4/22/2019 0 Comments GSA Capitol TripAvery Degerstrom On March 21st, the GSA club, standing for Gender and Sexuality Alliance, made a visit to St. Paul to attend the seventh annual Youth Summit and lobby Congress. They spent the first few hours doing various workshops aimed at healthy decision making, quality relationships, self advocacy and how culture influences how the world sees them and how they see themselves. One workshop that included panel discussion with elders from the LGBT community was impactful to these students. Mrs. Yoder, the leader of the GSA, said it was “very powerful and students learned many new insights.” The GSA ended their day marching to the capitol and meeting with Senator Rarick. Students shared their stories and urged him to support a bill that bans Conversion “Therapy”. Conversion “Therapy”is a practice that is not founded in science and causes harm to people who are gay, lesbian, gender non-conforming, and so on. The students did a great job with the Senator and should be very proud of themselves. Mrs. Yoder said that it was “an inspirational day and [they] hope to continue being able to raise the funds to attend every year.” If you are interested in learning more about GSA or becoming a member and participating in the group, they meet every other Wednesday during homeroom in room 21. The next meeting is scheduled for April 17th.
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