{"id":14641,"date":"2019-11-25T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=14641"},"modified":"2020-01-17T15:01:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T20:01:48","slug":"equality-takes-a-new-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/equality-takes-a-new-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality takes a new name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay Straight Alliance, now known as Charger Equality Club, is an after-school group that is meant to be a safe space for all DHS students, regardless of their identity, to connect with others. Their meetings occur every\u00a0 third Thursday of every month following seventh hour at 3:30 p.m. During the meetings, CEC talks about daily struggles of being in the LGBTQ community and now to deal with them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s an environment in which members of the LGBT community and allies can come and just interact,\u201d senior Christi LeCaptain said. \u201cWe&#8217;re kind of focusing a little more on the social aspects, but we are also talking about important topics like coming out and microaggressions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LeCaptain is a co president of the club with senior Rin Dunlap. The two manage all aspects of the club, from organizing meetings, planning topics to discuss, and communicating with their fellow group members. They pride themselves on being open to everyone and make sure to include all types of people. This club is meant to be a safe space for people to talk, share, and connect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe mission of our club is basically just to provide an environment for students to exist, be themselves, and be happy,\u201d LeCaptain said. \u201cAlso an environment in which they can talk to others that are like them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1759],"tags":[2526,2527,475,2426,2425],"class_list":["post-14641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clubs","tag-cec","tag-christi-lecaptain","tag-diversity","tag-equality-club","tag-gsa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Equality takes a new name - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/equality-takes-a-new-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Equality takes a new name - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/equality-takes-a-new-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-25T19:14:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-17T20:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kayla Dominowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kayla Dominowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kayla Dominowski\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/da1e22d93df9ca0951ba644a5c5711a9\"},\"headline\":\"Equality takes a new name\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-25T19:14:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-17T20:01:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"CEC\",\"Christi LeCaptain\",\"Diversity\",\"Equality Club\",\"GSA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CLUBS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/\",\"name\":\"Equality takes a new name - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-25T19:14:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-17T20:01:48+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/equality-takes-a-new-name\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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