More than 200 students from across the state gathered at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester for Outright Vermont’s 13th annual Queer and Allied Youth Summit. Fifty schools and 72 towns were represented by the LGBTQ+ youth, who spent 24 hours doing peer-led workshops, holding a Youth Pride March and a SpeakOUT, and celebrating with an open mic and Queer Prom. Outright Vermont organizes the event and is celebrating its 30th birthday with a Gayla on June 21. We talked to the youth about the challenges of living in our rural state and the importance of events like these, where they can be themselves and connect with other members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Shooting date: 5/11/19

Music: Let’s Whisper, “The Thing That Defines You” & “You Are Loved”

This episode of Stuck in Vermont was made possible by

New England Federal Credit Union

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received...

2 replies on “Stuck in Vermont: 13th Annual Queer and Allied Youth Summit in Chester”

  1. Good Day ‘Stuck in Vermont’ and as well to Eva! These weekly videos are an over breakfast treat each Thursday for sure. A question ~ I have recognized that the episodes have been becoming shorter in length? Why so?…. if I may ask.

    Carry On
    Chris Buckley
    Derby
    chrisbuckley1@myfairpoint.net

  2. Thanks for asking Chris. I’ve been experimenting with shortening the videos to about 5 min in length. Partly to appeal to online viewers who seem to prefer shorter videos and also to make subtitle production easier (the longer the video, the more time it takes to make subtitles). Do you miss the older 8min video format?

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