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Queer Youth Aotearoa <Queer-Youth>

"Queer - Inclusive of all sexual identities and attractions to humans."

	April Queer Youth Update	206 days ago
	Ngahuru, tōnui te kai, tōnui te tangata Harvest time, great in food and great in people – when we all share in the work, we all get to share the harvest Tēnā hoki koutou i ngā āhuatanga o te wā. Anei te pānui mō ngā takatāpui taiohi o te motu o te rōpū OUT THERE! The Queer Youth Update is all about TAKING PART this month. National Queer Youth Leadership Training, 23-24 May 2009, Hamilton What is it for? •Developing queer youth leaders for the future •Training participants to facilitate groups and workshops in their own area •To use queer youth leaders to disseminate the findings from the report on same-sex and both-sex attracted young people from the Youth 2007 research on 10,000 school students nationally •Run a national queer event for Youth Week Who is it for? Up and coming queer youth leaders from established queer youth groups – to be nominated by the group facilitators. All nominations to go to Laressa by Friday May 10th so we can organise transport and finances; laressa@outthere.org.nz, (04) 381 6648. How do we get there? We will provide transport for up to two nominees from established queer youth groups. Our preference is for participants to travel by van so the team building starts early! Why is it in Hamilton? The stunning people at Waikato Queer Youth have offered to host this training. Thank you WQY, you rock! WQY will arrange accommodation and kai. What will the training cover? •leadership qualities •facilitation skills •takatāpui guidelines •how to run workshops on topics including identity, homophobia/transphobia, mental/sexual health and others •specific planning on running a workshop in your region for people who work with young people Who are the Facilitators? •Elizabeth and Laressa, OUT THERE! •Hannah Ho, School’s Out/TranZform Update on OT! Funding Most of you will be aware that OUT THERE!’s long held funding arrangement with the Department of Internal Affairs is due to end on 30 June, due in part to a restructure of its Community Development Scheme. We have been working hard to secure new funding for what is an important project for queer youth in Aotearoa. Unfortunately, our endeavours have coincided with a change of government and a major economic downturn. As a result, permanent funding has not yet been secured. However we have been working closely with officials from the MSD, DIA and particularly MoH, and feel comfortable that they are doing everything they can to ensure funding continues. The Minister of Youth Development, Paula Bennett, has granted us some funds to complete our important Curious Online initiative and we are exploring ways of bridging the project until Government is able to commit to a new funding arrangement. However, it is almost certain that OUT THERE! will need to reduce its capacity after 30 June, since the project has enjoyed an expanded previous 12 months. This was because of an earlier surplus which we had originally hoped would be able to continue through increased funding. Rest assured however, we are confident that there is a willingness from the Government to ensure that OUT THERE! and its work supporting the development of queer youth continues. Dancing with the Stars! Congratulations to Rainbow Youth! Congratulations to the team at Rainbow Youth in Auckland, and especially to the wonderful footwork of their supporters Tamati and Samantha! We’re really excited about how the show has helped to raise the profile of queer youth in Aotearoa. Check it out on GayNZ Agender National Conference, Wellington 29-31 May There’s still time to register for the 2009 Agender National Conference, but spaces are closing fast! This year’s conference kicks off in Wellington on 29 May at the West Plaza Hotel, and the theme is “Beeing Who We Are!” New Queer Youth organisation in Nelson Q-Youth is a new social support network for queer youth in the Nelson area. They provide a safe environment for queer and questioning youth to hang out, get to know each other and have fun doing all sorts of activities like watching movies, playing video games on a big screen, making YouTube videos, and heaps more! Their first meeting was held last Wednesday, and had an amazing turn out. At least twenty and thirty people were there all times during the three hour drop in time. This was a great and exciting start for Q-Youth and they can't wait to get even more out youth from out there in the Nelson region! Q-Youth social group info: Drop in between 4.00pm and 7.00pm every Wednesday, at the Independent Theatre on Church Street (beside Dick Smith). Check their bebo page to see what they'll be getting up to. Family Planning offers gender and identity training Family Planning is offering training on gender and identity issues to teachers and other professionals, or groups working with young people. For more information contact Lesley Ann Guild at Family Planning Lesley.anneguild@familyplanning.org.nz Ellen fans score all expenses paid trip America’s number one talkshow host and lesbian icon, Ellen DeGeneres happened to see a message on the social networking site Twitter, that the group “Team Ellen” had a 5 year goal to make it on to her show. So, she called the team up and offered to fly them over to the show the following week! Queer Nation episodes online Queer Nation was a magazine show made by, for and about queer New Zealanders, which screened for 11 seasons over nine years from 1996 till 2004. Some episodes are now available online. Queer Nation was the world's longest running free-to-air TV programme dedicated to the LGBTI community. Queer dates to watch out for: # Candlelight Memorial 17 May # Youth Week May 23-31 # National Queer Youth Leadership Training, 23-24 May, Hamilton # Agender National Conference, Wellington 29-31 May # Out Takes Reel Queer Film Festival Auckland 21 May-1 June Wellington 28 May-7 June Christchurch 4-10 June # UniQ National Conference, Wellington 4-7 July Me mutu pea i konei. Noho mai rā i roto i ngā manaakitanga katoa. Enough from us, look after yourself and we’ll catch up soon! Nā māua noa, nā Laressa māua ko Elizabeth www.outthere.org.nz
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