to Saturday’s event and are motivated by Cas’ story. “I can't describe the feeling of being in a room with a bunch of other people that are exactly like you.”Īshlynn Brooks and AJ Angell traveled from Milestone Sk. "I think part of the mission for me anyway has always been ensuring people have a safe space to be,” said Cas. "The main reason that I always tell people is that so people can kind of understand that specifically regarding like LGBTQ2S+ mental health, they are not just numbers, they are actual people,” said Cas.Ĭas adds there is no better feeling than providing a safe space. “We did some arts and crafts and we had some queer literature while just trying to celebrate our LGBTQ2S+ kids.”Ĭas is one of the student leaders for the event and one of the speakers, he says its taken time to become comfortable talking about his story. "We have about 120 participants here at the school and we are doing different sessions on what GSA is like the history of queer, what it was like to grow up in a queer in a small town,” said Dvernichuk. Paula Dvernichuk is a teacher at Lumsden High School and said over 100 students participated in the summit. High school students from the Prairie Valley School Division gathered in Lumsden to build and support the LGBTQ2S+ community with the third annual Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Student Summit.
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