to their shirts to talk.
The GSA apparently has a good number of active members, a few of which are trans, and a huge list of other members, because several teachers gave extra credit for going to a meeting.
I just thought that was kinda cool. It's much different then the approach they had toward GLBT people when I went to that school. Well, they did do one thing nice. Even though they didn't seem to care about harrassment, they did let an ftm senior wear pants to graduation and prom, even though one of the rules was that all girls had to wear skirts to both.
Anyway, I was reading my brother's school paper a couple hours ago, and the school has gone from being very bitter about it, and they were very bitter, to actually kinda supportive. They had an article about how the school had a stack of the little explanation cards for the day of silence, on the counter in the main office. They also told the teachers not to try to get students that had the cards pinned to their shirts to talk.
The GSA apparently has a good number of active members, a few of which are trans, and a huge list of other members, because several teachers gave extra credit for going to a meeting.
I just thought that was kinda cool. It's much different then the approach they had toward GLBT people when I went to that school. Well, they did do one thing nice. Even though they didn't seem to care about harrassment, they did let an ftm senior wear pants to graduation and prom, even though one of the rules was that all girls had to wear skirts to both.