Boardg Schools Offerg Gay Straight Alliance (gsa)

Contents:

• THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS
• GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA) AT BOARDG SCHOOLS
• GAY BRIARCRT ALUM SAID PRIVATE SCHOOL’S LGBTQ STANCE NEARLY ST HIM HIS LIFE
• GAY TEACHERS
• A GAY STUNT LEFT HIS PRIVATE SCHOOL TO AVOID DISCRIMATN

THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

A first-of-s-kd private school Geia aimed at attractg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth and teachers is beg tablished Atlanta for stunts who feel bullied or not accepted tradnal School Atlanta is a k-12 stutn signed to be an alternative for LGBT stunts, though the school is open to any stunt who believ they’re not gettg the support they need for “beg different, ” says Pri School founr Christian Zsilavetz. Pri School would be the first of s kd the Southeast and, acrdg to gay rights advot, a signifint velopment for the LGBT movement. South, for gay rights group GLAAD.

”Nearly 9 10 LGBT stunts report experiencg harassment wh the last school year, and three 10 report missg a class bee they felt unsafe, acrdg to gay rights group Geia Equaly. Cobb County was one of the first Geia to implement an anti-bullyg, no-harassment policy that clud sexual orientatn and genr number of pro-LGBT anizatns known as Gay-Straight Allianc at public high schools has also grown Geia, to rights advot pot to other notable velopments Geia as well. A first-of-s kd private school Geia aimed at attractg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth and teachers is beg tablished Atlanta for stunts who feel bullied or not accepted tradnal School Atlanta is a K-12 stutn signed to be an alternative for LGBT stunts, though the school is open to any stunt who feels like they’re not gettg the support they need for “beg different, ” says Pri School founr Christian Zsilavetz.

GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA) AT BOARDG SCHOOLS

In orr to be nsired for this rankg, a school had to appear on eher The Advote's list of the 100 bt schools for LGBT stunts or 's list of gay-iendly mp. And the rult is a list of schools wh great amic standards and a mp atmosphere that is iendly to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Our RankgsContributg edor Peter Bernste and rearcher Courtney Kennedy drew on dozens of sourc to pile the rankgs cludg rmatn om the Natnal Center for Edutn Statistics, The Washgton Monthly, and College Prowler.

The Universy of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League llege Philalphia is on seven of Newsweek's "bt of" lists, rankg 13th on our list of most sirable lleg; eighth on the list of most sirable urban lleg; send for most sirable large mp; sixth schools bt for future power brokers; first for gay-iendls and diversy; and fally, 18th among the 25 bt lleg for the super-smart.

18), bt gay-iendly (No.

GAY BRIARCRT ALUM SAID PRIVATE SCHOOL’S LGBTQ STANCE NEARLY ST HIM HIS LIFE

9) the school nabbed the number 2 spot on Newsweek's gay-iendly list is no surprise to stunts.

GAY TEACHERS

"Berkeley is home to a proud LGBTIQQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer and Qutng) muny, which has a large prence on mp and mak the environment feel more tolerant, " wr one stunt on public school has an unrgraduate enrollment of jt over 25, 500, 53 percent of who were women the fall of 2009. It is also on Newsweek's list of bt gay-iendly schools (No.

Noted for s gay-iendls by both The Advote and posns the school at No. 6 on Newsweek's list of most diverse praise om both The Advote and, Newsweek also ranks the school the sixth bt gay-iendly the natn.

Wh praise for s gay-iendly culture om both The Advote and, PSU - specifilly, their ma mp at Universy Park - tak seventh place on Newsweek's list of gay-iendly schools.

A GAY STUNT LEFT HIS PRIVATE SCHOOL TO AVOID DISCRIMATN

8 on Newsweek's list of the bt gay-iendly lleg. "You n fd any kd of background here, whether you are speakg about ethnicy or relign, " wr one stunt on "Addnally, the mp is fely more liberal and is very acceptg to gays and lbians.