Ra SHAWN-DA-PROFESSOR

Ra SHAWN-DA-PROFESSOR

Monday, November 12, 2007

SAYING HELLO REAL QUICK

Good morning. Hope everyone had a nice weekend. It was cold and I don't like cold weather. I had a chance to go to Philly on Saturday with SOS, an anti-violence group I joined this past summer and I had great time participating in the presentation we did with a group of Gay teens and young adults who were cool, fun, and made sure we were taken care of.
After eating at a local diner, we went to catch our bus home, but the driver pulled off 8 minutes early, which meant we would have had to wait for the next bus, which wasn't going to arrive until 10:30, so the leader of our group went to get refunds, but the ticket booth clerk refused, and when one of the young kids heard about her being disrespected, he took action by going to the window, and speaking to the ticket booth clerk who gave her her refund, so we was able to purchase other tickets at another company in order to get home.
I know that when Gay/SGL people get mad, we take action, but to see a bunch of young people advocate for us was really touching.
This goes to show that not all Gay/SGL people aren't soft, weak and timid, and it would be nice to see us come together for issues that are so much more important and serious such as homophobia, police brutality and unity.

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