Dear Readers, 
I would like to sincerely apologize for any offense caused by Liz's posts. Retrospectively, I realize that much of her writing tends to focus on the relationships between Caucasian people and African American people or other people of color. This excludes many people and I am very sorry to those who found this rude. I am leaving all of her posts online since this is a school project and we both had to do work, but I kindly request that you disregard any offensive material should you choose to read her posts.
Sorry again,
Heather

Q&A

Here's a Q&A with the parent of a transgender child(all names are confidential). 

Question 1: Were there any people in your life who refused your company after or during the transition?

Yes, but I can only recall one particular family that made an impact. To be honest, there might have been more, but we were so focused on our kiddo that I might not have noticed others. There were those that might have drifted away or just took longer to process the change, but the one that was very abrupt refused to let their daughter participate in the tolerance training at school. Then, subsequently, they removed her from Girl Scouts and AYSO soccer teams that my daughter was on.

Question 2: What resources do you recommend to LGBT+ youth in need of support?

Talk to their parents or other adults they trust (friends parents, teachers, etc.), look into LGBTQ+ club/groups in their school, join an Outlet support group, and/or check out the Gender Spectrum.

Question 3: What kind of resistance did you receive from your community and/or the law during the transition?

While there wasn’t resistance from the school; the teacher was awesome, but the school was willing to support us to an extent. I had to ask and arrange for any support we got. It’s the same still. We’ve had to create the infrastructure to support ours and other LGBTQ+ students.

Question 4: What advice do you have for struggling or closeted LGBT+ youth and adults?

Look for and connect with folks for support—find allies wherever you can and let them help you navigate and create a safe space for you.

Thanks for reading, and see you next time!
-Heather

Update

Hi! Heather here!

Just wanted to let y'all know... *drumroll*
Our project is officially DONE!!!!!
However, I hope to continue this blog and my book of poems(available at https://www.wattpad.com/user/HeatherAndLiz)
We also have a survey for you at https://goo.gl/forms/NuoA6RyjfB1ylguy2. Your input is greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much for reading, and I'll (hopefully) see you soon!
<3 u all, Heather

Personal Pride Flag, Attraction Edition

Hi! Heather here. So this post is to teach you how to make your own personal pride flag. This one will have a(hopefully) complete list of sexual/romantic orientation, definitions, and the corresponding flags. Your gender would go as the background of your flag. The circle is the sexual attraction, and the heart is the romantic attraction. Therefore, the flag below represents genderfluidity, asexuality, and panromanticism. Have fun making your own!

• Abrosexual/Abromantic [Having fluid or rapidly changing sexuality that fluctuates between different sexualities]: The shades of green and red(which are opposites on the colour wheel) represent a large range of sexualities.
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• Androsexual/Andromantic [attracted to males]: The blue represents masculinity.
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• Aromantic [Attracted to no one]: The green symbolizes attraction and the varying white/grey/black represents the range from attraction to no attraction
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• Asexual [Attracted to no one]: The purple symbolizes attraction and the varying white/grey/black represents the range from attraction to no attraction. 
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• Autosexual/Autoromantic [Attracted to oneself]: The heart with the arrow shows the attraction to oneself.
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• Bisexual/Biromantic [attracted to any two genders]: The blue and pink represent dualism.
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• Cupiosexual [desire to be in a relationship without being attracted to anyone]: The muted colours represend desire that won't be fulfilled, while the pink, purple, and white represent romanticism.
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• Demisexual/Demiromantic [can only be attracted to someone after forming a strong emotional bond]: The purple represents community and the emotional relationship, the gray represents asexuality, and the white represents sexuality.
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• Greysexual [is only sometimes attracted to others]: The same colours as the asexual flag, but the absence of black shows the absence of an absolute lack of attraction.
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• Gynesexual [attracted to women]: the pink represents femininity and the green represents sexual attraction.
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• Heteroflexible [predominately heterosexual/heteromantic but flexible in that identity]: The varying shades of gray represent heterosexuality while the strip of rainbow represents homosexuality.
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• Heterosexual/Heteromantic(Straight) [attracted to opposite binary gender]: The heart represents the attraction between the blue(masculine) and the pink(feminine).
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• Homoflexible [predominately homosexual/homoromantic but flexible in that identity]: The rainbow represents homosexuality as it was the original pride acceptance flag. The strip of varying shades of gray represents heterosexuality.
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• Homosexual/Homoromantic(Gay/Lesbian) [attracted to same gender]: The rainbow was the original pride flag. A history of its development will appear in a later post. 
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• Akiosexual [Attraction which fades if/when feelings are reciprocated]
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• Omnisexual/Omniromantic [Attraction towards all genders while noticing genders]: The different colors, ranging from different shades of pink to different shades of blue, represent attraction to all people.
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• Pansexual/Panromantic [Attraction towards all genders; gender-blind attraction]: The pink represents attraction to femininity, the blue to masculinity, and the yellow to all other genders.
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• Polyamory [Attraction to or relationships with many people at once]
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• Polysexual/Polyromantic [Attraction towards more than two, but not all, genders]: The pink represents attraction to femininity, the blue to masculinity, and the green to non-binary people.
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• Skoliosexual/Skolioromantic [Attraction towards non-binary people]: The yellow and green represent non-binary people, the black and white represent opposite ends of the gender spectrum, and the heart represents attraction.
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I hope you found your gender on this list. If so, use it as the background of your flag, as seen at the top of the post. If not, send us the gender, definition, and flag at 20percenttime.tolerance@gmail.com.

Thanks! Have fun making your flag!

<3 Heather

The Stonewall Riots

https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots

• In the 1960s, the New York City police were allowed to arrest anyone wearing less than three pieces of clothing that matched the stereotype of their assigned gender.
• Bars that sold alcohol to known or suspected LGBTQ+ people could and would be shut down.
• By 1966, the LGBT+ community was allowed to be served alcohol.
• Holding hands, kissing, or dancing with someone of the same sex was illegal.
• Many gay bars were owned by mafia and did not have liquor licenses.
• The Genovese crime family bought Stonewall Inn in 1966, renovated, and reopened as a gay bar in 1967.
• The Stonewall Inn was registered as a “bottle bar” where people brought their own alcohol because there were still laws against LGBT people being served alcohol.
• There were raids but corrupt cops would inform bars run by the Mafia so they could hide alcohol and other illegalities (ex. gay dancing)
• On June 28, 1969, there was surprise raid on the Stonewall Inn.
• 13 people were arrested for selling alcohol and not wearing enough “gender appropriate clothing.”
• Female officers brought patrons suspected of cross-dressing into the bathroom to check their biological sex and count pieces of gender appropriate clothing.
• People were beat up and physically abused.
• An officer hit a lesbian over the head and she called for onlookers to take action.
• The crowd started throwing things(ex. bottles, stones, coins) at the officers and the riot began.
• The police and their prisoners barricaded themselves into the bar, the crowd tried to set it on fire.
• Protests continued for five days, especially after “The Village Voice” published their own account.
• In 2016 President Obama declared Stonewall Inn and the surrounding area of the riots as a national monument.

How unfortunate that this is our nation's history. Well, we can't change the past, but we can change the future. Let's make sure that this never happens again.

<3 u, Heather

Personal Pride Flag, Gender Edition

Hi! Heather here. So this post is to teach you how to make your own personal pride flag. This one will have a(hopefully) complete list of genders, definitions, and the corresponding flags. Your gender would go as the background of your flag. The circle is the sexual attraction, and the heart is the romantic attraction. Therefore, the flag below represents genderfluidity, asexuality, and panromanticism. Have fun making your own!

Find your gender below!

• Agender [No gender]: The green symbolizes gender and the varying white/grey/black represents the range from gender to no gender.

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• Androgynous [A blend of both binary genders]: The blue and pink represent masculinity and femininity, and the purple represents a blend of both. 

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• Aporagender [No particular gender, but vague gendered feelings]: The varying shades of pink, blue, and yellow represent femininity, masculinity, and all-encompassing gender, respectively.

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• Aquarigender/Genderflow [No particular gender, but there are labels which are close to feelings]: The infinity sign represents change and eternal flow, while the colors represent the gender's waterlike qualities and the different shades represent shades of gender.

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• Bigender [Identifying as two genders, either interchangeably or simultaneously]: The light shades of pink, blue, and purple represent the binary genders and their connection.

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• Cancegender/Agenderfluid [Mainly agender, but with vague overlapping and changing gendered feelings]: The background represents the agender identity while the patterns of color represent the ever-changing gendered feelings.

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• Cisgender [Identify with assigned gender]: The colors represent the binary genders accepted by society.

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• Demi-{insert gender} [partial identification with said gender]: The greys represent the partial identification while the other color represents the relevant part of the gender.

• (demi-androgyne)

• (demi-male)

• (demi-fluid, as in genderfluid)

• (demi-flux, as in genderflux)

• (demi-female)

• Gender Non-Conforming [non-binary, or doesn't conform to gender roles/stereotypes, can be non-binary]: The light pink and blue represent traditional gender identities and roles, while the other colors represent a larger scope of interpretation and identification.

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• Genderfluid [fluctuates between any and all genders]: The pink, purple, and blue represent binary genders and a combination of them, while the black and white represent the range of genders.

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• Intersex [possesses a combination of male and female physical characteristics]: The yellow represents all genders, and the purple represents gender in itself.

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• Librafluid [partially agender, and the rest fluctuated between male and female]: The grey and black represent lack of gender, while the pink/blue gradient represents the fluctuation between male and female.

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• Pangender [identifies as any and all genders that may or may not be known, simultaneously, in combinations, or over time]: the yellow represents all genders and the white represents the lack of acknowledgement or awareness towards some gender(s).

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• Paradoxigender [identifying as one or more genders which are in paradox with each other. Eg. both male and female]: the shape is a paradox, and the pink, yellow, and blue represent femininity, all genders, and masculinity, respectively.

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• Polygender [more than three genders, at the same time or interchangeably]: The black and grey stand for intensities of gender, while the pink, blue, and yellow stand for femininity, masculinity, and all genders, respectively.

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• Transgender [does not identify as assigned gender]: The degrees of color and white represent the different genders that one might be, and the white represents the lack of connection between sex and gender.

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• Trigender [identifies as three genders, either individually or at the same time]: The colors just generally represent different gender identities. This flag is less symbolic than most.

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• Varumgender/Avarumgender [either fitting under many labels or not feeling the need to associate with any]: the shades of purple represent the shades of gender.

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I hope you found your gender on this list. If so, use it as the background of your flag, as seen at the top of the post. If not, send us the gender, definition, and flag at 20percenttime.tolerance@gmail.com.
<3,
Heather

Homophobia

Apparently there seems to be minor categories of 'Homophobia' 

-Lesbophobia
-Transphobia
-Biophobia 

We also need to stop using the word 'gay' as an insult. Being called gay isn't much of an insult as it is just a remark that they could think of in the moment. You shouldn't be offended by this either, both responding and saying things about 'gay' are not an insult to you but more of an insult to the gays, and others.