Welcome to daVinci's Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA)!!!!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!!!!
We'll do our best to post our new and upcoming information and events!!! All are welcome at our meetings, so come along and check it out!!! (No need to sign up, just come on in!)
Meetings on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month.
After school from 3:20-4:20pm in Room 200!!!
The PPS Student Services website has TONS of great resources for all in the LGBTQ community or those who wish to learn more. Check it out HERE!
PPS also has a Gender Diversity Support Guide which has LOTS of great information!
Meetings on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month.
After school from 3:20-4:20pm in Room 200!!!
The PPS Student Services website has TONS of great resources for all in the LGBTQ community or those who wish to learn more. Check it out HERE!
PPS also has a Gender Diversity Support Guide which has LOTS of great information!
Online Discussion Groups for
Parents and Other Adult Family Members Our series of Online Discussion Groups for parents and adult family members continues with the following groups: Navigating Gender and Race: A Discussion Group for Parents of Color Raising Gender Diverse Kids. This group will meet later this spring, dates and times TBA. Register here Raising Non-Binary Kids: This group will meet two more times on Wednesdays: February 20th, 5:00 pm PT/8:00 pm ET, and February 27th, 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET. Register here Faith and Gender: A Discussion Group for Parents and other Adult Family Members of Gender Diverse Youth. This group will meet for three sessions on Tuesdays, March 26th, April 2nd and April 9th, 6:00 PT /8:00 CT /9:00 ET. Register here. |
Camp Ten Trees
Residential camping programs for LGBTQ youth and youth of LGBTQ families. Camp Ten Trees is a place for diverse youth who share common experiences to come together and form a community that is truly their own. In addition to traditional camp activities like swimming, archery, and nature hikes, campers engage in age-appropriate workshops exploring identity, issues of oppression/privilege, youth coalition building, social justice, and more.
Residential camping programs for LGBTQ youth and youth of LGBTQ families. Camp Ten Trees is a place for diverse youth who share common experiences to come together and form a community that is truly their own. In addition to traditional camp activities like swimming, archery, and nature hikes, campers engage in age-appropriate workshops exploring identity, issues of oppression/privilege, youth coalition building, social justice, and more.
Summer opportunity!!!
Queer Rock Camp PDX!
July 17-22, 2017!!
No musical experience required!
Tuition is a sliding scale, pay what you can afford.
In one week youth learn to play an instrument, form bands, write an original song, attend rad workshops, and perform their songs in front of an audience the Saturday after camp.
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION!!!!!
Queer Rock Camp PDX!
July 17-22, 2017!!
No musical experience required!
Tuition is a sliding scale, pay what you can afford.
In one week youth learn to play an instrument, form bands, write an original song, attend rad workshops, and perform their songs in front of an audience the Saturday after camp.
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION!!!!!
SMYRC - The Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center
WONDERFUL things are happening at SMYRC!
Q Center's SMYRC Program provides a safe, supervised, harassment-free, and alcohol- and drug-free space for sexual & gender minority youth 23 and younger. Youth gather to participate in positive activities like art, music, community organizing, youth development, education, peer support, support groups, case management, counseling, and job readiness preparation. Click the logo for their website! Drop in days are Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 4-9pm. DAYS FOR ALL WHO ARE LGBTQ and ALLIES! November: Thur Nov. 21 @ 6-8pm - Teen Night: Drag and Dinner Ages 12-18 Fri Nov 29 @ 7-8pm Open Mic Night Sat Nov 30 World AIDS Day Youth Archives Exhibit Local GLSEN Chapter - Beaverton, OR
Nationally, GLSEN works to ensure safe schools for ALL students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. There are over 40 Chapters around the country, which work closely with the national staff of GLSEN to implement programs, and to keep national staff informed of local events. The work that chapters do covers a variety of subjects and issues, from public policy to teacher training to supporting students and educators around the country.
Chapters like ours play an important role in bringing GLSEN's programs and visions to local communities. While some chapters have full-time or part-time staff, most are entirely volunteer-based. We're always looking for new volunteers to help us ensure safe schools for all students. |
Book Recommendations!
Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers inside, but they're the only people who won't judge her when she asks them her most personal questions . . . like what it means that she's falling in love with a girl.
As her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, Astrid has nowhere left to turn. She can't share the truth with anyone except the people at thirty thousand feet, and they don't even know she's there. But little does Astrid know just how much even the tiniest connection will affect these strangers' lives--and her own--for the better. In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything--and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love. (Review from goodreads.com) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it.
Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix-tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. (Review from goodreads.com) Everyday by David Levithan
Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone to be with - day in, day out, day after day. With his new novel, David Levithan has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day. (Review from bookbrowse.com) |