What Parents Should Know About GLSEN GLSEN (the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network) is the natn’s largt homosexual advocy group foced entirely on reachg public school stunts as young as krgarten age. Its Diversy Statement explas that GLSEN is opposed to “heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia” and “other forms of opprsn” the public […]
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- INCLIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUTN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,
- WHAT IS GLSEN? PRONOUNCED “GLISTEN,” GLSEN — AN ACRONYM DRAWN OM GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK — SCRIB SELF AS AN ANIZATN THAT “ADVOT FOR SAFE AND AFFIRMG SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR K-12 STUNTS.” IT PH FOR POLICI AND CURRICULUMS THAT ARE CLIVE OF LGBTQ+ YOUTH. IT SUPPORTS STUNT-LED LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND ANIZATNS. IT PROMOT FERAL AND STATE LEGISLATN THAT N BROAN CLIVY SCHOOLS. IT ALSO CLUS IATIV SUCH AS GLSEN’S RABOW LIBRARY, A PROGRAM THAT SENDS AGE-APPROPRIATE, CLIVE LGBTQ+ LERATURE TO MORE THAN 4,600 SCHOOLS 30 STAT. GENERALLY, GLSEN PH FOR POLICI THAT ALLOW TORS TO MATA STUNT PRIVACY. GLSEN’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MELANIE WILLGHAM-JAGGERS SAID STUNTS MIGHT FEEL UNSAFE OR FACE EMOTNAL AND PHYSIL ABE AT HOME, AND TORS SHOULD ALWAYS PRRIZE STUNT SAFETY. “GLSEN BELIEV THAT TEACHERS SHOULD NEVER BE REQUIRED TO GIVE ANY PRIVATE RMATN TO PARENTS — CLUDG A STUNT’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY — THAT ULD PUT A STUNT AT RISK,” WILLGHAM-JAGGERS SAID. “WE N’T PUT OUR TEACHERS A POSN WHERE THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO REVEAL RMATN TO A PARENT THAT ULD RULT PHYSIL HARM TO A STUNT.” WHAT IS TARGET’S RELATNSHIP WH GLSEN?
- GLSEN: GAY, LBIAN & STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK
INCLIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUTN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth need and serve to learn settgs that are clive of their experienc and that give them the tn necsary to stay safe and healthy. Support your school’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). No promo homo Rearch Brief - Laws prohibg the “promotn of homosexualy” (often referred to as “no promo homo” laws), are lol or state tn laws that exprsly forbid teachers of health/sexualy tn om discsg lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) people or topics a posive light – if at all.
For LGBTQ stunts particular, n mean feelg safer at school and hearg homophobic and transphobic remarks ls equently, acrdg to GLSEN rearch. A great rource you n e to learn and teach about LGBTQ history is Makg Gay History, the crilly acclaimed and award-wng podst that brgs LGBTQ history to life through the voic of the people who lived .
WHAT IS GLSEN? PRONOUNCED “GLISTEN,” GLSEN — AN ACRONYM DRAWN OM GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK — SCRIB SELF AS AN ANIZATN THAT “ADVOT FOR SAFE AND AFFIRMG SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR K-12 STUNTS.” IT PH FOR POLICI AND CURRICULUMS THAT ARE CLIVE OF LGBTQ+ YOUTH. IT SUPPORTS STUNT-LED LGBTQ+ CLUBS AND ANIZATNS. IT PROMOT FERAL AND STATE LEGISLATN THAT N BROAN CLIVY SCHOOLS. IT ALSO CLUS IATIV SUCH AS GLSEN’S RABOW LIBRARY, A PROGRAM THAT SENDS AGE-APPROPRIATE, CLIVE LGBTQ+ LERATURE TO MORE THAN 4,600 SCHOOLS 30 STAT. GENERALLY, GLSEN PH FOR POLICI THAT ALLOW TORS TO MATA STUNT PRIVACY. GLSEN’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MELANIE WILLGHAM-JAGGERS SAID STUNTS MIGHT FEEL UNSAFE OR FACE EMOTNAL AND PHYSIL ABE AT HOME, AND TORS SHOULD ALWAYS PRRIZE STUNT SAFETY. “GLSEN BELIEV THAT TEACHERS SHOULD NEVER BE REQUIRED TO GIVE ANY PRIVATE RMATN TO PARENTS — CLUDG A STUNT’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY — THAT ULD PUT A STUNT AT RISK,” WILLGHAM-JAGGERS SAID. “WE N’T PUT OUR TEACHERS A POSN WHERE THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO REVEAL RMATN TO A PARENT THAT ULD RULT PHYSIL HARM TO A STUNT.” WHAT IS TARGET’S RELATNSHIP WH GLSEN?
GLSEN was found by a group of teachers 1990 wh the goal of makg schools safer for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer K-12 stunts.
It has 38 chapters more than half the stat, and has registered thoands of genr-sexualy allianc, or GSAs (formerly known as gay-straight allianc). In the 1990s, she said, LGBTQ young people were often told that bullyg is jt a “part of life” and that they simply shouldn’t be gay. Pronounced “glisten, ” GLSEN — an acronym drawn om Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network — scrib self as an anizatn that “advot for safe and affirmg school environments for K-12 stunts.
The “Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutor Network” advot for transgenr issu, “genr-affirmg” re for young people, the Equaly Act, and rewrg Tle IX to clu genr inty. At the same time, the Supreme Court Bostock cisn June, which affirmed feral anti-discrimatn protectns for transgenr, lbian, gay, and bisexual people has opened new avenu for posive change our schools.
GLSEN: GAY, LBIAN & STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK
” GLSEN (pronounced “glisten”) stands for the “Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutor Network.
Jenngs found GLSEN, origally lled GLISTN, the “Gay and Lbian Inpennt School Teachers Network”, after wrg an article about his “experienc as an openly gay teacher for the Natnal Associatn of Inpennt Schools’ magaze, Inpennt School. GLSEN renamed self GLSEN, the “Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutor Network, ” 1997 orr to better align wh s “safety” msagg and youth-activism efforts.