LGBT Revived for 2010-2011 School Year

LGBT, an acronym for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender”, is a community in which people, heterosexual and homosexual, may come together in order to support each other and act on civil rights issues. In past years, Hopkinton Middle High School has been home of an LGBT Club and has been labeled as an “LGBT Safe Zone”. However, during the 2009-2010 school year, the LGBT was significantly less active due to a lack of leadership. This year though, a new leader has stepped up in order revive the LGBT Club. His name is Stuart Mosseau.


When interviewed, Mosseau was asked some questions in order for everyone to have a better idea of what the LGBT does and how one can join. “To join, all you have to do is get in contact with me, and I'll add you to the list if you're interested in joining. Simple as that. Another option is to just come to a meeting, and I'll add you to the list then and there. It's preferred if you come to me first, so we can get to know each other.” When asked what the purpose of the LGBT Club was, Mosseau answered, “The purpose (of the LGBT) is mainly to promote acceptance and awareness to all LGBT students at HHS.”


The goals of this club are to educate the community and create an atmosphere of tolerance. There are many events planned; the Day of Silence, Ally Week, National Coming Out Day, and for those interested, a trip to Boston to celebrate Boston Pride Week in June. According to Mosseau, “it is up to members of the group to spread the message and start making a change at HHS. That is primarily how our goals will be achieved.”


If you decide that the LGBT is a club you would like to be apart of and support, meetings are every Monday starting at 7:30 pm at Stuart Mosseau’s house. However, later in the school year more meetings may be held at school with the club’s advisor Mrs. Connolly.


Mosseau made his point crystal clear by saying, “Join to show your support to those who are still to afraid to come out and be themselves. Join to be part of a growing campaign across the world. Join because it's right, and it is an important movement. Join because you care.”