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| Last Updated October 16, 2005 |
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| All works on this website belong solely to the authors and artists who created them. Do not use or reproduce anything without permission from the KarMel Scholarship. |
| A Few of the 2005 KarMel Scholarship Submissions |
| Come read a few of the submissions we received from this year's scholarship! Enjoy! - Karen and Melody |
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| Comments, feedback or questions? Please email us at: infokarmel@karenandmelody.com |
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| Created By |
| Description |
| Heidi Amedio |
| Poem of loving a girlfriend. |
| Poems |
| Keith Anderson |
| I wrote to my daughter when she realized that she was in love with her best friend. |
| Gina Briseno |
| Poem of pride in all forms |
| Jillian Calahan |
| This poem is about a girl that finally tells her mother she's gay. |
| Anonymous |
| This poem expresses my feelings towards my mother and how seh reacted toward my being a lesbian. |
| Joseph Fincher |
| Poem expressing the emotion felt with the intimate touch of a lover. |
| Anonymous |
| Lesbian love making |
| Anonymous |
| A poem from a straight person about homosexuality. |
| Anonymous |
| My own stand on being bisexual and how it affected my family and I. |
| Anonymous |
| A poem about breaking free of a lie. |
| Courtney McDonald |
| A short poem about my mother. |
| Cameron Lindesmith |
| A poem for my mother who could not grasp the concept of having a gay child. |
| Anonymous |
| Poem held together by my though and experiences as a young lesbian. |
| Anonymous |
| All-encompassing poem about my first long term relationship with a girl. |
| Heather Saunders |
| I wanted a poem to use a symbol that embraces feminity and womanhooed as well as showing all aspects of a woman - motherhood, sexuality, everything. |
| Alyssa Perkins |
| A poem that portrays homosexuality as simply another character trait. |
| Anonymous |
| I am neither a photographer nor a painter. So this painting of my girlfriend is in words. |
| Matthew Todd |
| Monologue or poem about the beauty of true love. |
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| Created By |
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| Paul Barber |
| Pilot Episode of a TV series about an on again/off again lesbian couple. |
| Joseph Clark |
| Story about a straigh boy and his gay best friend. |
| Kristina Gill |
| A straight man who is not affected by the situation in the US, but is placed in a similar situation where the gov, religion, and osciety condemn his relationship with someone that he loves. |
| Anonymous |
| A new twist to a classic scenario: Riki's pipes are broken, and who to call but the sexy plumber? |
| A normal love story without confusion. |
| Briana Lawrence |
| A story told by a young girl, Brie, in high school who is dealing with being in love with her girlfriend, Nya. |
| Robi Simone |
| A short story about a wife who finds out her husband's gay. |
| Anonymous |
| Danielle Bowerbank |
| Paper about the struggles in society for our gay youth. |
| My feelings on the word "faggot" what it means, my feelings on reclaiming it and my own personal history with the word. |
| Joshua Druce |
| In favor of allowing the homosexual community the same rights given to those that happen to be heterosexual. |
| Colin Drucker |
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| IMPORTANT: We were NOT able to showcase all the outstanding works we received this year due to the overwhelming 900 submissions from 500 applicants. We selected a good representation of the works we received, for everyone to enjoy reading. - Karen and Melody |
| In my essay I will describe the many mountains I've had to come in my life and with my sexuality and gender identity and how I've come to terms with it all and my acceptance o my loved ones and peers. |
| Jacob Koppenhaver |
| A snyopsis of my feelings as a guy who likes guys towards the "gay community." |
| Jeana Money |
| Investigating the true representation of gays in the surrounding community. |
| Matthew Todd |
| An argumentative essay defending homosexuality as being natural. |
| Morgan Vozobule |
| Alexandar Thorne |
| Last spring, 7 members of the GSA at my high school spoke at a faculty meeting. We talked about what high school is like from our perspectives. |
| Troy Barile |
| An editorial piece I composed in response to contemporary issues with labels and homosexuality around the globe. |
| Discussing the ways in which relationship roles differe for homosexuals than for heterosexuals. |
| Steve Du Bois |
| Anonymous |
| On Gay Marriage |
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| Created By |
| Description |
| SaraLee Anderson |
| A tale of my journey of self discovery. |
| Gina Briseno |
| Complete story of my lesbian relationship. |
| Anonymous |
| Narrative told through quotes of what people have said to or about me regarding gays, my relationship with my girlfirend and myself throughout the past year. |
| Beril Elgun |
| Semi-fictional short story that is loosely based on my life and experiences. It is written in teh voice of a rural, working class transperson. |
| Taking a same-sex date to prom. |
| Frank Paiva |
| Experiences with boyfriend at the mall. |
| Lanisha Taylor |
| A letter to the 3 people that influence my life either in a bad or good way... |
| Ashley Ford |
| Lisa Butts |
| A one act comedic play about Jerry Falwell's descent into hell. |
| Walter Thomas |
| Story of when I came out to my family. |
| Samra Allan |
| This is a poem I wrote about two girls. |
| Katie Aase |
| Written after the bitnick stylings of Alix Olsen. |
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