Spectrum group educating teens on LGBTQ issues

In regards to why Spectrum was started, Collier said “[it was] wanting to provide that education to people who maybe wouldn’t know or would like to be better allies and friends.”

She said she felt there was a lot of misinformation about LGBTQ identity.

Every month the group discusses different themes, with November focusing on gender identity issues and transphobia, and February looking at anti-bullying.

Kent Lindgren, North Battleford city councillor candidate and HIV Coordinator at the Battlefords Family Health Centre, will take part in a Spectrum meeting in the upcoming weeks, talking about STI prevention and stigmas.

With Spectrum starting a few weeks ago, Collier said meeting turnouts have been slow at the start.

“We’re hoping to get more people. I think maybe a lot of people don’t know about it. We’ve been putting up posters and we’re all over social media,” she said.

The gender and sexuality alliance recently visited North Battleford Comprehensive High School, letting students know about the new group. Collier said they also hope to work with John Paul II, after hearing about the LGBTQ group the school started this year.

Spectrum meets bi-weekly Thursdays at the Don Ross Community Centre at 7 p.m.

Katherine.svenkeson@jpbg.ca

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by Katherine Svenkeson

Spectrum group educating teens on LGBTQ issues

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