3:27 P.M. start
Announcements
1. Pride Sept. 28th
2. Aids Walk Oct. 13th
3. Tailgate - vote should we do it? yes, bring as many 2 liter bottles as you can.
4. love notes - suicide prevention next meeting we will be putting them up.
5. we will put up posters during conference
6. committees - for the club to get more involved we will be assigning committees and which officers has what people.
7. The HIV stuffed animal is the talking stick
Talking about during club
we loved allies however, don't assume that I will hit on you when I come out. Just say honey you can't handle this. - Joan
straight people who say that they don't want gay people around them are homophobic. they should be called out - Chloe
Even in the LGBT community they try to erase bisexual and it is not okay and even if you change sexual preferences it is okay because everybody goes through stages or even changes. It is nobody's business what your sexuality is. People talk about how people are not gay enough and that is not okay. you should not be judged on the way you look, talk, or even act. don't dictate people on what they should do based on their sexuality - Joan. People are still trying to figure themselves out let them be themselves. Self discovery is a journey and people need to take time to figure themselves out and sexuality can change over time. It is also gender a discriminate because girls can cuddle however if a guy touches another guy they are gay and it is toxic masculinity. men are limited while girls are not.
LGBT Youth have terrible mental health. What are major contributions to that and what mainly affect mental health? The continuing homophobia hits it real hard. Even the causal homophobia that we talked about before hurts. People are scared of coming out of the closet because of this and it cuts deep. What hurts a lot is that people make us seem weird and are not okay with a gay kiss in a movie but they see straight people kissing all the time. The reason why is because they don't want their kid to be gay. A big cause of bad mental health is that the kids are not supported by their parents. Another big one is that people don't believe that these kids are just faking it and that they don't need proper mental health. Religion is also another killer. The reason why is because they make it seem like it is the worst thing and realistically it is not. getting help is frustrating you have to tell yourself not to give up and you can try to tell you that it is in your head (when it really is) just keep on going. Or even sometimes your parents need to get you tested to help out your health. A person should not compare a mental illness to a movie that is a terrible idea and that could get you wrong facts because life is not like a movie.
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