Contents:
HOW TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)
Inclus lks to GLSEN’s Safe Space K (6-12), Ready Set Rpect (K-5), LGBT clive rative materials for the classroom, the Gay Straight Alliance Network, and ’s “Workg Wh LGBT Stunts of Color” discs nsiratns for tors workg wh LGBT stunts of lor and provis practil tips and strategi for supportg ’s Bt Friend & Advot for Youth’s “Toolk for Creatg Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth” enabl staff of mastream youth-servg anizatns to create a safe and welg environment for GLBTQ youth by directly addrsg homophobia and transphobia among staff and youth.
Inclus background rmatn on sexual orientatn and homophobia, tips on makg a safe space and alg wh harassment, lson plans to enurage empathy and clivens, an extensive rource gui, and glossary of terms. Advot for Youth’s “Lson Plans for Buildg Alli for GLBTQ Youth” assist young people unrstandg the negative impact of homophobia and transphobia on GLBTQ youth and takg a stand for social jtice.
This uprisg was a tippg pot for the gay liberatn movement the U. S, as police raid a gay bar New York Cy and s patrons fought this pot history, “homosexual acts” were illegal across the untry (except for Illois), and the raids on LGBTQ-clive spac were not unmon, acrdg to However, this June night 1969 — and the weeks followg — LGBTQ+ activists (primarily trans women of lor, like the inic Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Miss Major Griff-Gracy) were at the foreont of the rts, mandg Stonewall rts were not a sgle-night event, and for the g weeks, LGTBQ+ muny members were subject to tear gas, homophobic and transphobic slurs, and ongog actn New York prompted further anizg across the untry, and LGBTQ+ folks mobilized major ci, nveng to create anizatns like the Gay Liberatn Front and Gay Activists Alliance.