Why Atralian schools need Gay Straight Allianc - The Junctn

Contents:

• WHY ATRALIAN SCHOOLS NEED GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANC
• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• HOW TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)
• GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC
• GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC
• LGBTQ YOUTH’S VIEWS ON GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC: BUILDG COMMUNY, PROVIDG GATEWAYS, AND REPRENTG SAFETY AND SUPPORT

WHY ATRALIAN SCHOOLS NEED GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANC

Photo: suppliedThe Gay Straight Alliance at Melbourne Grammar changed Ben Bonnici’s high school Bonnici, was only year 2 when he started experiencg homophobic bullyg.

Although he endured homophobic slurs year 7 and 8, year 9 Mr Bonnici was troduced to somethg that would shift the urse of his schoolg life – a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA). “Seeg kids who are really open about their sexualy at 16…and seeg them havg a good re of iends around them who don’t really re if they’re gay or straight is jt really wonrful, ” Mr Bonnici said.

“There was a young promisg drama stunt and… his fal semter he end up dyg of suici after sufferg several months of homophobic bullyg by a pack of girls.

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

“I wasn’t his teacher, but his iends were my homeroom and they told me he did seek unsellg at the school but he got the party le which was…maybe you uld jt turn down the gay, that’s why you are beg bullied.

HOW TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)

“They were basilly blamg the victim so for me that was , I uldn’t ntue to work such an overtly homophobic and transphobic place, ” Ms Callaghan said. Durg his fal year of high school, Gabriel Dartnell and other stunts tried to start a group to help addrs the homophobic culture at the all-boys relig school he attend Melbourne.

Even though the school Gabriel Dartnell (left) attend failed to addrs homophobic bullyg they did allow him to brg his bt iend Rich Bartell (right) to his year 12 formal.

GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC

“We suggted they n a program specifilly about homophobia…but they would said would be too ntroversial or we don’t want to promise our ntraly, ” he said. “I did have queer iends high school but I wasn’t out…bee of all the homophobic and transphobic language and behavur you feel like you have to e out later life, ” she said.

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC

A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney.

LGBTQ YOUTH’S VIEWS ON GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC: BUILDG COMMUNY, PROVIDG GATEWAYS, AND REPRENTG SAFETY AND SUPPORT

He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more. He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.