Arlington, VA gay teen, Saro Harvey, relates today’s school atmosphere [video]
”I tell my friends all the time, I’m like, ‘What makes them think talking about me is going to make me change who I am?’ They can talk about me. They can do anything. But I’m still Saro. It doesn’t bother me.”
Saro Harvey, 15, speaking to the Washington Post for an article about what it’s like to be a gay, lesbian or bisexual teen in the area’s school system. (Washignton Post)
”Unlike people of my generation, where there was very little visibility and a great sense of sadness, these kids know gay people are out there. They have a language now to understand their feelings.”
Kevin Jennings, Founder and Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, remarking that he ”never anticipated” that gay-straight clubs would be forming in middle schools, adding the need to create age-appropriate literature in response.
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