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).
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?
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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.
GLSEN: GAY, LBIAN & STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK
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.