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#asexual #question #Ally Week #asexual awareness week #LGBTQraikaiko asked:
Hi! Thanks for writing! Ally Week was started in 2005 by a group of LGBT middle & high school student leaders participating in GLSEN’s Jump-Start Student Leadership program. It was held at the end of October. Each year, we check school calendars nationwide for major conflicts and it’s been held in the end of October every year since then.
This year, we’re putting a particular emphasis on becoming #BetterAllies. For adults (LGBT or not) to be better allies to LGBT youth. And for LGBT youth to be better allies to their/our peers (cisgender LGBQ folks to trans* youth, white LGBT people to people of color, etc). Obviously we can all be better allies and so we see the overlap of Asexual Awareness Week and Ally Week this year as an opportunity to complement each other, rather than compete.
Here’s to successful Asexual Awareness and Ally Weeks!
- GLSEN Tumblrs
Acknowledge and support asexual students in your classroom or GSA this Asexual Awareness Week and every week! ♠️💜
Want to participate in an asexual video project for Asexual Awareness Week this year? Check out the Asexual Portraits project here!
“[…] short video portraits showing asexual-spectrum people posing and expressing themselves how they see fit and then take a memorable quote from them (about their asexuality or their experiences with it in life) and display it over their portrait. The end result is that all of these short video clips of people will be combined into one large video, which will be hosted on the Portraits Collaboration Youtube channel.”
If this sounds like something you might be interested in, send an email to portraitscollab@gmail.com with “Asexual Portraits Collab” as the subject and include which questions from the google doc you want to answer. Remember to choose at least two.
An instruction video (captions enabled) has been made to help you make the absolute best video possible for your clip!
For #AsexualAwarenessWeek, here’s how you can participate in the community.
Happy Asexual Awareness Week! For resources on asexuality, I recommend The Asexuality Blog, the Asexual Awareness Week website, and Adri Tibbs’s fantastic comic about asexuality (snippet above). And there are many more all over the internet!
Recognize!
Ally Week is about identifying and supporting allies to LGBT youth. Why? Because our research shows that when LGBTQ students can identify supportive educators and peers, their school experience is better.
This year, we want to make sure it’s absolutely clear: Ally Week is about learning to be better allies and recruiting more folks to step up to the plate. Whether you’re a lesbian adult working to make schools safer for today’s youth, or a gay student organizing to create safe spaces for your trans* friends, everyone has an opportunity this week to recognize their allyship and take action to become better at it.
Are you organizing? Get resources and register at glsen.org/allyweek
Ally Week Question: How does doing this work with allies enhance your projects and work towards creating change in your school and/or community?
ALLY WEEK SPOTLIGHT: Actor Daniel Radcliffe has been a vocal ally and supporter of LGBTQ youth and was the 2011 recipient of the Trevor Hero Award.
Thanks Trevor for spreading the Ally Week spirit! If you’re an ally to LGBT youth, take the pledge here! Participating in Ally Week? Register and be counted.
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Before we get on with the post, it’s important to note that these are two groups of diverse people who are very unique in many ways! However, in light of the month, (and mainly due to the fact that a lot of the resources available online are for both groups), here is a compilation of resources for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ people! Other masterposts can be found here (and don’t hesitate to add anything if you have resources to contribute)!
GLSEN Pages:
Other organizations:
Historical information from the US National Park Service:
Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:
Other Helpful/Informational Links:
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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Before we get on with the post, it’s important to note that these are two groups of diverse people who are very unique in many ways! However, in light of the month, (and mainly due to the fact that a lot of the resources available online are for both groups), here is a compilation of resources for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ people! Other masterposts can be found here (and don’t hesitate to add anything if you have resources to contribute)!
GLSEN Pages:
Other organizations:
Historical information from the US National Park Service:
Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:
Other Helpful/Informational Links:
