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    Queer Monologues: Stories of LGBT Youth
    Queer Monologues: Stories of LGBT Youth
    Queer Monologues: Stories of LGBT Youth
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    Queer Monologues: Stories of LGBT Youth

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    Queer Monologues: Stories of LBGT Youth, produced by For the Love of Learning (FTLOL), offers queer youth a safe, creative outlet to share their concerns, hopes, and personal stories with the community-at-large. If an individual is unable to be themselves, the consequences can be emotional, physical, and mental harm. When feelings are shared within a supportive group and are received non-judgmentally, self-esteem is enhanced, leading to a healthier way of relating to others, oneself, and the community as a whole.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBreakwater Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 29, 2014
    ISBN9781550814590
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      Queer Monologues - Breakwater Books Ltd.

      QueerMonologues_0001_002

      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_001

      CONTENTS

      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

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