Featured this week: Kayla :D

Hey Folx, 

Hope you're having a really righteous long weekend!

As you know, this week has been super duper stressful for me, 

But I'm going to try to get back on track with the original purpose of this blog, 

Which is to educate.

There will still be stuff about me though :)

Yesterday someone told me they wanted to know about LGBTQ+ history and more current events going on in the community. 

Any suggestions for what y'all want to know about?

Moving on to this weeks Featured Friend!

She's this super awesome gal I met this past fall.

She can be really shy with new people, 

but she's really sweet, and vulnerable, and funny once she gets comfortable.

She has really good taste in music, and her spoken words about heartbreak make my jaw drop in awe.

I love her and I hope I get to hang out with her soon.

Heeeeere's Kayla!

(All of this info she gave me word for word)

Name: Kayla

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

School: Revere High School

Likes: Arctic Monkeys, creative writing, poetry, true crime novels (serial killers), YA fiction,  queer as folk, the L word, Queer eye for the straight guy, vinyl records, and concerts/festivals

Dislikes: my school, summer, cats, overly priced things, splat hair dye, judgmental people, homophobes,  and probably other things I can't think of.

About me: So hi I'm Kayla, I'm a junior in high school, and I'm queer. Well specifically I'm Pansexual but it's easier and less troubling to explain to my family what queer than pansexual, you know? Umm I always liked talking about lgbtq+ issues and topics because it's such a big part of my life, and going to things like pride make it so much easier to understand and respect yourself. Like for me the hardest part was saying 'this is okay for others and it's okay for me too' Anyway umm I'm never really good at these things, so why don't I just tell you what I'm doing. At my school, and many others, there's a lack of representation and learning about Lgbtq+ so what I want to do is get schools to pass a program that will teach kids about gender and their sexuality so eventually there won't be any discrimination or prejudice against lgbtq+ kids. It's important everyone feels welcome and comfortable at school because that's where we spend most of our time, and if you feel uncomfortable or unwelcome how can you learn? You know? Life as a kid is already hard enough you don't need to add all of this homophobic or bullying shit to your life! You know? Like I didn't even accept myself till a few years ago because I thought my sexuality wasn't valid, and I just want other kids to be comfortable in their own skin. Because everyone deserves that! And I'm not sure if I should add this or if it's needed but my Tumblr is arcticmnkeysofficial, and I'll soon be posting two surveys that address genders/sexualities, one will be for students and one will be for parents/teachers. So it's been wonderful talking to you all, have a rad day✌️