"Queer Youth"
Their Town features a 16-year-old girl, Annie, who is trying to start a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at her high school in Grover's Corners, N.H., along with other students. (What's that I hear? The sound of Thornton Wilder turning in his grave?)
The best place to learn more about GSAs, how they work and how to form one, is at the website of the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Note that this year's "Day of Silence" (to call attention to antigay bullying in schools) is just two weeks from today - April 18.
At the reading we did of Their Town in January, a few of the actors who took part commented that Annie was their favorite character. She's one of my favorites, too - smart and sarcastic, in the way of many teenage girls. But I like her even more for her courage as a queer kid.
Their Town features a 16-year-old girl, Annie, who is trying to start a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at her high school in Grover's Corners, N.H., along with other students. (What's that I hear? The sound of Thornton Wilder turning in his grave?)
The best place to learn more about GSAs, how they work and how to form one, is at the website of the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Note that this year's "Day of Silence" (to call attention to antigay bullying in schools) is just two weeks from today - April 18.
At the reading we did of Their Town in January, a few of the actors who took part commented that Annie was their favorite character. She's one of my favorites, too - smart and sarcastic, in the way of many teenage girls. But I like her even more for her courage as a queer kid.
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