Queer Monologues: Stories of LGBT Youth
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Queer Monologues - Breakwater Books Ltd.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Queer monologues : stories of LBGT youth /
For the Love of Learning.
ISBN 978-1-55081-458-3 (pbk.)
1. Gay youth--Newfoundland and Labrador--Biography.
2. Gay youth--Newfoundland and Labrador--Social conditions.
3. Gays’ writings, Canadian (English)--Newfoundland and Labrador.
4. Youths’ writings, Canadian (English)--Newfoundland and
Labrador. I. For the Love of Learning (Organization), author
HQ76.3.C32N49 2013 306.76092’2718
C2013-905954-7
Design: Vanety Fabrick, granitestudios.ca
Edited by: Sandy Newton
QueerMonologues_0002_001CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Greg Malone
PREFACE by Gemma Hickey
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MONOLOGUE 1: It Gets Better by Robyn Noseworthy
MONOLOGUE 2: First Love by Paul Fitzgerald
MONOLOGUE 3: Brother’s Keeper by Noah Davis-Power
MONOLOGUE 4: Sidewalk by David Le
MONOLOGUE 5: Bakla by Riley Palanca
MONOLOGUE 6: Jackpot by Nathan Downey
MONOLOGUE 7: Letter by Jake Cutler
MONOLOGUE 8: The Best of the Worst by Amy Anthony
MONOLOGUE 9: I Came Out by Erin Edwards
MONOLOGUE 10: Pride by Joshua Jamieson
MONOLOGUE 11: Young by Philip Goodridge
FOREWORD
Things are improving for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered (LBGT) people these days. Public approval of same-sex marriage heralds the dawn of a new, open and sane society. On a personal and local level, however, life for LBGT youth especially can still be cruel, and even fatal. The needless pain and anguish the writers of these stories were forced to endure because they identified as gay and not straight is heartbreaking; it fills me with anger today as it did when I was young. I suffered a great deal of unnecessary emotional pain in my teenage years and early 20s and wished there had been a sensible adult around to tell me that it did not matter whom you loved as long as you loved and did not hate—and that life can be as wonderful and exciting for a homosexual as for anyone else. But there were no sensible adults around then. At least, I did not encounter them. So the story of Amy Anthony’s remarkable grandmother touched me deeply. Here, in a simple rural community, was a sensible woman with a deep respect for the value of each person and a great and simple love for her grandchild that was unspoiled by conventional bigotry.
These Queer Monologues are moving, funny and enlightening accounts from the lives of some inspiring young people. These are all profound love stories, accounts not only of lovers but of grandparents, brothers, friends and of oneself. And since we live in a predominantly Christian society, where so-called Christian values can oppress LBGT youth, it is important to know that Jesus was not homophobic and that he would be standing with these young writers against their oppressors. I know many youth like Jake Cutler, who sought answers in the Bible. In fact, the Bible doesn't really care a lot about who has sex with whom. Prostitutes, slave girls, daughters and fathers, fathers-in-law and daughters-in-law—all are acceptable in certain circumstances. The Book of Leviticus, which condemns men lying with other men, condemns the eating of shrimp and lobster with equal force. Jesus himself contradicted the Book of Leviticus at least three times. The entire mission and message of Jesus was love. If you truly love your fellow man you will not need the Ten Commandments, or the