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Over The Rainbow Festival Article: Skagit Valley Herald

MOUNT VERNON — Sarah Stitch wishes that when she attended high school, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues were talked about in her health class.

The 21-year-old Marysville resident said she didn’t really have anyone to talk to when she realized she wasn’t like her heterosexual classmates. It didn’t feel safe to come out of the closet until she was 18, she said.

“I got dragged into a Gay/Straight Alliance meeting, and that changed my life,” Stitch said.

Stitch was one of about 150 people attending the Over the Rainbow Festival at Mount Vernon High School.

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Back to School

When Ian Feis encountered anti-LGBT sentiments at his high school he could have ignored it. But instead, he and a group of students and teachers got active and started a GSA (Gay/Straight Alliance) at Mount Vernon High School. Now, three years later, Ian is a Pride Foundation scholar and getting ready to start his second year at Lewis & Clark College. And the Mount Vernon GSA is strong and active.

Does your, or your kid's, school have an active GSA? If not, check out Pride Foundation grantee GLSEN's Jump Start Guide for GSA's to find out how to start or re-invigorate your GSA.

And for Ian, and all the Pride Foundation current and prospective scholars, we know you are already thinking about how you are going to fund your education. Pride Foundation's scholarship application will be available at PrideFoundation.org in October.

Experts agree on ex-gay "therapy": "Mental
health professionals should not tell patients
that they can change their sexual orientation"

From the American Psychological Association

Discounts on Seattle STORM Game Tickets

http://www.wnba.com/storm/pride.html

An unnecessary campaign against gay
partners: Seattle Times editorial

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
editorialsopinion/2009203965_editb11gay.html

Domestic partnerships are marriage,
apply the word: Seattle Times editorial

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
editorialsopinion/2009077225_edita19banns.html

Secretary Of Education Arne Duncan
Notes Observance Of Day Of Silence

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/04/
secretary-of-education-arne-duncan.html

Gay Marriage's Earned Victory -
New York Post

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04122009/
postopinion/opedcolumnists/
gay_marriages_earned_victory_164101.htm