If you're queer, you wanna be here

Basically an unofficial place for LGBT+ kids in Newfoundland and Labrador to find out about what's happening pride-wise around the province. Questions? Comments? Just wanna chat? Drop us a message! Also find us at [email protected] NOTE: we are not counsellors or officially organized. Just a few who are trying to make NL a more open place for kids like us. Logo designed by Harley H.D https://queerkidsnl.wordpress.com/

[stevencphotography]

HAPPY FRIDAY YALL! LETS SPREAD SOME ACTIVISM!!! :D

2013 St. John’s Pride Festival

[makingqueerhistory]

“Back in the late 1990s, when I came out as a lesbian in high school, I didn’t have many examples of people who were both LGBTQ and parents. I knew they existed, but I didn’t see such families in the Boston suburbs or later at my liberal arts college. The possibility of parenthood for me and my queer-identified peers felt so much further in the future than I envisioned. It felt as magical and tied to chance as finding an abandoned nest of eggs in the woods. It also felt like my desire to be a mother, especially a young one (I first tried getting pregnant at 21), flew in the face of feminism — and most of my LGBT peers considered themselves feminists. Where were the bold choices I was supposed to be making to escape domestic life? It felt nearly impossible to be both queer and a single mother by choice. None of us shaved-headed-pink-motorcycle-jacket-wearing-third-pronoun-using queers were expected to check the box “homemaker” or join a PTA. Those images of queers and mothers are stereotypes, of course, but I fell prey to them. Through my adolescence, I would often lie in bed trying to settle on an image of my future self: a scrunched-up baby hand in mine; a woman’s arm draped over my shoulder; running with a child tucked into my shirt through the rain, looking at the stars, smelling the scent of another woman on a borrowed hooded sweatshirt. I wouldn’t allow myself all of these; I didn’t believe they were all possible.”

— I’m queer. I’m a single mom. It was hard to see myself as both. (via washingtonpost)

[sapphicsinthecloset]

coming out tips

we’ve gotten a lot of asks about this in the past few days and can’t answer all of them – here’s a little list of tips. feel free to add on!

- be calm. you got this. be firm and decisive. - give them time to process. tell whoever you’re coming out to, then leave them alone for a while so they don’t act impulsively and get upset. - coming out via text or a similar method is okay. - don’t come out if you aren’t ready, or if your safety isn’t guaranteed. it isn’t worth risking. - be prepared to bust myths about your sexuality (yes mom, bi people can be monogamous) - be prepared to answer questions! leave communication channels open and make sure they know you’re open to answering questions. - be prepared to debate a little, especially if the people you’re coming out to are religious or conservative. - stay calm. you can handle it, and i believe in you.

[hxrry-blog1]

both to those who are and those who aren’t. take your time, don’t rush, we’re right by your side.

[sequenceshepard]

closets and blades of grass.

I’m not cutting my skin, but I’m cutting mother earth in two halves, like a juicy peach- that the knife severs effortlessly as I inhale and exhale carbon dioxide, as the pretty, meaningless words get caught in my voice box. So they don’t frame me for a crime I did not commit. My lungs have crumpled.          in on themselves like origami balloons getting the life sucked out of them by the tenuous, pink lips of a teenage girl. I’m not cutting with razorblades, I’m cutting with blades of grass that softly bend in the creases of wind, grass that sings while I curse the ivory moon for just hanging there like a suicide lover. “WHY DON’T YOU DO SOMETHING?” I could spill.         all the plastic rings from the wounds in my puppy-dog eyes and still, I would not be your home. So I spill from other barren places that don’t reflect you. Like my cotton mouth. My bandaged fingertips, and my scraped knees. Remember when we had water fights in the smoke pit at noon on the last day of school? It was summertime when I gotthese scraped knees. I dumped a whole bucket of rain over your head and you were so pissed that we wrestled in the gravel and the cigarette butts. We didn’t even care. My knees got bloody on the rocks and you cut your elbows, but I won and then gave you a Band-Aid. I kissed it better and dried your hair with a towel made of little strands of my shirt. You called it true friendship, and I wish I had the courage to tell you. I wasn’t cutting because I wanted to die or because I wanted to feel something. I was cutting because I wished your lips kissed each place that these blades of grass graced. But, that was high school. I didn’t even know what gay was yet. I didn’t have a brave heart, so I couldn’t come out to you, Steph. I was gay and you said that was wrong and it hurt me. But now I’m happy. I’ve got a girlfriend with freckles like stars.         and scars that I want to kiss so many times she forgets where they came from. It’s Ironic, you turned out to be bisexual 2 years after the smoke pit at high school. Now you’re graduated and I’m still a drop out-  But it’s been forever since any blades have touched my skin, and if they did… I’m sure I would bleed rainbows.

[queerkidsnl]

“What I’d like to talk about today, as a member of the LGBTQ (lesbian/gay/bisexual/trans/queer) community, is the disproportionately high suicide rates among LGBTQ people, particularly LGBTQ youth, and what we can all do better to help address this.”

[queerkidsnl]

LBGT coming of age film that takes place in Newfoundland?? Sign me UP! (Warning: this trailer is addictive)

“A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.”

[queerkidsnl]

Hope to see you guys at the Pride Parade today! Lineup starts are 2:00 and the parade kicks off at 3:00 in front of City Hall and we match to Bannerman! Should be a warm day so bring lotion and water atop of your flags and tie dye ❤️💛💚💙💜

[queerkidsnl]

👌good concept

[fycanadianpolitics]

St. John's Pride Parade asks for police officers not to walk in uniform

Organizers with the St. John's Pride Parade have asked some off-duty police officers not to walk in uniform in the city's upcoming march.

[queerkidsnl]

Just got my tshirt from the St. John's farmer's market! They have flags, shirts, and pins down there today, and I gotta say they look awesome! Make sure you pop down if you get the chance and get some swag for the parade tomorrow (3pm at City Hall)!

[queerkidsnl]

"Pride Tape is a badge of support from the hockey world to show that all players are welcome on the ice. Thank you for making it happen. Pride Tape is now available to order!"

[toshiagain]

TIME Magazine’s cover honouring those killed at Pulse in Orlando. 49 names and ages, so many it covers the title. If you ever questioned the consequences of ignorance and hate, there are now 49 graves as proof. Homophobia kills. 

[queerkidsnl]

Found this on the St. John’s Pride Facebook y'all!

“St. John’s Pride is looking for volunteers for this years Pride Week! You can select an event that you are specifically interested in volunteering for such as the festival, or parade. If you have any questions regarding this volunteer opportunity, please contact Meghan Keating at [email protected] ”

[queerkidsnl]

WHO'S EXCITED?

[queerkidsnl]

Important reminder about Pride 2016

So we’ve been checking the St. John’s Pride site but as of right now no official dates/events have been posted. But this is just to say that for any of our followers who want to go to pride events but don’t want to go alone/ don’t know what to wear/ where to go/ what they’re even supposed to do at pride events or or or or– If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. Like last year, the option is always open for you to go with our group if you want a little squad to go with! We try to hit as many events as possible, especially the parade and the bonfire, so if you don’t want to go alone please feel free to contact us here and we can arrange a meet up and go together! ***Anybody who is underage should check with their parents or guardians to make sure it’s okay with them for you to go to the events with us! If you don’t feel comfortable telling your parents for any reason we do encourage you tell a friend where you’re going and who you’re going with! Hope everyone gets out there this year! Turnouts mean everything:-)

[queerkidsnl]

Thanks tumblr user @skugginn for letting us know! St. John's Pride has posted their schedule and we'll be sharing it shortly!

[queerkidsnl]

Important reminder about Pride 2016

So we’ve been checking the St. John’s Pride site but as of right now no official dates/events have been posted. But this is just to say that for any of our followers who want to go to pride events but don’t want to go alone/ don’t know what to wear/ where to go/ what they’re even supposed to do at pride events or or or or– If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. Like last year, the option is always open for you to go with our group if you want a little squad to go with! We try to hit as many events as possible, especially the parade and the bonfire, so if you don’t want to go alone please feel free to contact us here and we can arrange a meet up and go together! ***Anybody who is underage should check with their parents or guardians to make sure it's okay with them for you to go to the events with us! If you don't feel comfortable telling your parents for any reason we do encourage you tell a friend where you're going and who you're going with! Hope everyone gets out there this year! Turnouts mean everything:-)