In this clever, poignant, and very funny video, Ash Beckham re-appropriates the word "gay," reminding the audience that language can be a powerful tool that can either be wielded as a weapon or used to enact positive change.
This presentation was given 21 February 2013 at Ignite Boulder.
On a sunny afternoon in Toronto, Friday, 4 May 2012, after months of preparation, a team of seven from OUTSPORT TORONTO convened on the AllStream Centre at Exhibition Place for OUTSPORT TORONTO's workshop for the Toronto District School Board's FUTURES 2012 conference.
"I remember getting the eMail in the wake of our November 2011 Scrum from the conference organising committee inviting us to submit a proposal to present a workshop, and thinking, 'Wow... we got noticed!' ", said OUTSPORT TORONTO's chair Shawn Sheridan. "After a unanimous vote of our board to do the workshop, we struck a committee, reached out to our member organisations, friends, and supporters, and started the process of creating that workshop. I'm so proud of the team's effort and the result! Everyone was so committed and cared so much about this! And I get that. We were all in school. We all remember." Read more...
On 4 May 2012, OUTSPORT TORONTO presented a workshop at the Toronto District School Board's FUTURES 2012 conference, the theme of which was "Equity and Inclusive Education". OUTSPORT TORONTO's workshop (entitled "Making It Better Now: Ending Homophobia and Transphobia in School Athletics and Physical Education") was focused on accessibility of physical education, intermural, and varsity athletics to LGBT students. The m Read more...
If you wish to see the Then and Now video without downloading, it is also embedded below, and can be found at http://youtu.be/nZANscq4yME .
In addition to the above material, the original "Your Can Play" public service announcement video from the You Can Play Project was used. This video can be found at http://youtu.be/SXoTRTAw6Dc .
At the end of our presentation, we listed the following resources:
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