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Franken Tells GSAs He Needs Votes for Anti-discrimination Measure
Jan. 25, 2012
Today marked the first annual National Gay-Straight Alliance Day, and several of the groups across the country heard from Sen. Al Franken on his anti-discrimination bill's prospects of passing through Congress and bringing change to their schools.
GSA Network Joins Senator Franken to Make It Better on National GSA Day
Jan. 24, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jill Marcellus, GSA Network
Phone: 415.375.9526, Email: jill@gsanetwork.org
Gay students find support at campus clubs
Dec. 15, 2011
DOWNEY – It is 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon and room S3 at Downey High School (DHS) is buzzing. The school day has already ended, but students keep filing into Mr. Zakour’s classroom, chitchatting with friends and enthusiastically plopping down into desks.
Record number attend gay-straight student conference
Dec. 13, 2011
SANTA CRUZ -- A record number of local high school students attended Saturday's statewide Gay-Straight Alliance conference, which educators and students say reflects a growing interest in advocacy clubs for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and their allies.
Bullying: Hecho En California
Dec. 12, 2011
GSA Network Deputy Director Laura Valdez joins this Spanish-language radio program to discuss bullying:
San Francisco Interior Designer Ian Stallings Says Gay Kids Are Still Not Safe at School
Dec. 11, 2011
Although many believe that the new generation doesn't care about sexual orientation-that it's no longer an issue in our public schools-San Francisco interior designer and safe schools activist Ian Stallings says that's simply not true. Stallings is raising money for the Gay-Straight Alliance Network-and asking others to help.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2011
Teens Attend LGBT Summit on Tolerance
Dec. 10, 2011
Bay Area teens attend LGBT summit on tolerance. Allie Rasmus reporting for KTVU News at 6. Click the link below to watch the video about the Youth Empowerment Summit!
As California mandate looms, some LGBT curriculum already in place
Dec. 10, 2011
CNN) - In 10th grade English at Los Angeles’ Grover Cleveland High School, Danielle Taklender's students read the book "Luna" by Julie Anne Peters. It's a story about a transgender teen.
Youth Empowerment Summit: KPFA Evening News
Dec. 10, 2011
Listen to KPFA's Dave Rosenberg interview GSA Network's Jill Marcellus about the Youth Empowerment Summit, hostile administrations, and the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, starting at 15:25 below:
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