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Take the Straight But Not Narrow back-to-school pledge!

 

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When you hit the halls, you’re probably psyched to see your friends, your crush, even your favorite teachers again. But for many students, BTS means coming face-to-face with bullies and tons of intolerant tweens and teens.

 

Wanna stand up and make a difference? Take the Straight But Not Narrow pledge (along with celebs like Cory Monteith, Avan Jogia and Josh Hutcherson) to support your LGBTQ friends and classmates. Spread the word, and, even better, film your fellow classmates taking the pledge as they walk through the doors on the first day of school. Already started? Set up a table before homeroom or during lunch periods and invite your peers to take (and tape) their pledge.

 

Here it is:

 

“I will do my part to make sure this is a great school year for everyone. It doesn’t matter if you are gay, straight or somewhere in between. Just be you, because it’s all good with me.”

 

You can upload your school’s video to YouTube and then email the link to info@wearsbnn.com or tweet it to @wearesbnn. Put the words SBNN or Straight But Not Narrow in the title!

 

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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 8/28/2011 12:00:00 AM

POSTED IN back to school, first day back, sexuality, identity, do gooder

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decklandog Thank you.I told one of my friends that I was bi,and she said "No offense,but I think that's a bit slutty.Can you decide to either be straight or gay?"
I'm not even kidding.

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by rainbowssparklesdesu on 11/23/2012 1:11:10 PM

 
 

I would take this pledge,but I can't.Im not straight XD

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by rainbowssparklesdesu on 11/23/2012 1:09:41 PM

 
 


hey! I would love to have one of the shirts SBNN. And my college needs someone with this message through. What can I do to get one? I think it's very important that young people of today we realize that we are all just people. Smile  Carrie R.

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by Elenagc15 on 7/16/2012 10:30:22 AM

 
 

Ultimately, for me, "gay" will never work as an insult because an insult is something that is bad. Being gay is not bad. To the individual saying "what has our world come to?!", homosexuality is present in hundreds of animal species. It has been around since the ancient Greeks, and in fact several Greek gods had relationships with other males. I think it's wonderful that the world is becoming more accepting. Our world has not come to anything but people coming to a better awareness of LGBTQ+ people. Did you choose to like boys, for those of you who do? I think not. And same with anyone in the spectrum. You can't choose who you love. But you can choose not to hate someone because of who they are or who they love.

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by The_Lorax on 3/15/2012 10:11:16 PM

 
 

YES! Okay this is for all of you haters out there: Do you know what kind of impact you are making by putting your "opinion" out there? It's fine to disagree with the concept of it but please keep your hateful comments to yourself. And don't deny that you have been hateful! And PLEASE, don't say that God would want them to not exist. I mean hello? I'm catholic and go to a catholic school. Kids hurt themselves over peer cruelty. Have you even read the news or are you too busy thinking about how "wrong" it is??? I mean, NEWSFLASH??? People can't help it if they are gay, lesbian, bi or anything. And it's not like you can change it! It is disgusting the way that some of you have reacted to this peaceful and wonderful article/pledge. Once again, if you have replied that you are not taking the pledge or disagree I'm cool with that, but saying its "WRONG, WRONG, WRONG"?-Please, get a hold of yourself,you know who you are!

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by decklandog on 10/8/2011 4:08:04 PM

 
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