As Pride Month Continues:2 Pamphlets for Queer Youth and You

Discovering once again the limitations of dear old FirstClass Embanet — of course, after having first spent 3+ hours formatting the full text of my marketing proposal report in the mail editor only to find that it doesn't like full formatting and has a definite size restriction — I thrilled to discover that I couldn't actually include the pamphlets (at any size) even though I referenced them specifically in the paper.

A few days later it hit me that I could use the blog to finish that off, and offer something of potential use to others as well. With everything else doing, it took me more than a few days to find the time to upload these.

While I was wrong about the possibility of embedding DOC or PDF files (thanks for that info, Gail, I just assumed it was my ignorance) — and I can't afford to host them anywhere else for the time being — I can forward the Word file version of these to anyone interested.

I created the original versions of these back in 2000 while working as volunteer Library Coordinator at the Rainbow Resource Centre, and followed up on them with substantial reformatting for a library school assignment.

The text itself, as is noted, is from OutProud and is re-used and modified under the terms given when that text was first downloaded and adapted. Under current copyright laws, those conditions remain in force. Any further alterations should thus be sure to give the original source and allow further permission to continue modification.

(Saying all that now, I wonder if I might be able to upload the DOC files to Creative Commons? If so, I'll modify this post to let interested folks know.)

In the meantime, here are the reduced-size images of the 2 pamphlets in question. They are still legible ... with a little effort.

The first is a list of websites of potential interest to queer youth, officially entitled Some Cool Sites for Queer Youth (also given the deliberately exaggerated and silly title — ad usum vulgum — of Chillin' Cyberspotz 4 Rad Boiz and Kewl Grrlz!!):

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The second, geared more to younger queer teens, is an exhortation to safe surfing, entitled: Watching Out For Yourself In Online Relationships: Some Tips for LesBiGay Teens:

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