By Liz Bergren Startg a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) group n be an excg time for your school or anizatn. When you have ma the cisn to form this group, know that you will be dog somethg extremely important for the LGBTQ stunts you work wh. Acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, “29…
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HOW TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)
* how to start a lgbt support group *
Startg a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) group n be an excg time for your school or anizatn.
Most people the LGBTQ muny don’t intify wh only a gay or straight label, and there are many scriptns that people now e to scribe their genrs and sexual inti. Many schools, clubs, and anizatns are adoptg new tl to move beyond the bary of gay-straight language. Gay-Straight Alliance is the origal tle of the group; more clive chang clu Genr & Sexualy Alliance and Queer Stunts Alliance.
GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS
The book “Our Place on Camp: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr Servic and Programs Higher Edutn” part of The Greenwood Edutors’ Reference Collectn by Sue Rank, Ronni Sanlo, and Robert Schoenberg is one place to start. Gay-Straight Allianc, or GSAs, are stunt-led and stunt-anized school clubs that aim to create a safe, welg, and acceptg school environment for all youth, regardls of sexual orientatn or genr inty. GSAs provi a supportive environment for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) stunts, as well as those who are perceived by others to be LGBT, are qutng their inty, have LGBT iends or fay members, or jt re about LGBT issu.