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“I’m here today because I’m a gay lady, and I was waving this flag before my children were born,” said Laurie Smith-Michaels, mother of Jordan Smith-Michaels. Over 80 people joined the ceremony June 1, many of them parents. “It’s the significance of raising the flag that allows people to feel seen by the community,” Miner said.
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Miner said raising the unity pride flag has significant meaning because it shows both a “physical and spiritual” connection to the community.
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“It really shows people want to be there, and people want to engage,” she said.Īs a part of Pride Month, the Newton South GSA is displaying artworks, including a series of posters featuring LGBTQ icons and historical figures, as well as a selection of books and photographs showing Pride parades in the region. Jordan Smith-Michaels, president of the Newton South GSA and a current senior, said it was “nice” to see over 500 participants show up to Newton South GSA’s webinars on the LGBTQ day of awareness in December 2020. “I think we’re lucky to live in a more progressive part of the country where being out is not as much of a risk as it would be in other places,” Miner said. “It was so clear that there was a need for this and the students had just felt so desirous of something to be able to talk with each other,” Parlin said.īen Miner, vice president of the Newton South GSA and a rising junior, said the city has a “strong and prominent” LGBTQ community. Parlin said the club saw around 50 students show up at its first meeting in 1991, including students who wanted to support their LGBTQ peers. “Everyone should feel safe, and everyone should feel welcomed in a public school setting.” “We did focus on safety and educating people in the community, and that’s all our programs have done, trying to just raise awareness,” said Bob Parlin, founder of the GSA at Newton South. This year the Newton Human Rights Commission honored the 30th anniversary of the Newton South High School Gay Straight Alliance - the first public-school GSA in the country.