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Gay-Straight Allianc or Genrs and Sexuali Allianc (GSAs) have been associated wh improvements school safety, a key ponent of school nnectedns, for all stunts. Rearch specifilly lks the prence of a GSA to greater feelgs of school nnectedns among LGBT stunts.

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HOW TO START A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)

From Gay-Straight Alliance to Genrs & Sexuali Alliance, check out our prs release on why we changed our name. Gay Straight Alliance For Safe Schools (GSAFE).

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.

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC

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. Rearch has shown that LGBT stunts hear fewer homophobic slurs, experience ls harassment, have better attendance, and feel safer at schools that have GSAs.

Startg a Gay/Straight Alliance. Is anti-gay harassment a problem at your school?

GSAs are about valug all people regardls of whether they’re gay, straight, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng. Department of Edutn “Dear Colleague Letter” on gay-straight alliance clubs and the Equal Accs Act: An open letter signed by the Assistant Secretary of Civil Rights of the U.

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Be sure to check out the x of all their rearch and studi and their Jump-Start Gui for Gay Straight Allianc.

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“Gay-Straight Allianc: Ground Zero for School Tolerance”: An article wrten for teachers by teachers om Edutn World magaze, explag why GSA’s should be allowed at schools. (Jenn Ackerman /for The Washgton Post)Last year, Cas Elementary School got s first LGBTQ stunt middle and high schools Marysville, Wash., a nservative slice of the state, had long offered Gay-Straight Alliance, or GSA, clubs. Among those stunts is Landon Nelson, a gay 15-year-old who said he has been phed and punched the hallways of his Annandale, Mn., high school by stunts who dislike his sexualy.

One stunt member, who is gay and spoke on the ndn of anonymy out of fear of harassment, said membership temporarily halved as timidated stunts stayed stunt, who said others at school have threatened to ph her down the stairs for beg gay, said that after the drag show ntroversy, other stunts started a mor that the GSA club hir prostut and nicknamed “The Prostute Club. ” Rosado, who is homosexual and intifi as male and nonbary, wants to pursue a reer drag.

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