MEET OUR LGBTQ+ Allies

My name is Miss Dombey and I am a maths teacher and year 11 form tutor. Being a form tutor for 5 years has highlighted to me the importance of students having a member of staff that they feel safe to talk to. I want LGBTQ+ students to know that I am an ally, they can come to me with questions and queries and will be met with support and kindness.

I am an ally because I believe in the importance of representation and allyship, to show that there is a space for everyone to be themselves and be supported. Whether or not you define as LGBTQ+ should not matter in these moments, but it is the help you can give to a young person struggling with identity that makes all the difference.

Making sure that the LGBTQ+ community feel seen, heard and valued here in Dorothy Stringer is important to me. I recognise that being a teenager can bring up questions about identity. I hope that anyone who needed some support (or just someone to listen without judgement) would know that there is a safe space and a friendly face always available to them.

I am an ally support rep because I wish for all students, staff and parents to be able to identify me as an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. I work closely with a lot of students and their families, and act as a role model to some, and I want for them to know and understand what I stand for and believe in. I want members of the LGBTQ+ community to know that I am with them, and that I am proud to be!

I’m Mx King, I am part of the LGBTQIA+ community, and I am a rep because it is important that there is representation and support for the students in our school. Along with Mr Schvetz and Ms Brown I started the Queer club last year at Stringer so that students in the LGBTQIA+ community felt they had a space where they could be heard, and supported.