Dale—Working with the Gender Sexuality Alliance at School

In this video clip, Dale talks about his involvement with his school’s GSA, what they refer to as their Gender Sexuality Alliance. What I find inspiring is that Dale and his GSA peers and friends take the initiative to make their school a more welcoming place by getting involved in the kinds of school clubs that work to meet students’ needs. I like how he says that he didn’t necessarily believe that their school needed a GSA because, presumably, he sees his school as an accepting place. Yet, he makes the point that “you can’t do nothing” in terms of continuing to work to improve school spaces so that all students and staff feel welcome and accepted. Dale talks about the importance of the GSA as a positive space where students can hang out and talk about the issues they are interested in; work at increasing LGBTQ+ visibility; and continue addressing the needs of LGBTQ+ students, by, for example, campaigning for a multi-stall gender-neutral washroom in the school. (Kate Reid)