2019-02 Student Questions

< Elderberries Ask Me Anything with Grade Nine Students at John Martin Jr. High Dartmouth, February 12, 2019
< Presenters: Allison Brewer, Barend Kamperman, Anita Teal Martinez, Mike Sangster, Eric Smith
< Class Organizer:
< Christine McKenna
< The Speakers’ Bureau presented to John Martin Jr. High. Students were asked to prepare questions in advance:
< ===Coming Out===
< * Who was the first person you told? (repeated X4)
< * How old were you when you realized what your sexuality was? (repeated X 2)
< * When did you come out of the closet?
< * When was the first time you thought you were gay?
< * When or how did you realize you were LGBTQ?
< * When did you come out? How did people react?
< * How did you mother and father react when they found out?
< * How did everyone react when you came out?/Did it feel nice to come out?
< * How hard was it for you?
< * Did you ever tell your friends when you were younger?
< ===After Coming Out===
< * What was it like living life as LGBTQ+?
< * What was it like to be someone from the LGBTQ+ when you were younger?
< * Was life hard when you came out?
< * Were you ever ashamed of your sexuality?
< ===Harassment===
< * Are you made fun of because of your gender?]
< * Were you ever bullied while you were younger because you were gay?
< * How do you deal with homophobic people?
< * Did you ever get sexually harassed?
< * Do you still get criticized or made fun of for being part of the LGBTQ+?
< * How do you deal with other people hating on you?
< * Did anyone ever call gay or a fruitcake?
< * What was the worst thing anyone ever said to you?
< ===Employment===
< * Have you been asked your sexuality in a job interview? (repeated X2)
< * Were you ever denied a job because of your sexuality?
< * Were you able to get a job easily?
< * What discrimination did you have to deal with when getting a job?
< * Did you ever have to lie about your sexuality to get a job?
< * Have you ever been fired due to your sexual preference?
< ===Social===
< * Was it hard to find people like you?
< * Did you ever have to date the opposite sex to hide the fact that you are gay?
< * Have you had a relationship with the opposite sex?/If you have, what restrictions/limits did you give yourself while you were involved?
< ===Trans===
< * What bathroom do you use? Do you go to a girls bathroom or a guy’s bathroom?
< * What was it like to realize you were gay/trans?LGBT+?
< ===Legislative===
< * How did you feel when gay marriage was made legal in Canada?/ Did you feel that it should have been done a long time ago?
< ===Our Question To Them===
< * From Anita: How would you react if one of your parents or grandparents came out to you?