 | Megan Hodge: Spend most of my nights playing with my doberman Simon, who knows all my little secrets and is there for me to go to when i need someone most love photography and creative writing, im 16 born in one of the most conservitive towns in Arkansas, moved to texas christmas of 5th grade help start Andersons first GSA and continuing next year as co facilitator i believe love isnt always based on gender/sex ive always been outcasted but going to out youth has shown me that everyone is different, everyone has a past and everyone has a future. ummmm... when i was little i was hell bent on proving to my mom i could be a boy if i wanted to. i even shaved my head when i was 5. then i got mad when i was 13 when a waitress called me a young man. |  | Justin Jacobson is a 17 year old Austin native through in through. He is currently completing his junior year of high school at Leander High as an International Baccalaureate student. Activism, however, is not new to his life. He has always striven to correct the injustices around him, mainly through addressing educational problems in his own school district of Leander. Most recently he participated in a focus group to improve the quality to advanced programming at his school. Justin has big dreams for future, hoping to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin. There he hopes to major in Economics, French, and Art History. Beyond that he wishes to take part in state and national politics, once again effecting and changing the lives of millions. | | | Krystal is a sexy, fun-loving gal who loves making people uncomfortable (no lie). She became involved with the Texas GSA because she wishes a GSA had been in her high school. Krystal graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Psychology with a minor in Religious Studies. Her greatest wish is to get another bachelors in Religious Studies one day. When she’s not working super hard at a mega bookstore she loves long walks in cemeteries, thinking about The X-Files (especially David Duchovny in his Speedo), and reading. |  | Callie Hearin, was born and raised in Austin, TX and the surrounding areas. She is about to complete her junior year at Vista Ridge High School where she is Secretary of the Drama Club/Thespian Society, Vice President of the Musical Club, Founder and President of the Vista Ridge GSA, an active choir member, a member of the UIL Literary Criticism Team, and the creator of ridiculously lengthy sentences such as the one you just experienced. In her free time from all of those things, she certainly enjoys a good piece of literature or simply making a fantastic fool of herself with her fabulous friends. | | | Ginger Yachinich, I’m a 17 year old born and raised in San Antonio Texas. When I’m not working on projects for the Texas GSA network, I can be found in the theatre or the art studio. My hobbies include writing, painting, acting, make-up design, reading, cooking, and swimming. I believe love is not limited by gender, biology, or our “sexualities”. Love is fluid and can flow anywhere and everywhere as long as you’re open to it.
I came across Monica A. and the Texas Network in the summer of 2008 and have been on board ever since. My future will hopefully take me to college in California after I graduate, where I hope to major in Creative Writing and Theatre. My true loves are my many cats, the arts, music and my twin sister Kat who has always been my biggest and bestest supporter. |
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| Armando Sanchez, I am an intern at Out Youth and working with Texas GSA Network. I am a first year graduate student at The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. I am currently on the exec board for Queer People of Color and Allies (QPOCA) and the treasurer for Delta Lambda Phi, the only gay/bi/progressive men's fraternity at UT.
On my now limited spare time I love to play volleyball, read romance novels about vampires and werewolves, watching films and documentaries, and learning more about queer culture as well as race and race relations.
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| Melissa Frederick, Texas GSA Network Intern, I have been with the Texas GSA Network since March of 2008. I am in my second year of graduate school at UT in Social Work. I am also a Policy Research Intern for Council Member Randi Shade. I am interested in fighting the injustices for the homeless, LGBT youth and women! In my spare time, I hang out with my dog, Pee Wee, who is in the picture. I also love to read (especially Twilight) when I am not in school. I also enjoy sewing and listen to live music here in Austin! | | | |  | Monica Ann Arrambide MS, Director of Texas GSA Network, has 15 years of queer activism. 7 years as Director of Programming for the sixth largest LGBT center in the US. She has open the first LGBTQI Youth Drop in Center in the central coast. She is a member of the National Association of GSA Networks and on the steering committee of the National Safe School Roundtable. Awarded the Lauren Wyeth Award for her work with LGBTQI youth and The Pride Foundation Award for her work with LGBT communities in the central coast. |
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