by Reagan Reese
An Arizona school district encouraged students to attend “queer” spring break activities put on by an organization aimed at serving the LGBTQ youth, according to an email obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In an effort to “provide supports for our queer students,” Chandler Unified School District’s department of counseling and social services asked teachers to direct kids to a list of spring break activities put on by One-n-ten, a nonprofit that works to assist LGBTQ youth ages 14 to 24, according to an email obtained by the DCNF. Students could attend events such as “Trans & Gender Non Conforming (TGNC): Hair Journey” and “Queer Island Utopia” during their time off from school.
At “Trans & Gender Non Conforming (TGNC): Hair Journey,” students shared their “hair journey” and how it related to their gender identity while the “Queer Island Utopia” event asked students to create their own LGBTQ paradise, an event schedule said. Students who were interested in attending any events were encouraged to tell school faculty.
Students could also attend “Muslims for progressive values,” where attendees heard from Ani Zonneveld, the founder of the organization which works towards creating “inclusive spaces for Muslims including queer Muslims,” the event schedule showed.
Other events featured included “2Gether N Color (2NC) – Black Women Authors Unite,” where queer students discussed their “favorite Black authors” and read “Tar Baby,” a book that discusses the “betrayal between Blacks and whites,” the event schedule read. The event “How to say No” taught students ways to “protect [their] energy and boundaries using the word no.”
One-n-ten hosts programs for children and teens in the LGBTQ community such as a “Coming Out Event,” for young adults and teens to share “their coming out journey and honor those that came before,” according to the organization’s website. The organization provides resources for parents on “conversion therapy” which teaches children “that they should transition back to their sex at birth,” a practice that the group believes is “fraudulent.”
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Reagan Reese is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Teens Going Out Together” by Eliott Reyna.
