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High school senior comes out to entire school

  • 27-01-2011 9:56am
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    Moderators Posts: 51,917 ✭✭✭✭


    “Kayla K.” a high school senior in Santa Rosa, Ca. took the occasion of a Martin Luther King Day assembly to come out to her community.


    If you can read this, you're too close!



Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭SugarHigh


    That was ridiculously over dramatic. Why should her class care in the slightest? I think she was just milking the limelight.

    Why emphasise the fact it was MLK day, are they really trying to draw a connection?:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Ah here, she must be an actress in the making, seriously. I mean fair play for telling the whole school, I guess, but c'mon.

    TBH she looked well older than a senior in highschool...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭Rick_


    To be totally honest, I was going to say something before anyone else had commented but feared there'd be backlash and people telling me to wise up and to leave her be as she was very brave, etc. but seeing as others seem to have noticed it too now I think I'll post here!

    It seemed very over dramatic, like Sugar said and her speech seemes very well spoken and rehearsed... there's just something strange about the video and her to me,, glad I'm not the only one who noticed it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Chuchoter




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    wow, who cares, she is gay congratulations


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Dr. Baltar


    It's none of their business.
    What an idiot.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    What an attention seeker
    Is she looking for applause from everyone?

    Most people there won't even know her or go to class with her


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    I do agree it was a bit much, it was really centered around her breaking her silence. But then again, why shouldnt it be? It is a really big thing for a young person to tell a lot of people they're LGBT, especially those who they dont know imo, because you dont know how they'll react at all.

    I think she might have been trying to encourage other people in the school to come out and reassure them that it's okay to be LGBT, like the it gets better videos. I know of some schools that wanted people to come out and be accepted because they were against prejudice, so I think she had a similar idea. :) It does sound really rehearsed, and she probably came to terms with it a good while before making her speech, but fair play to her all the same.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endymion


    Dr. Baltar wrote: »
    It's none of their business.
    What an idiot.
    Mr.S wrote: »
    Such a dramatic speech. Why is she telling people she doesn't know or talk to? I doubt shes friends with every person in that school....

    I bet most of the people left thinking "um. so what, I didn't even know she was. whats for lunch"?

    :rolleyes:
    What an attention seeker
    Is she looking for applause from everyone?

    Most people there won't even know her or go to class with her

    You can't compare here to there. While the subject matter is not typical, an end of high school speech relating to some event, or realisation which shapes who you are, is typical. She was, in all likelihood, invited to give a speech about her self on a topic of important to her.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Dr. Baltar


    Endymion wrote: »
    You can't compare here to there. While the subject matter is not typical, an end of high school speech relating to some event, or realisation which shapes who you are, is typical. She was, in all likelihood, invited to give a speech about her self on a topic of important to her.

    It wasn't an end of highschool speech. It was a speech for Martin Luther King Day.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endymion


    Whatever, it's all the same nonsense. She was probably invited to give a speech about herself or something important to her. She picked coming out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Azure_sky


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Aoifums


    Oh wow! I'll admit that it's impressive that she came out to everyone but I don't get it. I understand the need for people to know but not people who you don't even see in the corridors on a daily basis. If she just came out to her year then I think I'd understand it but not coming out to her entire school.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,943 ✭✭✭wonderfulname


    Ehm, by the title at the beginning and everything it seems that she was probably already out to those around her, or that it was even common knowledge, and was asked to give a speech for the week that was in it, fair juice to her, would you do it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Dr. Baltar


    would you do it?

    No, because it's none of their business and I'm not an attention seeking, melodramatic American Highschool teenager. /end rant


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Aoifums


    Ehm, by the title at the beginning and everything it seems that she was probably already out to those around her, or that it was even common knowledge, and was asked to give a speech for the week that was in it, fair juice to her, would you do it?

    Fair enough it being common knowledge. I know a good few people in my class knew last year and it was never an issue. But to the entire school? Never. I doubt most of the school even knew who she was other than being some random Senior.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,943 ✭✭✭wonderfulname


    Aoifums wrote: »
    Fair enough it being common knowledge. I know a good few people in my class knew last year and it was never an issue. But to the entire school? Never. I doubt most of the school even knew who she was other than being some random Senior.

    Exactly, its a good example to put to younger years. I was out in school, I'm pretty sure everyone knew, and I'd happily give younger kids a clip around the ear for being homophobic to classmates. Its all done in jest but its amazing what that can do to the mind of a closeted teen, so if she made a few people think then that's fantastic, and if she made a few others feel a little bit more confident, better still, who cares if its all a bit OTT.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Killer_banana


    Ehm, by the title at the beginning and everything it seems that she was probably already out to those around her, or that it was even common knowledge, and was asked to give a speech for the week that was in it, fair juice to her, would you do it?

    She wasn't asked to give a speech, she says at the start she was asked to sing and said she wanted to do a speech instead. Also she says she may lose friends so I'm guessing no-one knew before this.

    I do think it's very brave of her and it probably is an example to younger years but I still don't get why she would want to do it. I've never understood why when some people come out they feel the need to tell the world. Just seems melodramatic and attention seeking to me.


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