Pen Pals for Queer Girls

Hey everyone! Hope you and your matches are getting along.

Hi everyone! I have sent out emails to all of you about your matches. If you haven't received an email yet, please let me know. Happy pen-paling!

Sign ups are closed! Thanks to everyone who signed up. Honestly, I’m so blown away by the number of people who did. I was aiming for maybe thirty people at best to want to do this, but in the end I had over 120 responses! I’m very excited about this, and I’m going to start matching people over this weekend. If you signed up, expect an email with your match by next week. 

If you wanted to sign up but missed the deadline, no worries! I will probably have another sign up round in a few months. 

Hey! My name is Wendy and I’m 17 years old. I just started a project called Queer Girls Pen Pals, in which I’m hoping to pair up queer girls with each other to talk about life and whatnot. If you’re looking for a pen pal this summer, please sign up. How cool would it be to meet/ know better other queer girls in this world? The first sign up round for Queer Girls Pen Pals ends on June 30th. Please like/reblog if you’re interested or want to spread the word as well.

sign up | rules

Round 1 of Sign Ups are open until June 30th, 2016! If you would like a queer girl to be your pen pal, please sign up. I’m very excited about this project

Rules and Matching Policy: -You will be matched with someone around your age range (within 1 or 2 years if possible) - Please respect the privacy of the person you are matched with. - If your match doesn't reply to you or you would like a different match, please message the blog queergirls-penpals.tumblr.com directly - Although the project is called “Queer Girls Pen Pals,” we encourage non-binary and trans people to join as well. This project is open to anyone who has identified or currently identifies with the label “female”

A while ago, I read this YA novel called Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and was intrigued by the anonymous but caring relationship between Simon and his pen pal, in which they both confessed their lives to each other.

Then it occurred to me how awesome it would be to have a pen pal who was also queer. I’ve always wanted a pen pal and I think it would be excellent if queer girls could support each other through a pen pal network, so I decided to start this.