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Free Z - close the straight camps
October 11 is national coming out day, a day to celebrate that people are free to love who they want to love, and be who they want to be. All over the country, people hold workshops and rallies to help dispel myths and prejudice about gay, lesbian and bisexual people.
This is needed, because even now, thirty years after homosexuality was officially declared to be normal by the American Psychiatric Association, parents can send their kids to straightening camps such as "Refuge" run by Love in Action, where they are closed off from all outside influence, and forced to confess their "sins" in intense group therapy sessions.
This summer, there was a widespread protest because of the blog of a 16 year old boy, who described his experiences and posted the rules to "Refuge". He is not in the camp anymore, but his parents are monitoring his MySpace and limiting the time he spends hanging out with his friends. Love in Action is still open. The protest has to continue.
Free Z - http://www.free-z.tk - is a comic describing the experiences of a boy who is sent to Love in Action. The comic can be downloaded in a printable format, so that you can help spread the message that locking kids up who have done nothing wrong is not OK.
Spread the leaflet around in your school, college, club, library, mall or wherever you can. Spread the word on 11 October, whether you are gay, straight, white, black, blue or sideways. This isn't about being gay, it's about being free to be yourself.
If you decide to take part in this action, send an email to williehewes@yahoo.com saying who you are, where you spread the comics and what people's reactions were. Include a link to your website if you would like Free Z to link to you. The five best stories go on the website, and get a free copy of the full colour printed comic when it comes out later this year.
Please repost this everywhere!
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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In case you missed it, this has gone out to my mailing list of just under 1,000 people.
I rather wish it were even less Zach based, but it does mostly remove him so far as I can see.
btw, why not join us properly instead of being "anon"?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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