QYLA in the news / “Honoring Youth Leaders” – The Pajaronian
“The reason it’s important to do this work is so that other queer and trans youth like myself don’t have to feel isolated, threatened for just existing, and so they can live their lives freely,” Brown said. “So they can live in society without feeling that they are an outcast or like they have to second-guess whether or not a space is safe for them to truly express who they are.”
“Pajaro Valley Unified School District sees large turnout for Pride flag raising” – Santa Cruz Sentinel
” For the fourth year in a row, students and district officials observed May 22 — Harvey Milk Day — by gathering by the flagpole outside the Pajaro Valley Unified School District office, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and raising the Pride flag.
As always, the event was a spirited affair with students in fourth grade through 12th grade wearing rainbow and transgender flag capes, dancing to the music of Lady Gaga and Beyonce, and cones of all colors of the rainbow arranged in an arch near the podium.”
“From Hell to the Hall of Fame: The astonishing story of Sandy Stone” – Lookout Santa Cruz
“To be sure, Stone, 87, is not in the National Women’s Hall of Fame because she is trans, nor despite it. She is there because of a wide range of remarkable accomplishments that are so diverse as to seem incongruous. “