Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally 18th May 2013

Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally 18th May 2013

I think he says this so beautifully!:-

What I learnt from listening to the submissions, colleagues, was that in fact each homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender person appearing before us was not to be seen just as an individual, not to be identified just by gender preference, but in fact to be seen as a mother’s son or a daughter, and a father’s daughter or son, as siblings to their brothers and sisters, grandchildren to their grandparents, nephews and nieces to their uncles and aunts, and uncles and aunts to their nephews and nieces, and cousins to their cousins.

They are all family, along with their heterosexual friends and relations, and all are an integral part of the New Zealand family, and all are part—in my mind, in my heart, and in my conscience—of God’s family. I now realise that this bill seeks to put first something that critics have accused it of undermining, and that is the family.

Yesterday at the PFLAG Brisbane AGM I was officially elected President! :) 

Straight Allies @ the Brisbane Marriage Equality Rally 

stanyann:

He may not grow up gay, but he is going to grow up loved.

So I have to do this speech in a couple of weeks.  I want to make it great and I really want to reach people.  I am interested in what my followers etc think I should talk about.  The overall topic is Safety for LGBT youth.  I want to talk about Bullying and it’s effects as a sub topic of that.  Any other ideas or thoughts?

Anyway - I really am interested in what you guys think are the important points and things to say.  Message me??

Hey everyone - I will be one of the guest speakers at this event.  If you live in the Brisbane area please come along and show your support to LGBT youth in the Inala and surrounding areas.  There are also going to be some awesome sumo wrestling and a free BBQ.  Please share!!!

I have been asked for online resources a number of times.  Here is a bit of a list.  There are some specifically for parents - but some for LGBT youth.  Please feel free to add any that you know of!

http://www.wipeouthomophobia.com/parentsguidecomingout.htm

http://rogercanaff.com/site/2011/05/to-parents-of-gay-youth-when-support-disappears-risk-skyrockets/

http://www.pflagbrisbane.org.au/resources-multimedia/publications-ebooks

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2

http://www.comingout.com.au/?page_id=5

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.php/glbtq-issues-info-for-parents

http://www.hmi.org/

http://www.nyacyouth.org/

http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/youthresource

http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Facts+for+Families&name=Gay,+Lesbian+and+Bisexual+Adolescents

http://www.bidstrup.com/parents.htm

http://www.stopbullying.gov/

http://www.pta.org/2148.htm

http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/files/English_Final_Print_Version_Last.pdf

http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-parents_guardians_glbtq_youths.html

http://www.lgbtrc.uci.edu/resourcesfamily.php

http://www.also.org.au/resources/youth

http://life.familyeducation.com/teen/sexuality/36545.html

http://www.lgbtrc.uci.edu/resourcesfamily.php

http://www.leadwithlovefilm.com/pdf/resources.pdf

http://www.kidspeace.org/healing.aspx?id=1186