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My friend and I went to a youth group for gay people last thursday. Not many people were there as it was the first week that it opened after the holidays, but it was still great. Only 3 other people turned up, one went to my school but has now left and the other I did the duke of edinborogh award with, but he was in a differnt group. We are going to go back tommorow for a lesbian one (instead of mixed as perhahps more people will be there). Sorry this isn't amazingly written. It's kinda strange though because it's free and they go on trips away and there free as well. it's like if you are gay/bi/questioning then it's possible to go to a youth group without paying, otherwise you can't. Isn't being gay great (well sometimes)?
On a completely different note, I cut my hair this evening (literally), but i'm too scared to cut the back shorter, despite it looking better because then it will all be the same length, as the back is really harder to cut right. Should I risk it? Get my mum to do it? or leave it different lengths? The decisions in life.
i have no money now, (well I do, but that's stuff i've classed as unspendable) as i'm going to see the levellers play on friday and marylin manson play in november as he's playing right behind my house.
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Hey, is this the PACE thing?
Hey, is this the PACE thing? Or...well, I can't remember what it's called. But it's up near Highgate, and ...hm. If it's the same thing, I was just looking at that website, and wondering whether I should go sometime. I wonder if I could convince a straight friend to come along...
What do you do there? Is it worth it?
PACE
yeah, it's the PACE thing. Well when I went on Thursday we watched as video (called 'lost and delierious') which I wasn't really watching as i was talking to someone.
I think you should DEFINATELY go. I strongly advise it, but I think it's better on Mondays because they have a defined programme and seem to do more, even if you don't like what's on the programme, come along ne way because it really makes being gay seem good, well i thought so ne way. It starts at 6.30pm or 7.00pm on mondays depending on the week (just female) and 4.30pm on thursdays (mixed).
I'm gonna go today.
In case you didn;t know it's in Jackson's lane community centre. You can either go up to the main desk and ask where it is (note, it;s a theatre kinda place and most people are gay ne way so it's not homophobic even if there not involved in PACE) or you can go up the side road, which is called Jackson's lane and knock on the side door (loudly) which I think is blue with a dustbin to the right of the door and i think it has sand bags nearby.
And if you don't want your parents to know your going to somewhere gay, just tell them your going to a youth group.
If you want anymore information just ask. Sorry this is so detailed, but I wanted you to know everything you could possibly want to know so that you didn't decide not to come due to easily solved problems. Oh yeah, and it;s on the 43 bus route (I think).
As for convincing a straight friend, only you can know if you can convince her, but if he/she won;t come you can allways come by yourself. People are friendly and I'll be nice to you (or ne 1 who comes) and i think they have a rule which states that you have to make new people feel welcome.
Ahh...I love rules like that.
Ahh...I love rules like that.
Yeah, maybe I'll convince myself to drop by next week...