How Live Out Loud Came To Be
In a magazine article in MetroSource called “The
Gun in the Closet,” Emily Drabinski wrote about young gay
men who took their lives by their own hands because of hostile school
environments, isolation, ostracism and fear.
Thanks to concerned organizations working toward safer schools,
there are powerful efforts being made to educate and prevent homophobia.
But there are still many schools not yet reached by educational
efforts, and even in the most progressive schools many LGBT youth
feel isolated.
The article was a call to action to implement an ongoing program
that would create a safe space for LGBT youth to learn about powerful
and passionate people who are leading extraordinary lives. LIVE
OUT LOUD began providing its programming in the spring of 2001.
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