Pride Month

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Sort of OT but thought this would be as good a place to discuss as it does tie in with Pride and the general discussion with acceptance that this thread is experiencing.

My high school age kids brought their yearbook home yesterday (attend a public high school in Calgary). Most of us are aware the Provincial government dictated that students be allowed to form GSA's in their schools and our school does indeed have an association. It was a little surprising to see a full page in the yearbook dedicated to the group but then again they are a club similar to all the others that had yearbook pages so why not. So no issues with photos of everyone but I did find it interesting that they only published the first names of the students. Everything else (sports teams, other clubs and associations etc.) all had the full name of the students.

I guess my point is that while there has been a lot of progress recently there still is a ways to go too. Clearly there was a reason why they chose not to publish last names.

Just an observation I took away.

It's very possible the club messed up and submitted a name list with pics devoid of last names. I've seen other year books like this before. Club member's names were stricken or forgotten either due to carelessness or for space saving reasons. IMO, it's probably carelessness either from the club or the person putting the yearbook together.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

It's very possible the club messed up and submitted a name list with pics devoid of last names. I've seen other year books like this before. Club member's names were stricken or forgotten either due to carelessness or for space saving reasons. IMO, it's probably carelessness either from the club or the person putting the yearbook together.

Or the club members themselves may have decided that, as a group, they only wanted their first names in the book. The drama club I was in did that, one year.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Did they not publish the last names of the kids under their individual pictures as well?

Yes, last names are published for the regular individual photos. Which is why it stood out to me even more that first names only were used only on this one particular page.