Here's a look at the LGBT community organizing online:
Equal is a rather promising website for the LBGT community aimed at offering information and resources to the millennial demographic.
The site was developed by Tony Bowen, a graduate student from William Jewell College. Bowen authored a comprehensive guide for area LGBT youth. It's a great resource and may help a few kids who feel alone in college and high school with some great connections to other groups.
Electronic sewer overflowing with bile.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the plug! EQUAL is actually the website for an organization in KC that's been around for a few years now. Empowering Queer Activists and Leaders is the Gay-Straight Alliance Network for the KC metro area. Enjoy the new website and excellent resource guide thanks to Tony Bowen!
ReplyDelete- Rachel Gadd-Nelson
Empowering Queer Activists and Leaders
equalkc@gmail.com
I guess it is open season for recruiting Fresh Meat for the perverts. Better lock up the kids before they grab them.
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Oh look, a bunch of anonymous cowards who are afraid of people who are different from them. Just goes to show the need for an organization like this. Thanks for posting about it, Tony's KC.
ReplyDelete"It's a great resource and may help a few kids."
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Here's a breakdown of how to have safer sex. These methods aren't risk
free, but if they are used every time you have sex you will significantly
reduce your risk. Be sure to use each barrier only once, and only use waterbased
lubricant, as other lubricants can make the barriers ineffective.
• Vagina/Penis Intercourse (inserting a penis into a vagina): Use a
condom (male and/or female) to reduce the risk of HIV transmission
and pregnancy. For best results, use birth control and a condom.
• Anal Intercourse (inserting a penis into an anus): Use a latex or
polyurethane condom and plenty of water‐based lubricant.
• Oral Sex (touching someone's vagina or penis with the mouth): On a
penis, use a non‐lubricated or flavored condom. On a vagina, use a latex barrier, such as a dental
dam, glyde dam, or cut‐open condom in between the mouth and the vagina.
• Oral/Anal Sex (touching someone's anus with the mouth): use a latex barrier, such as a dental
dam, glyde dam, or cut‐open condom between the mouth and the anus.
• Manual Sex (using your hands and fingers): use a latex barrier like surgical gloves.
• Sharing a Sex Toy: You should either use your own sex toys, or make sure to put a condom on
the toy, and change condoms in between partners. If you have a toy made of silicone, you can
boil it for 3 minutes to sterilize it in between partners.
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NICE.............................
During my research of LGBT youth in Kansas City last spring I found that: For 232 young adults surveyed, 47.4% said they always practiced safe sex, 25.9% sometimes did, 10.8% did not usually practice safe sex and 15.9% said they never practiced safe sex.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, a significant majority of respondents (68.4%, N=188) received heterosexual only sexual education, while 12.4% received no sexual education at all and 16.4% received abstinence only education.
Finally, 35.5% of those with sexual education who were sexually active had never been tested for STDs, while 40.9% of those without sexual education or abstinence-only who were sexually active had never been tested for STDs.
It's about time someone provided youth with the factual information necessary to protect themselves. And let's not forget the sentence before you started quoting, "Abstaining from sex is the surest way to avoid unwanted pregnancy, HIV and other STIs."
You would not see Mayor Funkhouser distributing such filth to children but I could sure see Cream Puff Calvin Williford doing it. How old was that illegal immigrant that he kept as a sex slave until ICE did the right thing?
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ReplyDeleteI was not aware that alternate applications for a Dental Dam was not a part of standard sex education in the Kansas City School District?
Thank you for correcting this.
"triadruid said...
ReplyDeleteOh look, a bunch of anonymous cowards who are afraid of people who are different from them."
1. anonymous = cowards...FAIL
2. critic = fear.........FAIL
3. Triadruid profile = Profile Not Available.
Have a nice day ;~)
STAY AWAY FROM CHILDREN PERVERTS!
ReplyDeleteTo all of you who are ignoring the world around them and claiming that we need to stay away from children because we're perverts, open your eyes! If you are so worried about the children, stop posting comments like that. Stop attempting to make people different than you (or maybe more similar than you want to admit?) feel inferior. We're over it, and it doesn't work. Those kinds of comments are the reason we're here and the reason we're not going away until long after you do!
ReplyDeleteThank god for EQUAL and the queer youth who are brave enough to stand up to bigots like you!
Ummm Stefen,
ReplyDeleteNote to Self:
I seriously doubt God (notice capitalization) is listening.
Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 20:13
Great job on the resource guide, it is so important. I would have LOOOVED something like this when I was in high school.
ReplyDeleteThe people who need to stay away from youth are those of you who promote homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia because you contribute to teen suicides, low self-esteem, depression, and drugs and alcohol as a coping method in response to your hate and intolerance. You people are the true danger, not those in the community who try to empower and provide realistic information to LGBTQ youth.
@Anonymous 02:58 pm
ReplyDeleteReally? Are you really quoting Leviticus? Didn't the birth of Jesus do away with old covenant? I could have sworn the laws in the old covenant don't apply anymore. At least not to people who aren't Jewish. Right? And I could have sworn your God was omnipresent. Doesn't that mean he's always listening? Even if he hears things he doesn't like?
Thanks Tony. I have worked extensively with EQUAL and also have worked with Tony Bowen. Growing up as a queer person in Kansas City I can say that this guide was necessary and the work that EQUAL is doing, both to network GSAs in KC and their work on the Phoenix Project is invaluable to Kansas City.
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ReplyDeleteJesus Christ was never under the law, "The Old Testament" except at the time of His crucifixion when God the Father laid the entire burden of the sins of the world upon His head - II Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:4-12
He led a perfect life. Therefore, the Old Covenant rules did not apply to Him because they were designed to remind the people of Israel of their sins and their need for a Savior - Galatians 3:19
A Christian who has repented and received forgiveness of sin through the blood of Christ does not have to keep the Old Testament ceremonial laws. When one repents from sin, has faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and is baptized, he receives complete and total forgiveness of any and all sins that he ever committed. - Romans 6:4
According to your lifestyle, 1 Corinthians 6:9 (a little New Test fer ya) and your implications of not accepting God ("your god"), “the law”, "The Old Testament", applies to you.
Is god listening?
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.- John 9:31
So just how old should your daughter be before you get her her first dildo?
ReplyDelete"He led a perfect life."
ReplyDeleteSo then explain what the bible means when it refers to John as "the discipline whom Jesus loved"? I kind of figured they had a thing going like David and Jonathan and that whole "Song of Solomon" thing.
At the most there are only seven verses in the bible that are claimed to refer to homosexuality. But there are more than 300 that refer specifically to heterosexuality. Hmmmm ... I wonder why God hates breeders so much?
5:18
ReplyDeleteYou can love someone without sticking your Dick in them.
Thank you Tony, for posting this story on EQUAL. As a participant in the Equality March on Washington this past weekend, I saw a new generation of queer activist that need a safe place to grow. Centers like this are going to be a necessity to cultivate the fight for equal rights.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, this guide is an essential resource for queer youth. Because of the absence of queer inclusive sex education (and really sex education programs as a whole), our community is at a high risk for incurable diseases that have life-long consequences. Sadly, our generation is living with more and more preventable disease because, in my opinion, these resources are STILL so scarce.
Thank you to all who are working on this project.
To those cowards who are leaving comments, fortunately, you are no longer the majority. Your kind are slowly dying away. In the very near future, you will be a very laughable minority.Hopefully, this center can create enough leaders to drown out your rhetoric.
-JC
What a wonderful resource! I'm glad the GLBT & allied youth of Kansas City have this available to them!
ReplyDeleteUsually, Anonymous is considered, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, to be a woman. Here, it would appear that Anonymous is a scared little man with his trembling hands over his genitals.
ReplyDeleteThanks, EQUAL, for all you do to reach out to kids who too often have no one supporting them.
I cannot and will not stay away from children...I am a teacher and a mother. I am proud to say that I am an out lesbian teacher in a very conservative school district in the greater Kansas City area. I have students who are Baptists, Muslims, Agnostics, and Atheists. I have students who are German, African American, Caucasian, Hispanic, Chinese, Taiwanese, and multiracial. I have students that are heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transgendered, and still questioning...but they are all sexual and need information and guidance. They all need a safe place where they can learn and be themselves without fear of harm.
ReplyDeleteI teach them all with the same strategies...I teach them to write with strong voice and plentiful ideas...even if they don't think gays and lesbians should serve in the military. I encourage them all to read challenging books to expand their vocabulary and explore new concepts...even if they have been taught to believe I am a sinner and will burn in hell. I reinforce the rules of conventions and help them edit and perfect their essays for other classes…often during my plan...whether they believe in gay marriage or not. I let them all know that I am sincerely dedicated to them and committed to helping them achieve their goals. By example, I also teach them the importance of accepting and respecting everyone...no matter how much we differ. Like it or not...we are all connected, and we depend on each other for success.
I help sponsor the GSA at our school and I chair the Climate and Diversity committee at our school. Our school is also forming a steering committee to implement a program through the Anti Defamation League called the No Hate Zone. It is all good news. Today’s youth is moving in the direction of acquiescence. I am so proud of my school’s efforts to create a warm, welcoming, safe atmosphere for all of our students. I also appreciate the work that EQUAL is doing for our community.
My only suggestion to future bloggers is to avoid wasting time responding to the haters. As a teacher, I am convinced the haters and the bigots are a dwindling breed that thrive on negativity. Concentrate instead on today's youth, and provide them with as many positive messages as possible. They will see the light and reject the hate.
As a former pastor, I'm thrilled that there is an organization like EQUAL to help ALL young people embrace diversity and deal with hate-mongers.
ReplyDelete"Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God."
I confused on why people are calling us perverts?
ReplyDeleteThanks but I'm a member of EQUAL and am a VIRGIN. And it's guides like this that remind me of the dangers and risk of sex. Thats why I'm waiting.
I am a gay Catholic. A active member of the church and the gay community. So Stefan, God is listening. And we all should pray each night about amazing organizations such as EQUAL.
To all you people frowning upon EQUAL, i feel truely sorry for you. Its 2009. Our president is Black, we have a Hispanic women Supreme Court Justice and Multiple opening gay congressmen. THE TIME IS NOW FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL.
---And I don't have a google account. So thats why im anonymous. ----ME
"I cannot and will not stay away from children."
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"I am a gay Catholic"
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Glorious Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who stands always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who fought with the dragon, the old serpent, and cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defends the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat you to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I sustain against the same formidable foe.
Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and vanquish that proud spirit, whom you, by the Divine Power, gloriously overthrew, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, completely overcome; so having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with you and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen.
Thanks so much to everyone who has shown support for EQUAL! I hope you will get involved or continue to be involved with us as we enter an exciting new stage in our history.
ReplyDeletePlease visit our new website www.equalcenter.org and download our resource guide! We hope this will be useful to you or someone you know.
And a quick word to those who marginalize our work: I honestly do not care what you think about queer issues or queer youth. I hope you know that queer youth today are pretty damn certain of who they are and we are smart enough to know we do not need your approval. Your anonymous trolling and hateful words have no power.
However, if this hateful rhetoric is something that appears in your day-to-day interactions and conversation, I hope you will consider the impact these sentiments have on the people you love. If you want to lose friendships, relationships with family members, anyone who is afraid to be themselves around you - then keep it up!
It's people like you who are making our fight possible and constantly proving our point. Thanks!