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A Different Life - Growing Up Gay

Name: Amy T.
School: College Misericordia email: [email removed]

Description:

Students fill out six cards which cover the following areas.
A person from your childhood with whom you shared secrets.
The names of your best friends in grade school.
A small valued material possession from your early teenage years.
Your favorite place.
A person who is very close to you.
A goal or dream.
You then ask the students to use their imagination to put themselves in the story you will read. The story is about what it might be like to grow up gay. Throughout the story, students have to rip up their cards, because they lose those things in their lives.
It really persuades students to think about gay issues from another perspective.

Instructions  Things Needed:

You will need six cards for each participant and a copy of the story.
The story with full instructions can be found at
www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/resources/a.different.life.homophobia.workshop

Other Considerations:

Make sure you have enough cards for everyone.
Also, it may help to post the categories for the cards.
Be sure you have someone with a strong reading voice for the story.

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