Raelee Sweet engaged in activism from early childhood, organizing petitions and public campaigns. The 2008 Proposition 8 fight in California intensified a commitment to LGBTQ+ equality. Sweet recognized their own LGBTQ+ identity and pursued leadership roles, serving as high school GSA president and as a Brave Trails camp counselor. Brave Trails provided hands-on opportunities to create and lead workshops and inspired a career in education and advocacy. Sweet studied communications at San Francisco State and acknowledges privilege from a supportive family, which they aim to repay through education, advocacy, and empowering LGBTQ+ youth at It Gets Better.
I was an activist from birth. I started a petition in the second grade to release the elephants from the zoo. I ran around yelling 'Recycle!' at people,
There were all these signs and protesters around saying 'Yes on 8,' which would take away gay marriage, but my family had a 'No on 8' sign in their window.
We had the opportunity to create [and lead] our own workshops. I love leading; I love being able to create. My parents are teachers, so I also love teaching.
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