Gay Straight Alliance

A Gay-Straight Alliance In Every School

Peter DeWitt | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gay Straight Alliance, Arne Duncan, Education Week, Gay-Straight Alliances, Gay-Straight Alliance, Anti-Bullying, Gay Voices News

GSAs offer so much more than just a place for LGBT students to belong. GSAs also offer a place where straight students can come to learn about LGBT issues. If a student is questioning their sexual orientation, a GSA is a great place to find resources that can help them in the process.

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Fiona Apple's Handwritten Support For Gay Teens Goes Viral

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Gay Straight Alliance, Fiona Apple, LGBT Rights, Fiona Apple Gay Rights, Fiona Apple New Album, Fiona Apple Letter, Gay Youth, Gay Teens, Gay Voices News

Fiona Apple may be well on her way to a musical comeback, but she's now making waves in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender blogosphere for an ...

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Let's Celebrate Gay-Straight Alliances!

Hayley Gorenberg | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Gay Straight Alliance, Gsa, LGBT Youth, Gay Youth Suicide, Anti-Gay Bullying, School Bullying, Gay Youth, Gay Straight Alliances, Gsas, Gay Voices News

Today, on National Gay-Straight Alliance Day, I am ready to celebrate! But first I must confess: I wish I didn't have to hear about another school district denying students their right to form the clubs that provide so much support and are protected by law.

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National Gay Straight Alliance Day Kicks Off In Wake Of Troubling Pepperdine University News

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Gay Bullying, Gay Straight Alliance, Video, Arne Duncan, Gay-Straight Alliance, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, LGBT Youth, National Gay Straight Alliance Day, Glsen, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Youth, Pepperdine University, Gay Voices News

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and their allies have an extra special reason to celebrate across the country today, as Jan. 25...

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San Francisco Chronicle: Gay Straight Alliance Taking Hold In Earlier Grades

San Francisco Chronicle | Lacy Atkins | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Gay Straight Alliance, Gay Rights, LGBT Youth, High School Gay Straight Alliance, Gay Youth, Gay Voices News

It took just a single word for Marcel Brown to make up his mind to join his school's Gay Straight Alliance. "I was walking down the hallway with my...

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Michigan Mayor Makes Homophobic Comments Again

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Janice Daniels Homophobic, Gay Straight Alliance, Janice Daniels, Troy Michigan, Troy Mayor Janice Daniels, Homophobia, Michigan, Janice Daniels Gay Controversy, Gay Voices News

A Michigan mayor's proclamations about same-sex marriage and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are continuing to cause contr...

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Study: Gay-Straight Alliance Student Groups Make Teens Happier

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Straight Alliance, Gsa, Yourtake, High School News, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Gay Teens, High School News

Gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs are increasingly more common in high schools across the country, offering students of all sexual orientations a plac...

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WATCH: New Film By Gay Students Explores Trials Of LGBT Youth

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Gay Straight Alliance, Usc School of Cinematic Arts, Gay Activism, Breaking the Silence, LGBT Students, Colorado, Gay Students, Anti-Bullying, Lgbt, Gay Bullying, Video, Gay Discrimination, LGBT Discrimination, Shea Alexander Dietz, Gay Activists, Anti-Gay Bullying, Colorado Schools, Education News

By students, a new documentary takes an in-depth look at the trials of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers in Colorado -- and their path ...

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Ally Week: Equal Opportunity to Advocate for Equality

Sharda Sekaran | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Straight Allies, Ally Week 2011, Straight Ally, Ally Week, Gay-Straight Alliance, Gay Voices News

My passion for being an LGBT advocate as a straight-identified person came from my personal journey and recognition from a very early age that equality was important because it could affect me, someone I care for or any other human being.

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Ally Week: The Power of Hope

Minerva Figueroa | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Parents of Gay Children, Lgbt, Straight Allies, Ally Week 2011, Straight Ally, Ally Week, Gay-Straight Alliance, Gay Voices News

"Mom, I am evil, I am dirty, I am a liar." I am in shock. Why is she saying these horrible things? Did she kill someone? Did she steal money? Why is she in so much pain? Her words fill the room: "Mami, I am in love with a girl."

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High School Student Claims Principal Assaulted Him For Wearing Pro-Gay Shirt

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Straight Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Chris Sigler, Gay Students, Gay Voices News

A Tennessee teen is claiming to have been both verbally and physically assaulted by his high school principal last week after wearing a T-shirt in sup...

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Hey, Lady Gaga: Make It Better, Not Criminal

Laura Valdez | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Straight Alliance, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Jamey Rodemeyer, LGBT Rights, Gay Youth Suicide, Lgbtq Rights, Jamey Rodemeyer Suicide, Gay Youth, Education News

Earlier this week, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer died by suicide. Too often, our desire to never see such a tragedy again leads to reactionary measures that only cause more harm. But criminalizing bullying is not the answer.

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Thank Christian Conservatives For Gay-Straight Alliances In Public Schools

David Moshman | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Equal Access Act, Gay Straight Alliance, Freedom of Association, Student Rights, Gay Rights, Free Speech, School Prayer, Conservative Christians, Education News

The story goes back 30 years to the early days of the Reagan administration.

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Utah Students Pioneer Gay-Alliance Clubs Throughout State

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Gay Straight Alliance, Student Rights, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights, Utah, Gay Students, Lgbt, LGBT Youth, Gsa, Education News

The New York Times has reported that over 30 Gay-Straight Alliance school clubs have formed across the state of Utah in 2010. This comes on the heels...

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Support, Counseling, Education For Gay Youth Just A Click Away

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT Support, Support for Gay Lesbian Transgender Youth, Gay Straight Alliance, Campus Pride, Gay Youth Support Groups, Gay Resources, Gay Youth Support, College News

Campus Pride. Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network. Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Support and other resources for gay young...

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Chicago Tea Party Rally Draws Rightwing Kooks -- and Counter-Protesters

Andy Thayer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Straight Alliance, Tea Party, Gay Rights, Rightwing, Gay-Straight Alliance, Chicago, Tea Baggers, Kathy Barkulis, Racism, Immigration, Right Wing, Gay Marriage, Adam Andrzejewski, Chicago News

Last Thursday's Tea Party at Daley Plaza in Chicago drew about 1,500 participants. Belying their alleged "grassroots" nature, the rally's organizers were heavily aided by pre-rally publicity in the corporate press.

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Colliding Realities in America's Middle Schools

Eliza Byard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gays and Lesbians, Gay-Straight-Alliance, Lesbian, Politics News

The fact that so many high school LGBT students surveyed had been assaulted at school is harrowing enough--now picture things nearly twice as bad for students even earlier in their lives.

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Ole Miss, New Miss, the Money Melt and the Cost of DADT

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Straight Alliance, Financial Meltdown, Ole Miss, Governor Ross Barnett, James Meredith, Admiral Jamie Barnett, Civil Rights, Cost, Integration, Politics News

Why are we engaging in these absurd practices when our troops are exhausted, overextended, and deployed again and again after their tours have ended?

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