ABSTRACT
This chapter embraces and highlights the importance of collective memory work as participatory action research (PAR), a liberation methodology, describing how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning (LGBTQQ) youth make meaning of their sexual orientation and gender identity through both their positive and negative high school experiences. As scholar-activists, it details both the major themes identified from the data generated across three working collective memory work (CMW) focus groups. The chapter highlights how the research products created by gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and trans youth participants effectively 'captured voices,' making research accessible and attractive to educators, parents, practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. The organization has heeded the call of each of the LGBTQ students in both documentaries through its continued existence and highlighting of youth voices and leadership.
